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Claudin

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Mar 24 00 7:43 PM

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How are ya! How are ya! How are ya!

Was anyone here lucky enough to catch the MSNBC Headliners and Legends segment featuring Vincenzo? I've been looking forward to it and missed it.

Was wondering how it 'twas. I'm bummed out that I missed it.

--Claudin aka a momentarily sad Vincent Price fan, too : (

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Richard Valley

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Mar 24 00 8:37 PM

JoAnna, my pet, I direct your attention to the Latest Issue Boards, where you'll find some comments about the show under the header "The Two Vincents." But while you're here, what's your absolutely number one favorite Vincent Price movie?

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Apr 11 00 3:34 PM

....Hmmm.... that's a tough one.... I have a few favorites, and I like all of them;

THE RAVEN
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
THE MAD MAGICIAN
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
MASK OF THE RED DEATH
TALES OF TERROR....

But, if I have to choose, I'd say it would probably be THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM.

Claudin

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Apr 12 00 3:21 PM

God Richard, that's a tough decision....aggh! : )

Well, I would say Pit and the Pendulum. Although, I think Vinnie is absolutely hilarious as Dr. G in "Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine". Any film in which you are treated to a shimmying Vincent Price is well worth it. I think Price and Jack Mullvaney are a hilarious pair.

One Vincent Price film I am not fond of is quite easy and I might be in the minority here. I cannot stomach "Theatre of Blood" at all. That film makes me a nervous wreck. I saw it as a young kid and it has bugged me ever since.

Ken Hanke

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Apr 12 00 4:38 PM

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Favorite Vincent Price film? Well, that'd be THE COMEDY OF TERRORS followed by the two Dr. Phibes pictures. I'd throw in EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, but that's not really a Price film as such.

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Apr 12 00 4:41 PM

Hmmm...TOWER OF LONDON(1939), though more for Karloff and Rathbone. I agree with Ken on COMEDY OF TERRORS, and I really like TALES OF TERROR, too. And THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS.

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Apr 13 00 11:24 PM

I can see how "Theatre of Blood" might make you a bit uneasy--- it IS fairly graphic for a V.P. film; it still tops my list of favorites, though. How could you resist Diana Rigg, Coral Browne, and especially Robert Morley dressed entirely in pink? (By the way, does anyone else remember Robert Morley's cooking show from the mid 80s?)My other favorites would have to be;Both "Dr. Phibes" films, "The Tingler" (sure, it looked like a giant caterpillar---but they can be quite nasty, you know), "Laura", "Masque of the Red Death", and "Shock".

Richard Valley

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Apr 14 00 4:31 AM

JoAnna, I am with you 100% on THEATRE OF BLOOD. I find it an overrated, ugly, detestable film. I'm also with Ken 100% on THE COMEDY OF TERRORS, which may not be my favorite Price performance but may well be my favorite film in which he stars. I think he goes way too far overboard in the final scenes of PIT AND THE PENDULUM, but is sheer perfection in HOUSE OF USHER and TOMB OF LIGEIA. And I believe it's well known that I kinda like HOUSE OF WAX . . .

Ken Hanke

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Apr 14 00 4:58 AM

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To be honest, what gets me about THEATER OF BLOOD isn't that it's repellent, it's that it just doesn't work very well--at least for me. Everything is in place--especially that cast, and even more especially Diana Rigg (alright, so I've got a couple straight passions)--and it never quite jells for me, despite the fact that I really want it to.

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Apr 14 00 6:27 PM

As a Universal enthusiast, my favorite Price flick is THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS (and he had a great death scene in TOWER OF LONDON). Of his later films, I always enjoyed COMEDY OF TERRORS.

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Apr 16 00 9:36 AM

I sat through CRY OF THE BANSHEE last evening...no easy task. The concept was good, the execution boring. The film was filled with mild sex and violence (designed to titillate 1970 teenagers). I liked the finale but it was a long time coming!

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MarkDClark

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Apr 17 00 9:47 AM

In no particular order:

THE CONQUEROR WORM
THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES
CHAMPAGE FOR CAESAR
LAURA
MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
TALES OF TERROR (especially as the wine-taster)
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
many, many more

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Apr 21 00 6:16 PM

All told, my favorite VP film is MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, while my favorite VP performance is WITCHFINDER GENERAL. I'm also very fond of SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN, PIT AND THE PENDULUM, TOMB OF LIGEIA, COMEDY OF TERRORS, ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES, THEATRE OF BLOOD, MADHOUSE, and a number of others. I rather like CRY OF THE BANSHEE, actually, though I concede it's very flawed and doesn't work as well as it should. I've never cared for THE RAVEN or HOUSE OF WAX, to tell the truth, and it's a shame that his one collaboration with the great Mario Bava produced the lamentable DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS. To be honest, though, the US version wasn't supervised by Bava in any way (it's quite a different film from the one he made), and the Italian one -- LE SPIE VENGONO DAL SEMIFREDDO -- is much better. It's still not a good film, but it's less an eyesore than the US version.

Richard Valley

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Apr 21 00 8:09 PM

Roadkill is less an eyesore than the US version . . .

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Apr 21 00 8:16 PM

I'm inclined to agree with you there, Richard. The US version is devoid of a single saving grace. The story behind how it was made makes for interesting reading and is recounted in my upcoming book on Il Maestro Bava (just signed the contracts today, funnily enough). Without preempting it too much, be assure that Bava directed it under protest. Added to which, Bava was grieving terribly over the death of his mentor, best friend and father Euegnio at the time and wasn't in a particularly good mental state when it went before the cameras.

Richard Valley

Congrats!

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Apr 21 00 9:51 PM

Good news about the contract signing, Troy! Now that it's all legal and such can you give us a few details, like who will be publishing and when you hope to hand them a finished manuscript?

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Apr 22 00 1:17 PM

I'd just as soon not say the name of the publisher just yet -- I don't want to jinx it -- but I can tell you this much: the contract not only stipulates a June 30 deadline for me, but it stipulates that the book must be in print within 6 months after that particular date. So, it will be out this year for sure. Once I know more for sure, I'll be sure to post some info for anybody interested.

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Oct 14 00 11:29 AM

Mr Ken, it sure it good to find another THEATER OF BLOOD non-fan. I reviewed this film for a local paper when it firstappeared and my pan got lots of negative response from Vinnie fans.
LAURA-his best performance
WITCHFINDER GENERAL-one of his best
TOMB OF LIGEIA -best Corman Poe
DIARY OF A MADMAN- very underrated film and role
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL- fun

He just about dissolves when onscreen with the titans Karloff and Lorre in THE RAVEN.

His worst:
DR GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRLBOMBS (sorry Bavafreak)

"And you will face the sea of darkness and all therein that may be explored."

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Vincent's best.

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Oct 14 00 12:30 PM

I obviously haven't seen as many Vincent Price films as many on this board, but doesn't anyone think highly of his performance in Samuel Fuller's "The Baron of Arizona?" I always considered it Price's best work.

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Oct 14 00 4:04 PM

Don't apologize for not liking DR. GOLDFOOT, Bob. I don't like it, either. The Italian version is like a different film -- not a good one, but appreciably better.

I love THEATRE OF BLOOD and don't mind admitting it. It's one of my personal favorites, and a real tour-de-force for Vinny the P. I fail to see anything offensive in it, even as a critic.

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Oct 14 00 6:16 PM

Great supporting cast, but Vinny himself is the problem. Too close to home. Some day I would like to see Le Spie...

"And you will face the sea of darkness and all therein that may be explored."

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