 AIP liked Hessler's work and called him in to do some uncredited directing on "De Sade" (1969), then reteamed him with Price and Wicking in "Scream and Scream Again" (1970), this time co starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.Hessler did a third with Price and Wicking for AIP, "Cry of the Banshee" (1970).Price was meant to be in Hessler's (and Wicking's) next film, a version of "Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1971), but clashed with AIP so Jason Robards played the lead instead.