Editing Roger Corman (section)

=== 1960–1969: Adaptations and studio work ===
[[File:House of Usher (1960) - Poster.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[House of Usher (film)|House of Usher]]'' (1960), Corman's first [[Edgar Allan Poe]] adaptation]]
AIP wanted Corman to make two horror films for them, in black and white, at under $100,000 each on a 10-day shooting schedule. Corman, however, was tired of making films on this sort of budget and was worried the market for them was in decline. He proposed making a film in color for $200,000, shot over 15 days. Corman proposed an adaptation of "[[The Fall of the House of Usher]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] and AIP agreed. The film was announced in May 1959.<ref>{{cite news|title=Filmland Events: Ilona Massey Signed for Airplane Drama|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 5, 1959|page=A13}}</ref>

[[Richard Matheson]] was hired to do the adaptation and [[Vincent Price]] was brought in to star; Haller did the art direction. The resulting film, ''[[House of Usher (film)|House of Usher]]'' (1960), shot in early 1960, was a critical and commercial hit.

Following this, Corman bought two scripts, ''Sob Sisters Don't Cry'' and ''Cop Killer''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167672426}}|title=Filmland Events|date=February 13, 1960|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> In March 1960, Corman announced that Filmgroup would be part of an international production group, Compass Productions.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167593632}}|title=Filmland Events|date=March 17, 1960|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> He directed a [[Sword-and-sandal|peplum]] in Greece, ''[[Atlas (1961 film)|Atlas]]'', (1961) in August.

He was going to direct a thriller from a script by [[Robert Towne]], ''I Flew a Spy Plane Over Russia''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167750888}}|title=Filmland Events|date=June 2, 1960|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> It was not made; neither were two comedies he was to make with [[Dick Miller]] and Jon Haze, ''Murder at the Convention''<ref>{{cite news|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-hollywood-steals/135618578/|author=Scheuer, P. K.|date=July 13, 1960|title=Hollywood steals political thunder|id={{ProQuest|167722969}}|access-date=November 22, 2023|archive-date=November 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231122235026/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-hollywood-steals/135618578/|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Pan and the Satyrs''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167823876}}|author=Scheuer, P. K.|date=November 15, 1960|title=Harrison, portman up for 'sherlock'|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|via=ProQuest}}</ref>

''House of Usher'' had been so successful that AIP wanted a follow-up, and Corman, Haller, Matheson and Price reunited on ''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' (1961). It was another sizable hit, and the "[[American International Pictures#List of Corman-Poe films|Poe cycle]]" of films was underway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8237--the-house-is-the-monster-roger-corman-s-poe-cycle|title="The House Is the Monster": Roger Corman's Poe Cycle|publisher=Criterion|accessdate=13 May 2024|archive-date=March 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306232936/https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8237--the-house-is-the-monster-roger-corman-s-poe-cycle|url-status=live}}</ref>

Corman hired [[Charles Beaumont]] to write ''Masque of the Red Death'' and announced two films, ''Captain Nemo and the Floating City''<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167799171}}|title=Zweig's 'jeremiah' bought for film|date=March 2, 1961|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and ''House of Secrets''.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|167833005}}|title=Hitler announced as subject of two films|date=March 31, 1961|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>