The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
After filming six Poe adaptations in Hollywood, US director Roger Corman headed to the UK in late 1963 to make his penultimate picture in the cycle, The Masque of the Continue Reading
The Masque of the Red Death Original Soundtrack
Did you know the score to Roger Corman’s 1964 horror classic The Masque of the Red Death by British composer David Lee is available from Quartet Records. Here’s what they Continue Reading
House of Usher (1960) | Roger Corman’s Gothic classic looks absolutely stunning in HD
In this striking 1960 elaboration on Edgar Allan Poe’s 1839 short story, Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) arrives at the crumbling New England mansion of the Usher family to seek out Continue Reading
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) | 20 Fun Facts about Roger Corman’s final Poe adaptation
American International Pictures’ Corman-Poe film cycle remains the finest interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe’s literary heritage on the big screen, and it reached its opus with 1965’s The Tomb of Continue Reading
20 frightfully fun facts about the Vincent Price gothic horror Tower of London
To celebrate the UK Blu-ray release of the Corman-Price-Shakespeare horror, here’s 20 frightfully fun facts you should know… (1) Roger Corman had already scored much success with four Edgar Continue Reading
The Comedy of Terrors (1963) | A look back at Jacques Tourneur’s horror farce
‘You’re invited to a funeral’Welcome to the Hinchley & Trumbull funeral parlour, the only establishment of its kind that has found the secret of increasing business – by furnishing its Continue Reading
Pit and the Pendulum (1961) | Roger Corman’s ghoulish Gothic horror swings again onto Blu-ray
‘…the agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long, and final scream of despair’ The Greatest Terror Tale Ever Told!16th-century Spanish nobleman Nicholas Medina (Vincent Price) is Continue Reading