"Ciclo Poe" : análise de três adaptações cinematográficas de Roger Corman dos contos de Edgar Allan Poe.

Abstract

This study is meant to examine three films directed by filmmaker Roger Corman, who in the 1960s was used a few tales of Edgar Allan Poe to adapt and scare horror fans of the genre, a series of films that became known as "Poe cycle ". To this end, we seek to differentiate the elements of literary narrative and filmic elements, pointing out the possible existing approaches and differences between these two arts. After, we will study and learn the story of Edgar Allan Poe and Roger Corman and what were the complications faced to the filmic adaptations. Next, let us compare the three films and the stories used for the adaptations.