Results: Roger Corman with Vincent Price, Present Gothic Horror Films
Published on 11/10/2023
Vincent Price, in full Vincent Leonard Price (1911-1993)
An American actor who was best known for his brilliant performances in horror films. His villains were debonair yet menacing, played with a silken voice and a self-mocking air that oozed treachery. Roger Corman, An American motion picture Director, Producer, and Distributor known for his highly successful low-budget exploitation films and for launching the careers of several prominent directors and actors, notably Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, and Jonathan Demme. During the 1960s Roger Corman directed eight lavish gothic horror films based on the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, including House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Raven (1963), The Haunted Palace (1963), and The Masque of the Red Death (1964). All but one of the Poe films starred Vincent Price, and these films featured such other established actors as Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Ray Milland, and Peter Lorre.
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The House of Usher tells the story of Philip Winthrop called upon his fiancée, Madeline Usher, at her family home. His presence is unwelcome, especially to Madeline's brother, Roderick. Roderick explains that the Ushers are cursed, suffering from hereditary physical defects. By Madeline marrying Winthrop this would only likely continue the affliction. It soon becomes clear that something sinister is afoot: not only due to Roderick's determination to prevent Madeline from leaving but also due to the evil that seems to lurk in the house itself. Have you seen ....?
House of Usher 1960 with Vincent Price
21%
454 votes
The House of Usher 1988 with Oliver Reed
6%
130 votes
The House of Usher 2006 with Austin Nichols
5%
116 votes
The Fall of the House of Usher 1979 with Martin Landau
6%
130 votes
The Fall of the House of Usher 2023 Mini Series with Bruce Greenwood
6%
142 votes
Not Applicable
24%
532 votes
Undecided
6%
123 votes
NO
39%
857 votes
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The Pit and the Pendulum tells when Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the brutest torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive! Strange things then start to happen in the Medina castle. Have you seen....?
The Pit and the Pendulum 1961 with Vincent Price
23%
496 votes
The Pit and the Pendulum 1991 with Lance Henriksen
6%
135 votes
The Pit and the Pendulum 1999 with Oliver Reed
6%
122 votes
The Pit and the Pendulum 2007 with Peter Cugno
4%
77 votes
Not Applicable
24%
526 votes
The Pit and the Pendulum 2009 with Stephen Hansen
3%
55 votes
Undecided
4%
97 votes
NO
40%
888 votes
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The Raven; In this tongue-in-cheek movie inspired by Poe's poem, Dr. Craven is the son of a great sorcerer (now dead) who was once himself quite skilled at that profession, but has since abandoned it. One evening, a cowardly fool of a magician named Bedlo comes to Craven for help - the evil Scarabus has turned him into a raven and he needs someone to change him back. He also tells the reluctant wizard that Craven's long-lost wife Lenore, whom he loved greatly and thought dead, is living with the despised Scarabus. Have you seen....?
The Raven 1963 with Vincent Price
22%
473 votes
The Raven 2011 with John Cusak
8%
167 votes
The Raven 2022
6%
127 votes
The Raven 1935 with Boris Karloff
6%
136 votes
Undecided
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112 votes
Not Applicable
24%
530 votes
NO
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868 votes
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The Haunted Palace; Loosely based on an HP Lovecraft novel , this tale begins with a warlock placing a curse on a group of villagers about to burn him at the stake. Generations later, the warlock's descendant returns to the village to pick up where his ancestor left off. Have you seen the Haunted Palace?
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The Masque of the Red Death; tells of the story of evil Prince Prospero riding through the Catania village when he sees that the peasants are dying of Red Death plague. Prospero asks to burn down the village and he is offended by the villagers Gino and his father-in-law Ludovico. He decides to kill them, but Gino's wife, the young and beautiful Francesca, begs for the lives of her husband and her father and Prospero brings them alive to his castle expecting to corrupt Francesca. Prospero worships Satan and invites his noble friends to stay in his castle that is a shelter of depravity against the plague. When Prospero invites his guests to attend a masked ball, he sees a red hooded stranger and he believes that Satan himself has attended his party. But soon he learns who his mysterious guest is. Have you seen....?
The Masque of the Red Death 1964 with Vincent Price
15%
329 votes
The Masque of the Red Death; 1989 with Frank Stallone
5%
103 votes
The Masque of the Red Death; 1989 with Patrick Macnee
5%
117 votes
The Masque of the Red Death; 2014 with John Dennithorne
3%
71 votes
The Masque of the Red Death; 2007Jared Andrew Morgan
2%
48 votes
Undecided
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101 votes
NO
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1060 votes
Not Applicable
24%
523 votes
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