21 Saturday Jan 2017
Posted in Musings
Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day! :D
No, seriously, it’s Squirrel Appreciation Day. It’s a real thing, I promise. I know, I know — I was really excited the first time I learned about it too!
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in Art & Artists, Mystery & Horror
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adaptation, Charles Beaumont, Edgar Allan Poe, Fall of the House of Usher, film, horror, movie posters, photography, Pit and the Pendulum, Richard Matheson, Roger Corman, Tales of Terror, The Haunted Palace, The Masque of the Red Death, The Raven, The Tomb of Ligeia, Tower of London, Vincent Price
There are many memorable pairings in the world of horror: Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee, Van Helsing & Dracula, Doctor Frankenstein & his Monster, Scooby Doo & Shaggy. And here is another interesting duo for your consideration — Vincent Price & Edgar Allan Poe.
If you’re a fan of Poe and a fan of Price, and you happen to be a film producer, the only logical thing to do is adapt Poe to the big screen and cast Vincent Price as your lead. Which is exactly what film producer Roger Corman did.
Between 1960 and 1964, Corman produced eight films adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s writings. Only one of the films, “The Premature Burial” (1962), didn’t star Vincent Price.
Corman covered the most popular and recognizable of Poe’s tales. For his “Poe Cycle”, he collaborated with writers Richard Matheson (“The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, “The Raven“, “Tales of Terror”), and Charles Beaumont (“Masque of the Red Death”, “The Haunted Palace”). At the time, both men were hard at work writing for one of my all-time favourite shows, the classic, ever-popular anthology series, The Twilight Zone. Continue reading
