| The Tomb | |
| Director: | Michael Staininger |
| Starring: | Wes Bentley Sofya Skya Kaitlin Doubleday Michael Madsen Eric Roberts |
| Music: | Patrick Cassidy |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Producer: | Donald P. Borchers Jeff Most |
| Editing: | Danny Saphire |
| Cinematography: | Jamie Thompson |
| Runtime: | 92 minutes |
| Studio: | Most Films Saphire-Borchers Aberto Entertainment |
The Tomb, also known as Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia, is a 2009 horror film directed by Michael Staininger and starring Wes Bentley, Sofya Skya, Kaitlin Doubleday, Michael Madsen, and Eric Roberts. It is based on the short story "Ligeia" by Edgar Allan Poe.[1]
Jonathan Merrick, a best-seller author, falls in love with a fascinating girl named Ligeia. But she keeps a deadly secret, she is ill and she needs to steal souls to survive. In her quest for immortality she will do anything to keep death away. Jonathan, haunted by her beauty, breaks up with his girlfriend Rowena. Ligeia and Merrick take a house on the shores of the Black Sea and he enters into a dark and hopeless world.
The film premiered at the 2009 St. Louis International Film Festival.[2]