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Vinny the P
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:34 pm
by Kelliack
All right Old School Horror film fans, it's time for you to choose which is your favorite Vincent Price horror film. I know it's a tough call, as there are so many, but that should lead to a great discussion.
My vote is a toss up between Theater of Blood and
The Abomidable Dr. Phibes
Plot wise they are pretty much, exactly the same, but each has it's own style. My final vote is Theater of Blood, for several reasons. First because all of the well done Shakespear references. Second because it's got Diana Rigg (Emma Peel) in drag. BTW both Price and Rigg hosted Mystery on PBS. Plenty of gore and blood. And I believe that it's Price's own wife whom he electrocutes in the Hair Salon (which dressed as Butch).
Honorable mention also goes to: The Conqueror Worm
Any of these is worth the time to watch. What else do we have?
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:31 pm
by Wiccy of the Fraternity
Masque of the Red Death. A truly excellent movie
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 3:11 pm
by Shoon VII
The Raven (1963) with the first screen teaming of Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Jack Nicholson.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:43 am
by Catman Jim
This will sound really lame, but my favorite appearance of Vincent Price was when he hosted a Saturday morning kid's TV show when I was growing up. In 1971, he hosted an episode on 'Fear' on the ABC show "Curiosity Shop" where he showed that fear was natural and normal, and OK to feel and actually have fun with. Here's a picture from it:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ghlong/c_shop.jpg
The same episode had a recitation of the Ray Bradbury poem "What's the Groon?"
Yeah, I was 11 years old at the time, but it impressed me a lot. I would probably cringe to see it now, I'd rather keep my fond memory intact.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:10 am
by Jester of the FoS
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:44 pm
by sabbattack
Oh man, you're killing me!!! Vinny is my favorite actor!! For real!!
If I could filter them down to 5 (IT DOESN'T GET ANY LOWER!!!) they would be:
1) Witchfinder General (INCERDIBLE PERFORMANCE)
2) Dr.Phibes Rises Again (Again he's better here than the original)
3) Theater of Blood (Just...Sensational)
4) Masque of Red Death (Oh, Prince Prospero, all of your dreams fade with your last dying breath...)
5) The Whales of August (surprised? Why, it's one of his best performances evah!)
We're waiting for others to participate!
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 3:38 pm
by Reginald de Curry
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was my fav.
What?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:34 pm
by Kelliack
David of the Frat wrote:The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.
Oh man, I thought that I was the only one to remember this show.
No one else that I've met has ever heard of it.
Vinny was great in it. Along with Billy Van, Billy Van, Billy Van and Billy Van
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:34 am
by Shoon VII
The Last Man on Earth ...
based upon the book I am Legend
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 6:22 am
by sabbattack
OMG!! You just reminded me a long forgotten love of mine!! Great performance, incredible book! If it wasn't for the true exploitation origins of the film, we would have a classic.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:43 am
by daffy72
I'd vote for last man on earth too.
and you wanna talk explotation?
*cough cough* Omega Man
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:35 am
by Kelliack
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Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:02 pm
by sabbattack
Kelliack wrote:Post deleted by moderators
Err, was this your joke or did your post actually got deleted???
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:54 pm
by ScS of the Fraternity
The post was deleted.
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:10 pm
by sabbattack
May I ask why? Problems with the content?
Just curious. What could anyone possibly write for Vinny that could get deleted?
