"Corman had the sketchiest outline of a story. I read it and begged him not to do it. He said "That's alright Boris, I know what I'm going to do. I want you for two days on this." I was in every shot, of course. Sometimes I was just walking through and then I would change my jacket and walk back. He nearly killed me on the last day. He had me in a tank of cold water for about two hours. After he got me in the can he suspended operations and went off and directed two or three operations to get the money, I suppose... [The sets] were so magnificent... As they were being pulled down around our ears, Roger was dashing around with me and a camera, two steps ahead of the wreckers. It was very funny."
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Ghost filmsIndependent films1960s American filmsFilms directed by Roger CormanHistorical horror films
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Boris Karloff, as cited in Lawrence French "The Making of The Raven", from The Raven novelisation by Eunice Sudak, based on script by Richard Matheson (Bear Manor Media, 2012)
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