Lisa Rodriguez on Instagram: ""The Haunted Palace" (1963) is a gothic horror film directed by Roger Corman and loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward", though it takes its title and atmosphere from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem "The Haunted Palace." Plot Summary: In the 1700s, Joseph Curwen, a warlock living in the New England village of Arkham, is burned alive by the townspeople for practicing dark magic, including summoning monstrous beings and cursing the villagers.