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A character based on one created by this author gives a television interview where he describes his vision of the devil as a young girl dressed in white. In that film based on this author’s (15[1])work, an alcoholic actor works on an Italian film so that he can receive a Ferrari, which a slow zoom on a thin wire later reveals he has been decapitated while driving. Federico Fellini was among the directors who loosely adapted this author’s works for the anthology film (15[1])(*) Spirits of the Dead. (10[1])A series of films based on this author’s works began when a director combined AIP’s budget for two black-and-white horror films to make a single film in color. That film based on a story by this author ends with the collapse of a building containing a woman and her brother, (10[1])played by Vincent Price. For 10 points, give this author whose stories inspired a cycle of eight Roger Corman films, including House of Usher. ■END■

ANSWER: Edgar Allan Poe
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