Editing Roger Corman (section)

=== ''The Intruder'' ===
Following ''The Pit and the Pendulum'', Corman directed one of [[William Shatner]]'s earliest appearances in a lead role with ''[[The Intruder (1962 film)|The Intruder]]'' (a.k.a. ''The Stranger'', 1962). Based on a novel by [[Charles Beaumont]], the film was co-produced by Gene Corman and was shot in July and August 1961.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Intruder|url= http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews32/the_intruder_corman.htm|work=DVD Beaver |access-date=April 19, 2013|archive-date=July 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712060932/http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews32/the_intruder_corman.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It took a while for the film to be released and it lost money.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|168300813}}|author=Seidenbaum, A.|date=March 23, 1963|title=Chained by Timidity|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

Corman was unhappy with his profit participation on the first two Poe films, so he made a third adaptation for different producers, ''[[The Premature Burial (film)|The Premature Burial]]'' (1962), written by [[Charles Beaumont]] and starring [[Ray Milland]]. The film was co-financed by Pathe labs; AIP put pressure on Pathe by threatening to withdraw lab work from them and ended up buying out their interest.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Corman|first1=Roger|last2=Jerome|first2=Jim|title=How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime|date=1990|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=0306808749|pages=[https://archive.org/details/howimadehundredm00corm/page/83 83]–84|url=https://archive.org/details/howimadehundredm00corm|url-access=registration|quote=Premature Burial.|access-date=January 30, 2017|language=en}}</ref>

For producer [[Edward Small]], Corman made a historical horror piece about [[Richard III]], ''[[Tower of London (1962 film)|Tower of London]]'' (1962), starring [[Vincent Price]]. It was meant to be the first in a three-picture deal with Small, but Corman did not enjoy working with the producer.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nasr|first= Constantine|title=Roger Corman: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers Series)|page=17|publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]]|location=Jackson, Mississippi|date=2011|isbn=978-1617031663}}</ref>

For Filmgroup, he also bought the rights to a Soviet science-fiction film, ''[[Nebo Zovyot]]'' (1959) and had some additional footage shot for it by his then-assistant, Francis Ford Coppola; the result was ''[[Battle Beyond the Sun]]'' (1962). He also released ''[[The Magic Voyage of Sinbad]]'' (1962), dubbed from a Soviet film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/the-magic-voyage-of-sinbad|title=The Magic Voyage of Sinbad|date=May 12, 1962 |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref>

The fourth Poe was an anthology, ''[[Tales of Terror]]'' (1962), shot in late 1961. One of the installments, "The Black Cat", was a comedy, inspiring Corman to do a whole Poe story comedically next: ''[[The Raven (1963 film)|The Raven]]'' (1963). Later, Corman used the sets for that film for ''[[The Terror (1963 film)|The Terror]]'' (1963), made for Filmgroup but released by AIP, and starring [[Boris Karloff]] (whose scenes were all shot in two days) and Jack Nicholson. Corman did not direct all of this film; additional scenes were shot by Monte Hellman, Coppola, and Jack Hill, among others.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

''[[The Young Racers]]'' (1963) was produced and directed by Corman in Europe for AIP, starring and written by Campbell. Working on the film was Francis Ford Coppola, whom Corman financed to make his directorial debut, ''[[Dementia 13]]'' (1963).{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Back in the U.S., Corman made ''[[X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes]]'' (1963), a contemporary science-fiction film for AIP starring [[Ray Milland]]. He followed it with ''[[The Haunted Palace]]'' (1963), ostensibly part of the Poe cycle—it featured Price and was made for AIP, written by Beaumont—but was actually based on a story by [[H. P. Lovecraft]].{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Corman directed a war film in Yugoslavia with his brother, ''[[The Secret Invasion]]'' (1964), with [[Stewart Granger]] and [[Mickey Rooney]], from a script by Campbell. Following this, he announced he would make ''The Life of Robert E. Lee'' as part of a four-picture deal with Filmgroup worth $3.75 million. Other movies were ''Fun and Profit'' by Joel Rapp, ''The Wild Surfers'' by John Lamb, and ''Planet of Storms'' by [[Jack Hill]].<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|168397800}}|author=Scheuer, P. K.|date=August 30, 1963|title=MGM to assemble comic 'big parade'|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> None of these films was made, nor was ''The Gold Bug'', a Poe adaptation written by Griffith.<ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|168456531}}|author=Scheuer, P. K.|date=November 11, 1963|title=The couch, and I' as harvey session|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>