The Corman Poe cycle
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| - | In the [[1960s]], [[Vincent Price]] had a number of [[low-budget]] successes with [[Roger Corman]] and [[American International Pictures]] (AIP) including the [[Edgar Allan Poe]] adaptations ''[[House of Usher (film)|House of Usher]]'' (1960), ''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' (1961), ''[[Tales of Terror (film)|Tales of Terror]]'' (1962), ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'' (1963), ''[[The Masque of the Red Death (film)|The Masque of the Red Death]]'' (1964) and ''[[The Tomb of Ligeia]]'' (1965). | + | In the [[1960s]], American actor [[Vincent Price]] had a number of [[low-budget]] successes with [[Roger Corman]] and [[American International Pictures]] (AIP) including the [[Edgar Allan Poe]] adaptations ''[[House of Usher (film)|House of Usher]]'' (1960), ''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' (1961), ''[[Tales of Terror (film)|Tales of Terror]]'' (1962), ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'' (1963), ''[[The Masque of the Red Death (film)|The Masque of the Red Death]]'' (1964) and ''[[The Tomb of Ligeia]]'' (1965). |
| - | These were followed by numerous other roles throughout the 1960s in which he played characters in horror films who were often closely modeled on the Corman Poe films. He has also appeared in ''[[The Abominable Dr. Phibes]]'' (1971) and ''[[Theatre of Blood]]'' (1973), in which he created a series of campy, tongue-in-cheek villains. Price also recorded dramatic readings of Poe's [[short story|short stories]] and [[poem]]s, which were collected together with readings by [[Basil Rathbone]]. | + | These were followed by numerous other roles throughout the 1960s in which he played characters in horror films who were often closely modeled on the Corman Poe films. Price also recorded dramatic readings of Poe's [[short story|short stories]] and [[poem]]s, which were collected together with readings by [[Basil Rathbone]]. |
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In the 1960s, American actor Vincent Price had a number of low-budget successes with Roger Corman and American International Pictures (AIP) including the Edgar Allan Poe adaptations House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), Tales of Terror (1962), The Raven (1963), The Masque of the Red Death (1964) and The Tomb of Ligeia (1965).
These were followed by numerous other roles throughout the 1960s in which he played characters in horror films who were often closely modeled on the Corman Poe films. Price also recorded dramatic readings of Poe's short stories and poems, which were collected together with readings by Basil Rathbone.
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