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Wednesday Nov 18 | Mountain Xpress

The Raven

After three more or less straight - or at least non-comedic - attempts at bringing Edgar Allan Poe's work to the screen, Roger Corman opted to turn Poe's poem "The Raven" into a comic horror/fantasy, with the aid of Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and a very young - and very awkward - Jack Nicholson, in his 1963 The Raven .

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Movies, Entertainment

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Variety

Governors Awards honors Roger Corman

The first job I had in the movie business paid $400 for four weeks' work on location in 1974 in some of the top chicken-fighting spots in Georgia for a movie called "Cockfighter." I wouldn't put myself in their illustrious company, but I have a hunch that filmmakers such as Francis Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Monte Hellman, Jack ...

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Related Topix: The Wild Angels, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Cockfighter, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Biography Movies, Jack Nicholson, Thriller, The Trip, Peter Bogdanovich

Fri Nov 13, 2009

ComingSoon.net

Exclusive: More on the Plot of McTeigue's The Raven

Early this morning, ComingSoon.net/ShockTillYouDrop.com had a chance to talk to director James McTeigue about his gory action-thriller Ninja Assassin .

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Related Topix: Ninja Assassin, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Movies, Entertainment

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Associated Content

Duffy Hudson's Edgar Allan Poe Show at the East Dubuque District Library

I went into this dramatization an Edgar Allan Poe fan, but only to a light extent.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Vincent Price

Mon Nov 02, 2009

NY Daily News

Scream gems: Old school flicks for Halloween

When it comes to horror movies, like everything else, they don't make 'em like they used to: Jack Nicholson in 'The Shining.' There's plenty of new blood at the multiplex right now, but sometimes only old-school scares will do.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, The Shining, Thriller, Jack Nicholson, The Masque of the Red Death, Pit and the Pendulum, Vincent Price, Movies, Entertainment

Sat Oct 31, 2009

YesButNoButYes

The Raven: Simpsons Style

While Vincent Price's version is a classic, this version from the very first Treehouse of Horror took Poe's poem to new, Darth Vadarian heights.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Vincent Price

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Examiner.com

Movies 101: Who was Vincent Price?

One of the most terrifying men to ever grace the silver screen, Vincent Price is known for his roles bringing several stories by the famed writer Edgar Allan Poe to life.

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Related Topix: Film Noir, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Edward Scissorhands, Drama Movies, Laura, Horror Movies, Animation Movies, The Three Musketeers, Thriller, Family, Biography Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Brigham Young, The Masque of the Red Death, Western

Wed Oct 28, 2009

NetworkWorld

A pre-Halloween treat: Roto-Rooter's 'The Raving' turns 30

By Paul McNamara on Fri, 10/23/09 - 4:28pm. It's a week before Halloween and that's all the excuse I need to veer off topic as we head into the weekend.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Examiner.com

'Dragonwyck' and Vincent Price make for a spooky Halloween

" Dragonwyck ," is a spooky chilling movie that was released in 1946. It stars Vincent Price , Gene Tierney, and Walter Huston.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Mystery Movies, Dragonwyck, Drama Movies, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, House of Wax, Crime Movies, Pit and the Pendulum, Biography Movies, Vincent Price, Gene Tierney

Fri Oct 23, 2009

NetworkWorld

A pre-Halloween treat: Roto-Rooter's 'The Raving' turns 30

By Paul McNamara on Fri, 10/23/09 - 4:28pm. It's a week before Halloween and that's all the excuse I need to veer off topic as we head into the weekend.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Kaedrin Weblog

6WH: Week 5.5 - Vincent Price

Sawed by the Bell Se7en The Abominable Dr. Phibes : Doctors are being found dead under mysterious circumstances.

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Related Topix: The Tingler, Horror Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Witchfinder General, Comedy Movies, House on Haunted Hill, Thriller, History Movies, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Mystery Movies, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, Adventure, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Delta County Independent

Solve a Poe puzzle at your library

Pick up a cryptogram bookmark at any Delta County Library and see if you can figure out the Poe related puzzle.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies

Thu Oct 15, 2009

The Winnipeg Free Press

Film aims to tell tale of Poe's heart

DEATH followed Edgar Allan Poe like a shadow through his life, and it was death that first inspired a film about Poe's tragic life.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Pit and the Pendulum, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Vincent Price, Los Angeles, CA, Travel

Thu Oct 08, 2009

The Doings Weekly

Sassone: Poe's ravenish appeal

A curse be upon the Oak Park Public Library. There I was, content to be reading history, as well as many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Vincent Price

Thu Oct 01, 2009

News 8 Austin

Week Of 10/18/2009-10/24/2009

Monday, October 19 2009 Come support this great cause. Shot gun start at 1:30pm, fabulous goodie bags, gourmet barbeque dinner, cocktails and a spectacular live auction starting at 6:00 pm.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Rap

Fri Sep 04, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

'Happy Feet' dances its way into the Pratt

This weekend, the Pratt presents one of the most joyous surprises of recent feature-length cartoons: George Miller 's "Happy Feet," in which two very different superstars play Mumbles the penguin.

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Related Topix: Mad Max, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Elijah Wood, Arts, Dance, Baltimore, MD, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Baltimore Metro, Entertainment

Mon Aug 17, 2009

Associated Content

Movie Review: House of Damned

Given that Roger Corman attached his name to this production, I had high hopes for this film.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, House of Usher, Gothic, The House of Usher, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Vincent Price

Fri Jul 31, 2009

The Courier-Journal

Palace scares up Karloff films

He needed only one name, "Karloff," to evoke images of hulking, terrible, inexorable menace.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Bride of Frankenstein, Science Fiction Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Frankenstein, Comedy Movies, Biography Movies, Boris Karloff

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Associated Content

Top 10 Wizard Movies

There were many, many popular movies that focused on witches before a member of their male counterparts came along and stole their magical thunder.

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Related Topix: Best of 2007, Harry Potter, Books, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Rotten Tomatoes

Edinburgh 2009: The Tomato Report - Journey to Moon With Black Dynamite

What do you do when you discover the culprit of a drugs ring dealing crazy-ass smack to orphans is the president of the United States? It's a quandary troubling Michael Jai White as the titular star of Black Dynamite , an hilarious spoof of Blaxsploitation cinema that played in Edinburgh yesterday.

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Related Topix: Moon, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Movie Reviews

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