Tag Archives: Edgar Allan Poe

Double Feature: Tales of Terror (1962)/Twice Told Tales (1963)

Posted on November 3, 2017 at 10:44 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

The success of Roger Corman’s House of Usher (aka The Fall of the House of Usher, 1960) for American International spawned a long-running series of films adapted from or inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and mostly featuring … Continue reading →

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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)

Posted on July 30, 2017 at 11:18 am by Jeff Kuykendall

I first saw Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971) in high school, screened by a very lazy English teacher who, intentionally or not, drew an equivalence between literature and its film adaptation: she insisted on showing us a movie of … Continue reading →

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War-Gods of the Deep (1965)

Posted on September 2, 2015 at 6:52 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

The drive for American International Pictures to continue exploiting the box office hit combo of Vincent Price and Edgar Allan Poe produced some strange results, such as the unexpectedly delightful comedy The Raven (1963) – which has nothing to do with … Continue reading →

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