Tower of London, 1962. Directed by Roger Corman. Starring Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown, and Bruce Gordon. SYNOPSIS: The story of Richard III is given the Roger Corman/Vincent Price treatment in a Gothic tale of madness and murder. The story of Richard III has been told many times over in various different […]
Blu-ray Review – Tower of London (1962)
Tower of London, 1962. Directed by Roger Corman. Starring Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown, Bruce Gordon, Joan Camden, Sandra Knight, Richard Hale. SYNOPSIS: The twisted Richard III is haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered in his attempt to become the King of England. What’s the best way to liven […]
Nicolas Winding Refn to produce remake of The Witchfinder General
It was only a matter of time before it happened, but it looks like Michael Reeve’s controversial historical drama The Witchfinder General will be receiving the remake treatment, with Nicolas Winding Refn and Rupert Preston set to produce. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Refn will be producing via his Space Rocket Nation company, in collaboration with Preston’s […]
Blu-ray Review – The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
The Comedy of Terrors, 1963. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Starring Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, Joyce Jameson, Beverly Hills and Alan DeWitt. SYNOPSIS: A scheming undertaker resorts to extreme measures to bring in some new business in order to pay his rent. Both comedy and terror are two of the hardest genres […]
Blu-ray Review – Six Gothic Tales
Robert W Monk reviews Six Gothic Tales, a Blu-ray collection of the Roger Corman directed and produced adaptations of the Edgar Allen Poe stories The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, Tales of Terror, The Raven, The Haunted Palace, The Tomb of Ligeia, starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, Peter Lorre, […]
