Best of Price?

Jurious · 19th March 2003, 11:54 AM

Hey all! I don't usually come to this forum, but here goes:

For some reason, I've just had the urge to watch a few movies with Vincent Price in - it has come to me that I haven't actually seen him in hardly anything, except Edward Scissorhands, and I have fond childhood memories of hearing his voice as Professor Ratigan in the Disney Basil the Great Mouse Detective film, but that's it!

Fortunately, coinciding with this 'urge', I've found that House of Wax and Masque of the Red Death are both on next week, and both have got pretty good reviews in my mum's TV guide, but I just wondered if anyone else here, more in the know, could recommend me a few other films to try and see?

I guess I just want to educate myself a bit more in these fine actors. :)

**Matt Gemmell** · 19th March 2003, 07:33 PM

House Of Wax and Masque Of The Red Death are two of his best.
My fave is Witchfinder General . Also worth seeing is The Fall Of The House Of Usher and Theatre Of Blood .......... all excellent .

**Stuart Ball** · 19th March 2003, 07:43 PM

Add to that Madhouse, Comedy of Terrors and House of the Long Shadows.

19th March 2003, 08:27 PM

They are all good films Jurious, you should make a point of seeing them all, Mr. Price was one of the best, His up there with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, you can't have one with out the others :D all peas in the same pod if you like ' The Three Great Men'.

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**Don Boycik** · 19th March 2003, 09:35 PM

here's some good ones too. everyone seems to forget THE PIT AND THE PENDULAN from 1961. The Fly from 1958. an the sequel isn't that bad either. look him up at internet movie data base for a list of his films. i'm guesing he did about 200 or so films. although i can't be sure of that. so don't qoute me on that.

lisaleslie76 · 20th March 2003, 08:10 AM

Hey Jurious,

You should see House of Wax, that's a really good movie. Another movie you should try watching is the Pit and the Pendulum, that's another good Vincent Price movie.

**Jacob Remery** · 20th March 2003, 09:03 AM

The Witchfynder General and The Fly are my favorites from the ones i've seen with Mr Price.

Ala, they have allready been mentioned.
Also reccomended imo are the Dr Phibes movies.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Dr Phibes Will Rise Again. (Peter Cushing has a small role in this one)

:)

Jurious · 20th March 2003, 06:05 PM

Excellent! Thankyou everyone! I'm off to 'educate' myself! :D

**Don Boycik** · 20th March 2003, 08:48 PM

here's good one least i think so. Dr. Goldfoot the 1st one i liked the 2nd one sux's. i haven't seen the one they did for television back in i believe it was about 1965.but one V. price i do really want to see is Service de Luxe from 1938. it's his 1st film an not on video or dvd. i don't even know if it's in color or black an white!

21st March 2003, 10:01 PM

Vincent was excellent in comic roles - A COMEDY OF TERRORS, THE RAVEN, TALES OF TERROR spring to mind. I recently saw the DVD of CHAMPAGNE FOR CAESAR - a great film.

One of his best comic roles must be that of Egghead in BATMAN - his teaming with Anne Baxter as Olga was hilarious

Sarah · 22nd March 2003, 04:23 PM

Last night they showed

**Don Boycik** · 22nd March 2003, 07:18 PM

yea i saw that one too. it is indeed one of his better films a CLASSIC! it's hard to believe that of all these horror movies he did in that era he still was an unknown to the american public according to his daughters book. an it wasn't untill the Poe pictures that he became the cult figure he is today.

**Charles Prepolec** · 23rd March 2003, 03:54 AM

What? Discussing the best of Vincent Price and no one mentions The Ten Commandments? Surely you jest!

Mr. Price's appearance in the best epic of all time certainly merits mention. If you haven't seen it because you think you might be turned off by the religious aspects, forget about it. Considering that this is termed a 'biblical epic', religion is secondary and spectacle is everything. Incredible matte paintings, huge sets, great special effects and a cast of literally thousands, this is one brilliant piece of film that defines the term 'epic'. It just doesn't get any bigger or better than this, and Vincent Price as the devious Baka is smack-dab in the middle of this Cecil B. DeMille classic! Dare I say it? VP's scenes with Edward G. Robinson are...Priceless!

Cheers!

Sarah · 23rd March 2003, 07:33 AM

Talk about movie great movie classics

**Don Boycik** · 23rd March 2003, 10:23 AM

it's funny that U mention that one cause i want just talking about it tonight with a friend of mine. i was telling him how good of a movie that is. here's a couple more, the 3 musketeers from 1948.
the mad magicain i know it's spelled wrong from 1954. an one which wasn't that bad of flix well if ya like bob hope u migh like it. casanova's big night i think it's called Vincent price has an uncred cameo at the begining of it. an THE BAT from 1959. a good mystery.