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Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) | When Vincent spoofed the spy genre

Vincent Price stars as the nefarious Dr Goldfoot, who is plotting to ensnare the fortunes of the world’s wealthiest men with the aid of beautiful bikini-clad robots he manufactures in Continue Reading

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Posted On : 31st May 2020 Published By : The Curator
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Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950) | When Vincent Price played the consummate ham

 ‘Vincent Price’s ham actor is artfully overplayed‘ Hollywood Reporter, 24 May, 1950 Released on 25 May 1950, Universal’s Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (aka Take the Stage in the UK) Continue Reading

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Posted On : 25th May 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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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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A Royal Scandal (1945) | Vincent Price’s brief encounter with Catherine ze Great

In 1945, Vincent Price got the chance to work with one of Hollywood’s cinematic giants, Ernst Lubitsch, in the screwball comedy, A Royal Scandal (aka Czarina), which was based on Continue Reading

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Posted On : 26th March 2017 Published By : The Curator
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The Carol Burnett Show (1974) | Vincent Price shows his funny side

Of all of Vincent Price’s many guest appearances on US comedy shows, I’ve always loved his turns on The Carol Burnett Show, the hilarious variety sketch show that also starred Continue Reading

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Posted On : 9th February 2017 Published By : The Curator
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Service de Luxe (1938) | Vincent Price’s big-screen debut

Vinnie made his Hollywood screen debut (which he jokingly used to pronounce as his ‘day-boo’ during many of his talk show appearances) in the 1938 screwball comedy, Service de Luxe, Continue Reading

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Posted On : 16th March 2016 Published By : The Curator
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)

On 20 February 1974 in the US, ABC’s Wide World of Entertainment presented The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute, an entertaining 70-minute videotaped TV production hosted by Vincent Continue Reading

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Posted On : 8th March 2016 Published By : The Curator
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The Comedy of Terrors (1963) | A look back at Jacques Tourneur’s horror farce

‘You’re invited to a funeral’Welcome to the Hinchley & Trumbull funeral parlour, the only establishment of its kind that has found the secret of increasing business – by furnishing its Continue Reading

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Posted On : 13th February 2015 Published By : The Curator

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