Tower of London

By Cary Dalton • March 22, 2025
Tags: horror, drama, 1960s, roger-corman, vincent-price, shakespeare
Vincent Price gives a wonderful performance as the mad Richard III in Roger Corman’s constricted 1962 historical horror, hampered by black-and-white photography and budget cuts.
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Twice-Told Tales

By Cary Dalton • March 15, 2025
Tags: horror, 1960s, nathaniel-hawthorne, vincent-price, anthology
Vincent Price stars in three Nathaniel Hawthorne adaptations in this 1963 anthology that parallels Corman’s Poe films, with ‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’ as the standout tale.
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The Tomb of Ligeia

By Cary Dalton • March 8, 2025
Tags: horror, 1960s, edgar-allan-poe, roger-corman, vincent-price, british-cinema
Roger Corman’s final 1964 Poe film moves outdoors to real locations but suffers from an unconvincing romance due to Vincent Price’s age mismatch with his co-star.
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The Masque of the Red Death

By Cary Dalton • March 1, 2025
Tags: horror, 1960s, edgar-allan-poe, roger-corman, vincent-price, visually-stunning
Roger Corman’s 1964 masterpiece features Vincent Price as a Satanic prince, Nicolas Roeg’s psychedelic cinematography, and a fiery climax at the plague-stricken masquerade.
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The Haunted Palace

By Cary Dalton • February 22, 2025
Tags: horror, 1960s, h-p-lovecraft, roger-corman, vincent-price
Vincent Price battles demonic possession in Roger Corman’s 1963 adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘Charles Dexter Ward,’ disguised as a Poe film by the studio.
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The Raven

By Cary Dalton • February 15, 2025
Tags: horror, comedy, 1960s, edgar-allan-poe, roger-corman, vincent-price, boris-karloff
Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff battle with magic in Roger Corman’s delightfully comic 1963 Poe adaptation featuring young Jack Nicholson.
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The Premature Burial

By Cary Dalton • February 8, 2025
Tags: horror, 1960s, edgar-allan-poe, roger-corman, ray-milland
Ray Milland stars in Roger Corman’s weakest Poe film, a heavy-handed 1962 tale of catalepsy and obsessive fear that lacks subtlety and likable characters.
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Tales of Terror

By Cary Dalton • February 1, 2025
Tags: horror, 1960s, edgar-allan-poe, roger-corman, vincent-price, peter-lorre, anthology
Vincent Price stars in three Poe tales in this 1962 anthology, with Peter Lorre stealing the show in the darkly comic ‘The Black Cat’ segment.
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The Pit and the Pendulum

By Cary Dalton • January 25, 2025
Tags: horror, 1960s, edgar-allan-poe, roger-corman, vincent-price, richard-matheson
Vincent Price descends into madness in Roger Corman’s shocking 1961 masterpiece featuring torture devices of the Spanish Inquisition and Richard Matheson’s brilliant script.
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House of Usher

By Cary Dalton • January 18, 2025
Tags: horror, 1960s, edgar-allan-poe, roger-corman, vincent-price, visually-stunning
Roger Corman’s stylish 1960 Poe adaptation launched a legendary series, with Vincent Price as the brooding Roderick Usher burying his sister alive in the cursed family mansion.
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