Flowers of Evil (5 Mar. 1962)

A faithless wife and her lover murder her husband and sell his skeleton to a medical school. The skeleton keeps returning, however--and screaming.

Director:

John Brahm

Writers:

Barré Lyndon (adaptation), Hugh Walpole (story)

Stars:

Boris Karloff, Luciana Paluzzi, Kevin Hagen

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Boris Karloff	...	Himself
Luciana Paluzzi	...	Madalena
Kevin Hagen	...	Arno Lunt
Jack Weston	...	Maurice Reynard
Vladimir Sokoloff	...	The Janitor
Gregory Gaye	...	The President (as Gregory Gay)
David Garcia	...	The 1st Student
David Whorf	...	The 2nd Student

Storyline

A faithless wife and her lover murder her husband and sell his skeleton to a medical school. The skeleton keeps returning, however--and screaming.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 March 1962 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Revue Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hubbell Robinson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Luciana Paluzzi : No bones about it

"Flowers of Evil" is a rather weak latter entry, whose sole interest is provided by red-headed Italian beauty Luciana Paluzzi, who, like Ursula Andress before her (54 "La Strega"), would graduate to James Bond before the decade was over. Set in an academy for dead bodies in 19th-century France, Jack Weston (previously seen in "The Cheaters") plays the aging director, in love with Paluzzi, who begins to suspect that she may have murdered her long missing husband, whose skeleton keeps turning up to haunt her. She starts plotting to eliminate him with the aid of her lover (Kevin Hagen, previously seen in "The Fingers of Fear"). Director John Brahm cannot do much with the dull script; this has been noted as perhaps the worst of all 67 episodes, judge for yourself. Actor Vladimir Sokoloff, previously seen in "The Terror in Teakwood," had already died a month before this episode's broadcast, with another still to air in April.