HOUSE OF THE LONG SHADOWS **** UK 1983 Dir: Pete Walker. 97 mins In a bold move, Cannon Films asked Pete Walker, the filmmaker responsible for some of the most nihilistic, establishment-baiting British horror films of the 1970s, and MARK OF THE DEVIL screenwriter Michael Armstrong to adapt “The Seven…
Browsing: Vincent Price
Kino Lorber have released THE LAST MAN ON EARTH on special edition Blu-ray. Screen legend Vincent Price (Tales of Terror, The Raven) gives a masterful performance in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi chiller, the first and most faithful adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel I Am Legend. A plague envelops the earth,…
HOUSE OF USHER (DEVIL’S ADVOCATES) by Evert Jan Van Leeuwen Author Evert Jan Van Leeuwen brings a welcome personal touch to this informative celebration of the first of Roger Corman’s beloved Poe Cycle. The monograph opens with Van Leeuwen’s memories of discovering ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ and…
From the people who bring you We Belong Dead magazine (a recommended read!) comes a new book, Into the Velvet Darkness – A Celebration of Vincent Price. As the title suggests this book is all about Vincent Price. The book will be limited and is available as a…
Despite being the product of Roger Corman’s AIP exploitation studio, HOUSE OF USHER (1960) enjoys a high standing. But while the impact and cult status of Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe cycle is often discussed in histories of gothic, horror and exploitation cinema, no extended analysis and critical discussion has been…