Roger Corman Poe cycle

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anthology film feature film film series horror film cycle

The Roger Corman Poe cycle is a series of stylish, low-budget 1960s horror films directed by Roger Corman and loosely adapted from the works of Edgar Allan Poe, often starring Vincent Price.

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Label	Occurrences
Roger Corman Poe cycle canonical	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthology film ⓘ feature film ⓘ feature film ⓘ feature film ⓘ feature film ⓘ feature film ⓘ feature film ⓘ feature film ⓘ film series ⓘ horror film cycle ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial	Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ
authorOfTitlePoem	Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
basedOn	Ligeia ⓘ The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ⓘ The Fall of the House of Usher ⓘ The Masque of the Red Death ⓘ The Pit and the Pendulum ⓘ The Premature Burial ⓘ The Raven ⓘ short stories by Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ works of Edgar Allan Poe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Roger Corman ⓘ Roger Corman ⓘ Roger Corman ⓘ Roger Corman ⓘ Roger Corman ⓘ Roger Corman ⓘ Roger Corman ⓘ Roger Corman ⓘ Roger Corman ⓘ
firstFilm	House of Usher ⓘ
genre	Gothic horror ⓘ horror film ⓘ
includesFilm	House of Usher ⓘ Tales of Terror ⓘ The Haunted Palace ⓘ The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) ⓘ The Pit and the Pendulum ⓘ The Premature Burial ⓘ The Raven (1963 film) ⓘ The Tomb of Ligeia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableCastMember	Boris Karloff ⓘ Peter Lorre ⓘ Ray Milland ⓘ Vincent Price ⓘ Vincent Price ⓘ Vincent Price ⓘ Vincent Price ⓘ Vincent Price ⓘ Vincent Price ⓘ Vincent Price ⓘ Vincent Price ⓘ
notableFor	influence on later Gothic horror cinema ⓘ loose adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories ⓘ recurring collaboration between Roger Corman and Vincent Price ⓘ
productionCompany	American International Pictures ⓘ
releasePeriod	1960s ⓘ
releaseYear	1960 ⓘ 1961 ⓘ 1962 ⓘ 1962 ⓘ 1963 ⓘ 1963 ⓘ 1964 ⓘ 1964 ⓘ
stylisticFeature	Gothic sets ⓘ color cinematography ⓘ expressionistic lighting ⓘ psychological horror emphasis ⓘ studio-bound interiors ⓘ
titleInspiredBy	The Haunted Palace ⓘ
typicalBudget	low budget ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Raven (1963 film) → partOf → Roger Corman Poe cycle ⓘ

The Fall of the House of Usher (1960 film) → partOf → Roger Corman Poe cycle ⓘ

1961 film The Pit and the Pendulum → aspectOf → Roger Corman Poe cycle ⓘ

subject surface form: The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)