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Zen_Amako · 04-07-2017, 02:30 AM

Don't forget Leave Her to Heaven. Price has a small part, but it's a great noir (even if it is in color). He was also in Laura, which also starred Gene Tierney. Unfortunately, Leave Her to Heaven was a limited release from Twilight Time and it is sold out now. It's definitely worth a watch, however, if you have the chance.

svenge · 04-07-2017, 02:51 AM

The sad thing is that for a lot of people this is his most recognizable role:

glennstl · 04-07-2017, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Zen_Amako

Don't forget Leave Her to Heaven. Price has a small part, but it's a great noir (even if it is in color). He was also in Laura, which also starred Gene Tierney. Unfortunately, Leave Her to Heaven was a limited release from Twilight Time and it is sold out now. It's definitely worth a watch, however, if you have the chance.

Glad you mentioned Laura and Leave Her to Heaven. Both are fantastic ( in Laura's case, classic) movies. I remember catching Leave Her to Heaven for the first time on TCM about a year ago. I was floored by how great it was. Gene Tierney unfortunately dealt with major health issues if you read about her. I agree it stinks that the movie is OOP. Laura also has a great twist.

glennstl · 04-07-2017, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by svenge

The sad thing is that for a lot of people this is his most recognizable role:

Vincent Price appeared in Scooby Doo??? I grew up watching that cartoon but I don't remember that. That's awesome. Did he appear a decent number of times? Did he appear as himself, or did he voice the villains?

I am totally seeing Scobby Doo in a new light now

Codename Wolverine · 04-07-2017, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by glennstl

Vincent Price appeared in Scooby Doo??? I grew up watching that cartoon but I don't remember that. That's awesome. Did he appear a decent number of times? Did he appear as himself, or did he voice the villains?

I am totally seeing Scobby Doo in a new light now

13 ghosts of Scooby Doo, he had a leading role.

glennstl · 04-09-2017, 10:49 PM

I sold off my Twilight Time copy of Mad Magician about a month ago... but now end up missing it, so ordered a new copy. I was also dumb enough to sell off my Vincent Price Collection vol. I about 2 years ago. By that late summer ( 2015) it had gone OOP with no warning. I frantically looked at local stores ( due to online prices skyrocking in what seemed like overnight) and somehow found one single copy for normal retail. I was extremely fortunate to get that back.

Moral of the story: do not sell off Vincent Price movies, as I will inevitably regret it.

gates70 · 04-10-2017, 02:42 PM

My biggest regret was not getting Leave Her To Heaven. Didn't know at the time that Price was in it and never heard of the movie. I have heard plenty since then to now regret not taking a chance.

hagios · 05-31-2017, 02:55 AM

Started my The Vincent Price Collection I II III marathon tonight!

The Pit and the Pendulum

You know when you see that eerie castle with the raging sea from the beginning this is going to be a great film! Just love all the fantastic sets/costumes in this classy, period piece, atmospheric and film.
Francis Barnard (John Kerr) travels to his brother-in-law Nicholas Medina's (Vincent Price) castle to find out what caused the death of his sister (Nicholas' late wife), Elizabeth (Barbara Steele). Francis is getting several different stories on just how his sister died from Nicholas' sister Catherine (Luana Anders) & the family doctor Leon (Antony Carbone. What follows with this frightening tale is...

The Masque of the Red Death

Satanist Prince Prospero (Vincent Price), is traveling through a village that has the plague, so he has it burned to the ground. He takes a peasant girl Francesca (Jane Asher). He offers sanctuary in his castle to the local nobility from the "Red Death". As they play there bizarre games, he introduces Francesca to Satan worship. Prospero has a masked ball & sees someone dressed in red, which he has forbidden and his fears...

glennstl · 05-31-2017, 05:11 AM

Hagios. Great to see your VP reviews! Always enjoy reading your reviews. Keep them coming!

Sinbad75 · 05-31-2017, 05:34 PM

For me, "Pit", "Usher" and "Masque" in that order. Some great stuff here!

hagios · 05-31-2017, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by glennstl

Hagios. Great to see your VP reviews! Always enjoy reading your reviews. Keep them coming!

Thanks glennstl, I truly enjoy putting down my thoughts from these fantastic VP films and the like! I do wish they would make more "subtle horror" films (Universal Classic Monsters from the by-gone era, etc.) like these were made "in the day", especially with their beautiful sets/costumes, atmosphere, secret passages, spooky graveyards, eerily fog, castles, the raging seas, etc. I do not think we will get anything as classy as these in the near future though.

hagios · 06-01-2017, 12:51 AM

The Haunted Palace

It is 1765 and there is strange things going on in the town of Arkham. The townsfolk believe it is the work of a warlock named Joseph Curwen (Vincent Price). A young girl in a trance-like state is being led straight to the Curwen palace. She is taken to the palace's dungeon by Curwen and his beautiful mistress Hester Tillinghast (Cathie Merchant). Some townsfolk see her going into the palace. They accuse Curwen of bewitching her and drag him out to burn him at a tree. Before he dies he puts a curse on Arkham & it's people and that he will come back to seek his revenge.

110 years later, Curwen's great-great-grandson, Charles Dexter Ward (Vincent Price) and his beautiful wife Anne (Debra Paget ) arrive in Arkham after inheriting the palace. The townsfolk are none to friendly to them. However this does not deter Curwen and they head toward the palace. The eerie goings on continue as we are introduced to Lon Chaney Jr. as Simon Orne, a warlock and...

This is another stellar all-around film as it has those elements which I so enjoy, such as magnificent sets/costumes, the haunted palace, secret passages, torture chambers, the atmosphere!

The Fall of the House of Usher

Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) travels to the House of Usher, to meet his beautiful fiancée Madeline Usher (Myrna Fahey). The mansion has a very foreboding look. We are introduced to a very strange man, Madeline's brother Roderick Usher (Vincent Price). He tells Philip how his family ancestors have all gone mad as there is a curse on the Usher family & its house. He sees that if there was a marriage to take place between his sister and Philip the evil would continue.

Philip is desperate to get Madeline away from all this madness. During an argument with her brother Madeline dies and is laid in the family crypt in the lower part of the house. As Philip is leaving the entombment the old butler, Bristol (Harry Ellerbe), unknowingly says that Madeline suffered from catalepsy, a condition which can make its sufferers appear dead. Philip breaks open the coffin and it is empty, then...

This has so many great elements throughout & has those special secret passages which I love!

Hedji · 06-01-2017, 12:06 PM

As an owner of just Vol II and III, this thread is killing me.

Member-167298 · 06-01-2017, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Hedji

As an owner of just Vol II and III, this thread is killing me.

If you are region-free, you can import the superior Arrow versions of most of the films that were featured in volume I.

I recently sold my volume I (for $150 on eBay) and did just that.

Hedji · 06-01-2017, 04:37 PM

Yup, I'm working my way towards that. Which version of Masque did you go for?

glennstl · 06-02-2017, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by hagios

Thanks glennstl, I truly enjoy putting down my thoughts from these fantastic VP films and the like! I do wish they would make more "subtle horror" films (Universal Classic Monsters from the by-gone era, etc.) like these were made "in the day", especially with their beautiful sets/costumes, atmosphere, secret passages, spooky graveyards, eerily fog, castles, the raging seas, etc. I do not think we will get anything as classy as these in the near future though.

You summed up beautifully what specifically makes these films so classic and outstanding.

JimDiGriz · 06-02-2017, 10:34 AM

I like Usher and Haunted Palace but they dont match up to Pit, Masque and Theatre of Blood for me.

Hedji · 06-02-2017, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by hagios

I do wish they would make more "subtle horror" films (Universal Classic Monsters from the by-gone era, etc.) like these were made "in the day", especially with their beautiful sets/costumes, atmosphere, secret passages, spooky graveyards, eerily fog, castles, the raging seas, etc. I do not think we will get anything as classy as these in the near future though.

I love the atmosphere of these films too. I think Del Toro's Crimson Peak came fairly close to a modern version of these.

Vlad Draculi · 06-02-2017, 03:35 PM

I honestly forgot there was a third volume out and now I remember why, there was nothing dire on it. I'll get it eventually, but I'll wait for a big sale price.

hagios · 06-02-2017, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Hedji

I love the atmosphere of these films too. I think Del Toro's Crimson Peak came fairly close to a modern version of these.

Overall(it did have a little bit of those elements of those by-gone era classics, though) Crimson Peak was just not my 'cup of tea'.

05-31-2017, 02:55 AM	#68
hagios Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2013 Location:South Midlands town of Denton 4K collection:1246 Blu-ray collection:5220 DVD collection:1354 Trading Score:1	Watched Started my The Vincent Price Collection I II III marathon tonight! *The Pit and the Pendulum* You know when you see that eerie castle with the raging sea from the beginning this is going to be a great film! Just love all the fantastic sets/costumes in this classy, period piece, atmospheric and film. Francis Barnard (John Kerr) travels to his brother-in-law Nicholas Medina's (Vincent Price) castle to find out what caused the death of his sister (Nicholas' late wife), Elizabeth (Barbara Steele). Francis is getting several different stories on just how his sister died from Nicholas' sister Catherine (Luana Anders) & the family doctor Leon (Antony Carbone. What follows with this frightening tale is... *The Masque of the Red Death* Satanist Prince Prospero (Vincent Price), is traveling through a village that has the plague, so he has it burned to the ground. He takes a peasant girl Francesca (Jane Asher). He offers sanctuary in his castle to the local nobility from the "Red Death". As they play there bizarre games, he introduces Francesca to Satan worship. Prospero has a masked ball & sees someone dressed in red, which he has forbidden and his fears...

06-01-2017, 12:51 AM	#72
hagios Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2013 Location:South Midlands town of Denton 4K collection:1246 Blu-ray collection:5220 DVD collection:1354 Trading Score:1	Watched *The Haunted Palace* It is 1765 and there is strange things going on in the town of Arkham. The townsfolk believe it is the work of a warlock named Joseph Curwen (Vincent Price). A young girl in a trance-like state is being led straight to the Curwen palace. She is taken to the palace's dungeon by Curwen and his beautiful mistress Hester Tillinghast (Cathie Merchant). Some townsfolk see her going into the palace. They accuse Curwen of bewitching her and drag him out to burn him at a tree. Before he dies he puts a curse on Arkham & it's people and that he will come back to seek his revenge. 110 years later, Curwen's great-great-grandson, Charles Dexter Ward (Vincent Price) and his beautiful wife Anne (Debra Paget ) arrive in Arkham after inheriting the palace. The townsfolk are none to friendly to them. However this does not deter Curwen and they head toward the palace. The eerie goings on continue as we are introduced to Lon Chaney Jr. as Simon Orne, a warlock and... This is another stellar all-around film as it has those elements which I so enjoy, such as magnificent sets/costumes, the haunted palace, secret passages, torture chambers, the atmosphere! *The Fall of the House of Usher* Philip Winthrop (Mark Damon) travels to the House of Usher, to meet his beautiful fiancée Madeline Usher (Myrna Fahey). The mansion has a very foreboding look. We are introduced to a very strange man, Madeline's brother Roderick Usher (Vincent Price). He tells Philip how his family ancestors have all gone mad as there is a curse on the Usher family & its house. He sees that if there was a marriage to take place between his sister and Philip the evil would continue. Philip is desperate to get Madeline away from all this madness. During an argument with her brother Madeline dies and is laid in the family crypt in the lower part of the house. As Philip is leaving the entombment the old butler, Bristol (Harry Ellerbe), unknowingly says that Madeline suffered from catalepsy, a condition which can make its sufferers appear dead. Philip breaks open the coffin and it is empty, then... This has so many great elements throughout & has those special secret passages which I love!

04-07-2017, 02:30 AM	#61
Zen_Amako Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Northern VA, USA 4K collection:257 Blu-ray collection:664 Blu-ray reviews: 3 Trading Score:13	Don't forget Leave Her to Heaven. Price has a small part, but it's a great noir (even if it is in color). He was also in Laura, which also starred Gene Tierney. Unfortunately, Leave Her to Heaven was a limited release from Twilight Time and it is sold out now. It's definitely worth a watch, however, if you have the chance.

04-07-2017, 02:51 AM	#62
svenge Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:Washington State 4K collection:17 Blu-ray collection:474 DVD collection:157 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:67	The sad thing is that for a lot of people this is his most recognizable role:

04-09-2017, 10:49 PM	#66
glennstl Power Member Member since:Nov 2009 Location:St. Louis, MO. 4K collection:369 Blu-ray collection:1241 DVD collection:87	I sold off my Twilight Time copy of Mad Magician about a month ago... but now end up missing it, so ordered a new copy. I was also dumb enough to sell off my Vincent Price Collection vol. I about 2 years ago. By that late summer ( 2015) it had gone OOP with no warning. I frantically looked at local stores ( due to online prices skyrocking in what seemed like overnight) and somehow found one single copy for normal retail. I was extremely fortunate to get that back. Moral of the story: do not sell off Vincent Price movies, as I will inevitably regret it.

04-10-2017, 02:42 PM	#67
gates70 Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Canada Home Theater Gallery:289 4K collection:1484 Blu-ray collection:5225 Blu-ray reviews:1	My biggest regret was not getting Leave Her To Heaven. Didn't know at the time that Price was in it and never heard of the movie. I have heard plenty since then to now regret not taking a chance.

05-31-2017, 05:11 AM	#69
glennstl Power Member Member since:Nov 2009 Location:St. Louis, MO. 4K collection:369 Blu-ray collection:1241 DVD collection:87	Hagios. Great to see your VP reviews! Always enjoy reading your reviews. Keep them coming!

05-31-2017, 05:34 PM	#70
Sinbad75 Expert Member Member since:Sep 2009 4K collection:29 Blu-ray collection:625	For me, "Pit", "Usher" and "Masque" in that order. Some great stuff here!

06-01-2017, 12:06 PM	#73
Hedji Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2015 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:944 DVD collection:73 Trading Score:17	As an owner of just Vol II and III, this thread is killing me.

06-01-2017, 04:37 PM	#75
Hedji Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2015 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:944 DVD collection:73 Trading Score:17	Yup, I'm working my way towards that. Which version of Masque did you go for?

06-02-2017, 10:34 AM	#77
JimDiGriz Blu-ray Champion Member since:Oct 2010 Location:UK 4K collection:264 Blu-ray collection:647 DVD collection:142 Blu-ray reviews:11	I like Usher and Haunted Palace but they dont match up to Pit, Masque and Theatre of Blood for me.

06-02-2017, 03:35 PM	#79
Vlad Draculi Banned Member since:Jul 2014 Blu-ray collection:567 Trading Score:2	I honestly forgot there was a third volume out and now I remember why, there was nothing dire on it. I'll get it eventually, but I'll wait for a big sale price.

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