The Oval Portrait

This is a beautiful re-telling of an Edgar Allan Poe story. I don't understand why it has such a low rating. Like many of Poe's stories it's a slow build and not your traditional horror, but i feel like it should be recognized as an amazing occult classic. It's a haunting love story and the ending is just as macabre and beautiful just as most of Poes stories are. It's definitely worth a watch if you like classic 70's horrors, but don't expect a repeat of the films you've seen before; remember this is based off Poe's work. It also shows as a nice period piece as well as the struggle of love in that era when your expected to marry the "neighbors son" to benefit the family or to be able to have an opinion and not just serve the family.