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 Rated 4 out of 5
Corman and Price strike again
It’’s funny. Unlike the other reviewer, I found "Tower of London" to be the main movie of interest on this disc, though I did enjoy both. Simply put, I liked "Tower of London" more because it gave us something different: while the half dozen or so other Corman/Price films seen thus far in the "Midnite Movies" series have given us lavish color and adaptations (or "sort of" adaptations) of Edgar Allan Poe works, "Tower of London delivered moody black & white photography and an adaptation of- of all things- a Shakespeare play. Thus, I found the movie to be a refreshing entry in this DVD series, with- believe it or not- long stretches of credibility and minimal hamminess. But like I said, the other movie is good, too, benefitting greatly from using a generous dose of H.P Lovecraft source material as well as the usual Poe themes (though it was still marketed as a Poe film and for the most part still feels like one). It was also nice to see both director Roger AND producer Gene Corman talking about these movies in the brief but very interesting interview segments included with each film. It’’ll be fun to see what the next few "Midnite Movies" double feature discs will be like... are there possibly any more 1960’’s American International Pictures Roger Corman and/or Vincent Price pics LEFT that haven’’t been released? Rated 3 out of 5
Saved by DVD
Although I only gave this film three stars its worth a look. Its large sets, swirling fog, moody lighting and great cast set it apart from other B films of this time period. The quality of the DVD is excellant. Vincent Price playing a man torn between right and wrong is always worth watching. A great film for Halloween.
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