| The Haunted Palace | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown | |
| Directed by | Roger Corman |
| Screenplay by | Charles Beaumont |
| Based on | |
| Produced by | Roger Corman |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Floyd Crosby |
| Edited by | Ronald Sinclair |
| Music by | Ronald Stein |
| Color process | Pathécolor |
Production company | Alta Vista Productions |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,200,000 (US/ Canada)[1][2]
184,700 admissions (France)[3] |
The Haunted Palace is a 1963 gothic fantasy 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. Directed by Roger Corman, it is one of his series of eight films based largely 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.[4] 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.
- ^ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
- ^ "Poe & Bikinis". Variety. 9 October 1963. p. 17.
- ^ Box office information for Roger Corman films in France at Box Office Story
- ^ Hallenbeck, Bruce G. (2009). Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008. McFarland & Company. p. 142. ISBN 9780786453788.