Yesterday, I had the pleasure of introducing a Roger Corman double-feature at the historic Belcourt Theater in Nashville, TN. The screening took place at noon and featured two of Corman’s Poe adaptations—The Pit and the Pendulum and Masque of the Red Death. Many consider these to be the best of the series, but of course that's a matter of personal taste.
I recorded my introduction and shared it on YouTube, so I thought I’d post it here as well. The audience was fantastic, and it was truly heartwarming to see a modern crowd applauding films that have been around for over 60 years. Even better, a group of high school students attended, and one of them said afterward that The Pit and the Pendulum was the best horror movie he’d ever seen. How great is that?
A heartfelt thank you to the Belcourt for inviting me—it’s always an honor to be part of these screenings!
Sunday, February 2
Roger Corman Double-Feature intro
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That is FANTASTIC!
ReplyDeleteThanks bud! It was a fun time for sure!
DeleteI would give anything to see these films on the big screen! Even though I was around in the 1960s when all these Roger Corman classics were first in theaters, I only went to see Tales of Terror and Tomb of Ligeia. But I have all of them now on home video and watch them frequently. It's nice to hear that a teenager said that The Pit and the Pendulum was the best horror movie he'd ever seen. That gives me hope for the future! And it's my favorite of all the Corman films. Your enthusiasm for these films is really inspiring.
ReplyDeleteI am always thankful for the Belcourt theater in Nashville. They regularly show great repertory films, and in fact showed all of the Poe films (and other Price films) a few years back in a Price marathon. The atmosphere and sets in Pit amazing. Gloomy, cobweb-laden, it set the high-mark gothic castle flicks moving forward.
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