GoldenAgeHorror.com Podcast Episode 30 - The Haunted Palace

What this episode covers

 This month, Andrew and Matt discuss the Corman/Price Lovecraft/Poe mashup "The Haunted Palace". Matt struggles through his Massachusetts accent to pronounce "era"! Andrew revels in the ham faced babies! The Haunted Palace was released in 1963 - it is an adaptation of the HP Lovecraft story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" and the first feature film to include references to Lovecraftian touchstones like "The Necronomicon" and Cthulhu. AIP named it "The Haunted Palace" to create continuity with it and the other films in the Corman/Price series. It fits nicely in with the others - the story is gothic and lends itself nicely to the typical set work and Price scenery chewing that characterized the series. Despite some stylistic differences with the Lovecraft story, in the end, (I think) it turns out to be one of the better Lovecraft adaptations available. Note that the same story was also filmed in 1991 by Dan O'Bannon as [The Resurrected](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Resurrected), which is a worthy film bogged down by some unfortunate period touches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YPz0unE4xo ## Mentioned within our Haunted Palace podcast [The Case of Charles Dexter Ward](http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/fiction/cdw.aspx) [The Haunted Palace](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/52370) (The Edgar Allan Poe poem) [The Witchfinder General](http://amzn.to/2bouOFV) [caption id="attachment\_463" align="alignnone" width="461"]  The ham faced New Englanders cursed by Joseph Curwen[/caption] Lon Chaney Jr [caption id="attachment\_467" align="alignright" width="658"]  I believe this is the self portrait of Vincent Van Gogh that Andrew is referring to in the podcast[/caption] [caption id="attachment\_464" align="alignleft" width="650"]  THE painting of Charles Dexter Ward [/caption] [Chiaroscuro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiaroscuro) vs [rococo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rococo) (neither are appropriate)Re: Fall of the House of Usher paintings - tune in next month for more discussion about them [Canadian art subsidies](http://www.cbo-eco.ca/en/index.cfm/financing/government-loans-and-grants/grants-subsidies-and-contributions-arts-and-media/) [Buy this film on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=haunted+palace) ## Contact Matt: Email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) [@thewatermethod on twitter](https://twitter.com/thewatermethod) ## Contact Andrew: [@pizzapranks on twitter](https://twitter.com/pizzapranks) * * * [All Godless Here on Amazon - 99 cents!](http://amzn.to/2bda082) [Theme is Swan Lake Dub by Dubology](https://soundcloud.com/dubology-2/du-swan-lake-dub)

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