The Haunted Palace (1963) - Podcast/Discussion

Jul 2, 2024 · 1h 22m 53s

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This week we have a look at the horror film The Haunted Palace. This is Episode #436!The Haunted Palace is a 1963 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film released by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_International_Pictures, starring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Price, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Chaney_Jr. and...

This week we have a look at the horror film The Haunted Palace. This is Episode #436!The Haunted Palace is a 1963 horror film released by American International Pictures, starring Vincent Price, Lon Chaney Jr. and Debra Paget (in her final film), in a story about a village held in the grip of a dead necromancer. The film was directed by Roger Corman and is one of his series of eight films largely based on the works of American author Edgar Allan Poe.Although marketed as "Edgar Allan Poe's The Haunted Palace", the film actually derives its plot from The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, a novella by H. P. Lovecraft. The film's title is derived from a 6-stanza poem by Poe, published in 1839 (which was later incorporated into Poe's horror short story "The Fall of the House of Usher"), and the film uses eight lines from the poem within the framing of the story.