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Ringo (1978) | When Vincent Price hypnotised the ex-Beatle

Telling the Prince and the Pauper-styled tale of Ringo and his fictional look-a-like Ognir Rrats, whom he trades places with, this 44-minute TV musical special was narrated by George Harrison Continue Reading

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Posted On : 26th April 2018 Published By : The Curator
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Lindsay Anderson’s The Whales of August on Blu-ray and DVD

Kino Lorber Studio Classics is proud to announce the Blu-ray and DVD release of Lindsay Anderson’s film The Whales of August (1987), starring screen legends Bette Davis and Lillian Gish, Continue Reading

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Posted On : 8th December 2017 Published By : The Curator
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Diversions & Delights | When Vincent Price scored a theatrical triumph playing Oscar Wilde

Despite having appeared on the stage throughout his career, Vincent Price’s greatest theatrical triumph was undoubtedly his one-man show, Diversions & Delights, in which he played the playwright and author Continue Reading

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Posted On : 28th November 2017 Published By : The Curator
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The Great Mouse Detective (1986) | When Vincent Price joined Disney’s Hall of Villains

1986’s The Great Mouse Detective was the 26th Disney animated feature film, released in the US on 2 July, while the UK got it on 10 October and it was Continue Reading

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Posted On : 10th October 2017 Published By : The Curator
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The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo (1985) | When Vincent Price turned spook hunter with the Scooby gang

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo was the seventh incarnation of Hanna-Barbera’s long-running Scooby-Doo cartoon series, which premiered on 7 September 1985 in the US on ABC, and ran for one Continue Reading

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Posted On : 10th September 2017 Published By : The Curator
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Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982) | When Steve Martin crossed Vincent Price

Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) is the quintessential private eye. A student of Philip Marlowe, the laconic gumshoe is hired by Juliet Forrest (played suprisingly well by Rachel Ward) to investigate Continue Reading

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Posted On : 15th April 2017 Published By : The Curator
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Ruddigore (1982) | When Vincent Price came over all ‘moody and sad’ in the Gilbert and Sullivan TV special

Bound by an ancient curse to commit a crime every day, Sir Despard Murgatroyd (Vincent Price) is greatly relived to learn that shy Robin Oakapple (Keith Michell) is in fact Continue Reading

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Posted On : 3rd April 2017 Published By : The Curator
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The Monster Club (1981) | Three stories to shock you! Chill you! Thrill you! And make you laugh…

This attempt by Milton Subotsky at resuscitating the horror anthology formula that he started back in 1965 with Dr Terrors House of Horrors, but in a semi-comic vein, proved a disappointment Continue Reading

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Posted On : 2nd April 2017 Published By : The Curator
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Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) | When Vincent Price appeared in the original ‘Scary Movie’

Wanting a big-screen vehicle for the outrageous British TV comic Kenny Everett, writers Ray Cameron and Barry Cryer devised the OTT horror spoof, Bloodbath at the House of Death, a Continue Reading

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Posted On : 30th March 2017 Published By : The Curator

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