Chris Alexander To Release CORMAN/POE Book in 2022!

Genre filmmaker/editor/writer/musician Chris Alexander (Former Fangoria editor) has announced he will release the upcoming book CORMAN/POE, which explores director Roger Corman’s “Poe Cycle” film series with essays, analysis and extensive interviews. The book will be released in early 2022 by Britain’s Headpress Books. Keep reading for more details on this exciting project.

From The Press Release

Toronto, Canada, March 19, 2021 – Filmmaker, magazine editor and writer Chris Alexander announced today that he is in production on a new book centering on a classic film series that stands among the most fascinating and enduring of all time.

CORMAN/POE: Interviews and Essays Exploring the Making of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe Films, 1960-1964 will be published by Britain’s Headpress Books and released in early 2022.

“No other film series means as much to me as those iconic eight pictures collectively referred to as Roger Corman’s ‘Poe Cycle’,” says Alexander.

“I’ve spent decades thinking about them, obsessing over them, re-watching them and writing about them. CORMAN/POE is my passion project; a collection of my thoughts and observations mixed with extensive, in-depth interviews that I’ve conducted with Roger over the years. I’m thrilled that Headpress has taken a chance on this book.”

Corman’s “Poe Cycle” officially consists of eight movies, starting with 1960’s HOUSE OF USHER then continuing with 1961’s PIT AND THE PENDULUM, 1962’s PREMATURE BURIAL and TALES OF TERROR, 1963’s THE HAUNTED PALACE and THE RAVEN and 1964’s MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH and THE TOMB OF LIGEIA. Most of these pictures starred horror icon Vincent Price and were written (and “freely adapted”) by the likes of Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont and Robert Towne. Popular in their time as escapist horror fare, the films have since gone on to be recognized as essential works of cinema.

CORMAN/POE: Interviews and Essays Exploring the Making of Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe Films, 1960-1964 is now in production and will be released by Headpress Books in 2022.

About Chris Alexander:
Chris Alexander is a Canadian writer, editor, music composer and filmmaker. From 2009-2015 he served as the editor-in-chief of the American horror film magazine FANGORIA and is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of cult film magazine DELIRIUM. Alexander has also edited and published several licensed magazines for the iconic rock band KISS. He is the writer, director and composer of the avant garde horror films BLOOD FOR IRINA, QUEEN OF BLOOD, BLOOD DYNASTY, FEMALE WEREWOLF, SPACE VAMPIRE, NECROPOLIS: LEGION (produced for Full Moon Entertainment) and the upcoming thriller GIRL WITH A STRAIGHT RAZOR. As a musician he has released the albums MUSIC FOR MURDER, BLUE EYES OF THE BROKEN DOLL, THEY DRINK YOUR BLOOD and BODY DOUBLE. For more on Alexander’s work visit http://www.ChrisAlexanderOnline.com.