One Minute Before Death
1972
Horror

One Minute Before Death
1972
Horror
Plot summary
A plot to murder a rich woman results in her ending up in a catatonic state and buried alive.
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Top cast
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Shades of Dorian Gray!
Slow-moving Mexican ghost story
THE OVAL PORTRAIT is a little-seen low budget Mexican gothic inspired by one of Edgar Allan Poe's many short stories. It's the usual kind of misadventure set in a rambling old house, where a young woman finds herself possessed by the spirit of a dead woman. Hints of necrophilia and the like darken the plotting somewhere, but mostly this is a slow-moving and mildly atmospheric ghost story with a few shrieking histrionics added to the mix. The cast give undistinguished performances but there's a certain atmosphere of regret here along with darker moments at the climax.