Oct. 24, 2022

This Day in Halloween: Roger Corman's Shakespeare-esque "Tower of London" starring Vincent Price opens across the U.S. in 1962. / Illustration by David Ford

Tower of London opens across the U.S. in 1962. Roger Corman’s fictionalized historical horror film stars Vincent Price and infuses elements of Shakespeare’s Richard III and Macbeth and though it receives mixed critical and box office results, Vincent Price likes the film and it enjoys a following among Corman and Price fans. 

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