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Posts Tagged "Edgar Allan Poe"

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The Tomb of Ligeia **** (1964, Vincent Price, Elizabeth Shepherd, Oliver Johnston) – Classic Movie Review 2,843

Shot in England and released in 1964, The Tomb of Ligeia, the final film in director Roger Corman’s cycle of eight Edgar Allan Poe-inspired movies (begun with House of Usher in 1960) is a creepily […]

Aug, 23

The Oblong Box *** (1969, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Alister Williamson, Hilary Dwyer, Peter Arne, Sally Geeson, Rupert Davies, Michael Balfour, Maxwell Shaw, Harry Baird) – Classic Movie Review 2,832

Vincent Price and Christopher Lee star together for the first time in AIP’s tasty, effective 1969 gothic shocker horror film The Oblong Box. Vincent Price and Christopher Lee star together for the first time in […]

Aug, 19

Phantom of the Rue Morgue **** (1954, Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina, Steve Forrest, Anthony Caruso) – Classic Movie Review 2,684

  Karl Malden stars in the engagingly shambolic 1954 American horror mystery movie Phantom of the Rue Morgue, based on Edgar Allan Poe’s 1841 short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Director Roy Del Ruth’s […]

Jul, 10

The Murders in the Rue Morgue *** (1986, George C Scott, Rebecca De Mornay, Ian McShane, Neil Dickson, Val Kilmer) – Classic Movie Review 2,683

George C Scott stars as detective Auguste Dupin, who comes out of retirement to help his daughter Claire (Rebecca De Mornay)’s fiancé Phillipe Huron (Val Kilmer) prove that he did not commit a series of […]

Jul, 09

Murders in the Rue Morgue **** (1932, Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach, Brandon Hurst) – Classic Movie Review 2,681

Universal Pictures’ vintage 1932 horror movie Murders in the Rue Morgue stars Dracula icon Bela Lugosi as Dr Mirakle, his first role as a mad doctor or scientist.  ‘Innocent Beauty – this was her wedding […]

Jul, 09

The Raven **** (1963, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Hazel Court, Jack Nicholson) – Classic Movie Review 2678

This spoofy 1963 gothic fantasy horror movie is one of the best of director Roger Corman’s several Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, supposedly inspired by the same Poe poem that produced the 1935 version of The Raven. […]

Jul, 07

The Raven **** (1935, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Irene Ware, Lester Matthews, Inez Courtney, Spencer Charters, Ian Wolfe) – Classic Movie Review 2677

The great Thirties fright team of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff are happily re-paired for the highly estimable 1935 Universal Studios horror item The Raven, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem. Director Lew Landers re-assembles […]

Jul, 07

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