Favorite Vincent Price movie?

[venomx]

Do you have a favorite(s) Vincent Price movie? If so why? Maybe a favorite appearance?

My favorites, random order ...

* House on Haunted Hill (1959) I love this one, not as creepy as 1999 ver. but just very well done.

* The Hilarious House of Frightenstein (70's tv show) Just found out about it 3 years ago, fun stuff.

* The Haunted Palace (1963) The music, also his wife in the movie was very beautiful, had Lon Chaney Jr.

* The Last Man on Earth (1964) Waaaay better then Will Smith's I Am Legend IMO.

* Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Everything about this movie - well done, great movie. had Barbara Steele.

* Twice-Told Tales (1963) I like the tale of the youth drink ... creepy ending.

* Tales of Terror (1962) I like the tale of the cat ... Vince makes me laugh in this one.

* Michael Jackson's Thriller (voice) Just brilliant, really makes the song.


Is The Bat (1959) any good? I found this below, and I can't wait to see it.

http://www.archive.org/details/The_Bat.mpeg

Any you like to recommend?

[LilCerberus]

I'm torn:

Theatre of Blood - There's just something about that scene where he disguises himself as a gay hairdresser

I Go Pogo - There's just something about hearing that voice used in a slow-talking southern character.

[Caronte]

The abominable Dr. Phibes. The way he kills is awesome

[Jack]

The Haunted Palace and The Pit and the Pendulum are my favorites.  Classic Price.

[Doggett]

'Theatre of Blood' for me. 

[Psycho Circus]

Fall Of The House Of Usher (1960)

Love his "hearing" continuity errors... 

[Javakoala]

I have a tie on this one:

Theater Of Blood and Witchfinder General

Theater Of Blood is an utter hoot to watch and you can see him having fun with his role.

Witchfinder General has him at his most depraved and evil.  If this had been the first movie I'd ever seen him in, I would have hated him as he did too good of a job of making himself unlikeable.

[the ghoul]

That's a really tough question.  Vincent Price is always so entertaining, and he was an extremely good actor.  I love the way he portrayed the slightly off-kilter scientist in "The Tingler."  "House on Haunted Hill" is another one of my favorites.  He was so great at playing subtly deranged characters, and William Castle really worked well with Vincent.  I also love his performances in "The Mad Magician,"  the Dr. Phibes movies, and "Theatre of Blood."  The list goes on and on.  

[GrindcoreManiac]

The Fly and the Dr. Phibes movies are amazing. also The Last Man on Earth is a great movie which was the first film made for the I Am Legend book. House on Haunted Hill was great. and, The Great Mouse Detective he voiced Ratigan and it was brilliant.

[RCMerchant]

I love ALL his movies! But my top would be the Phibes films! There just so inventive !

[Monster Jungle X-Ray]

Vincent Price was a great actor who had a lot of fun with the roles he was given good or bad. The Corman Poe films in particular had the right amount of gothic atmosphere, and frights. Here are a few of my favorite Price films:

Fall of the House of Usher - nice use of color and a unique look for Vincent

Masque of the Red Death - another one that uses color well.

The House of Wax - This is one of my all time favorites, and an early role for Charles Bronson too. That the blind in one eye director Andre de Toth could not even see the 3-D effects in his film was even more astounding.

The Tingler - Another William Castle fright-fest with a goofy monster, but who cares? Also wasn't this the 1st film to depict LSD use?

[Rev. Powell]

Some great ones to choose from.  I'd like to suggest COMEDY OF TERRORS: it's not the greatest movie (although it's far from terrible) but Price's performance as the arrogant undertaker drumming up business for himself is supremely nasty and hilarious!

Unfortunately the trailer emphasized the ensemble cast and doesn't do Price's performance justice.  He really dominates the others and is the center of the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd_qsd_uc18

[The Burgomaster]

I'll go with THEATRE OF BLOOD, HOUSE OF WAX, and ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES.

[Bargle5]

"The Conqueror Worm" AKA "Witchfinder General" was the one I watched often as a kid. He played the character so well. I hated the character (like you're supposed to) but really enjoyed his acting.

[venomx]

Lots of Theatre of Blood I see, I'm going to have to check it out then.

I just got done with The Bat. I really liked it, it had a good twist. It's a mystery not horror though.