22. The Haunted Palace (1963), dir. Roger Corman, broadcast 13 May

The latest Cellar Club screening, and a really good one! It was the only entry from Corman's Poe cycle which I hadn't seen, though of course in fact it isn't a Poe story at all. Instead, it's based on H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward' (framed by few lines of Poe's poetry), which I also haven't read, so it was all new to me. Extremely visually accomplished and a perfect role for Price.

( 22. The Haunted Palace (1963), dir. Roger Corman, broadcast 13 May )