Best Vinny Price Movie?
 

In conjunction with Zifnab's last thread what do people in here think is the best Vincent Price movie? here my personal top 5. (no particular order)
1.) Theatre of Blood
2.) House on Haunted Hill
3.) The Abominable Dr.Phibes
4.) The Fly
5.) Witchfinder General

I would have The Pit and the Pendulum in there instead of The Fly, I was really disappointed with that film when I first watched it.

i know it's sad, but i have yet to watch The Pit And The Pendulum. i keep hearing great things though so it won't be long till i grab it - next pay day it shall be mine.

Even though it was a TV special and not a movie in the strictest sense, I wanted to mention Price's superb voice performance in the Rankin Bass Easter special, "Here Comes Peter Cottontail." He even sings a song! Excellent.

House On Haunted Hill

1) Last Man On Earth
2) The Masque of the Red Death
3) An Evening of Edgar Allen Poe
4) Witchfinder General
5) House Of Wax

I think house on haunted hill should go first

No order, past #1

1) Pit and the Pendulum
2) The Abominable Dr. Phibes
3) Theatre of Blood
4) Last Man on Earth
5) House on Haunted Hill
6) House of Wax

The sequel to house of wax was no where near as good as the original

where could one find this?

Here Comes Peter Cottontail used to be on the Disney Channel every once in awhile. I don't think it would be too hard to track down. I think his Muppet Show appearance was pretty iconic. One of my favorites. But, for movies I would go with Dr. Phibes, followed by Masque of the Red Death, House of Wax and Tales of Terror. I also love his narration of Tim Burton's Vincent, which I consider absolutely sublime.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Huh?

Man, I could never pick a favorite Vincent Price movie. I happen to watch The Comedy of Terrors, The Raven, The Bat, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Masque of Red Death, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and The Last Man on Earth pretty regularly. I love those double feature midnite movies. I used to have a lot of those Roger Corman midnite movies.

I think he refers to the remake with Paris Hilton....hahahahaha

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Havent actually seen that yet, but looks AWFUL.




Anyone seen Tim Burton's short "Vincent"? VERY cool, and narrated by the man himself.:D

Ok so my top five goes

1) Masque of the red death
2) Theatre of blood
3) Witchfinder general
4) Fall of the house of usher
5) The Fly

My favourite Vinny quote has got to be from the lamentable Fly 2.

"He has the muderous mind of a fly!"

I had no idea flys were murderous. Heh heh!

I haven't seen the orig house of wax for years. I can only get it here on non widescreen so I'll wait a bit.

I'll wait till the remave hits the Telly before I see it I think.

Masque of the Red Death
an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe
Tomb of Ligeia
Fall of the House of Usher
the House on Haunted Hill
Abominable Dr. Phibes

:O I havent seen it! damnit!

the underrated performance by Vincent Price in Laura was a very good one. No one's mentioned that yet. But I also liked House of wax and House on Haunted Hill.

Thats a hard movie to find. Been looking for it, but cant find it anywhere.

A documentary in bioxtra noted his performance in Dragonwyck, but I have yet to see it.

It's on the Special Edition DVD of Nightmare Before Christmas. It's only like 6-7 min long, but well worth the money of getting the whole DVD. Hell, I havnt even SEEN the movie yet and Im glad I bought it.:D

Just Realized no-one has mentioned 'The Tingler', now that is a classic! ;)

Certainly is! LOVED the use of colour.

Amazon.com, my friend. $10, highly recommended.

Best Vinny Price Movie
 

I've only seen 2 of them (the fly and house of wax)I think i like house of wax more.

The Last Man on Earth

The Abominable and The Masque.

Neither was the remake!

Anyway, House on Haunted Hill was Vinny's best movie!!! It was his first horror movie (if my knowledge is correct), and it was a damn good one!!! Oh, and I have to give Geoffrey Rush a standing ovation for his great adaptation of Vincent Price in the HOHH remake! Great job!

House on Haunted Hill - 1959
House of Wax - 1953

Hehehe...sorry, but I had to do it;)


By the way, I agree whole-heartedly about Rush. Nobody other than Vince himself could have done it better. He totally made the movie for me, wouldnt have been NEARLY as good without him

The original poster who had 'Theatre of Blood' as their choice is correct, IMO. The two Dr Phibes films and some of the Poe/Corman films should get a look in, particularly Pit and the Pendulum and Masque of the Red Death. He was undoubtedly one of the genre's finest actors, we are at a loss without him

Hey all you Price fans out there, This month on "Turner Classic Movies" is a tribute to one of our favorite movie villians.
Here's the article from "Turners" site:
Vincent Price Profile


His aristocratic looks, cultivated manner and silken speaking voice served Vincent Price well through a series of careers as leading man, character actor and, in his best-remembered persona, horror film star.

Price (1911-1993) was born in St. Louis to a wealthy family and, after receiving a bachelor's degree from Yale in art history and English, headed to London for further study and a stage debut with John Gielgud in Chicago in 1935. After playing Prince Albert in the West End production of Victoria Regina, Price repeated the role on Broadway opposite Helen Hayes. He would remain active onstage over the years, scoring a particular success on Broadway as the villainous husband of Angel Street (1941).

Price made his film debut at Universal Studios in Service de Luxe (1938). He then made striking impressions in a series of notable roles including Sir Walter Raleigh in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), the Duke of Clarence in Tower of London (1939), Clifford Pyncheon in The House of Seven Gables (1940), Joseph Smith (founder of the Mormon religion) in Brigham Young (1940) and Dutour in The Song of Bernadette (1943).

In the early 1950s Price seemed settled into a career as an elegant featured actor when a whole new arena as horror star was opened by his role as the sinister owner of a wax museum in House of Wax (1953), the most successful 3-D movie of the 1950s. Among his other horror outings of that decade were The Fly (1958), House on Haunted Hill (1959) and The Bat (1959). Meanwhile, he continued to take on character roles including Baka in The Ten Commandments (1956), the Devil in The Story of Mankind (1957) and Omar Khayham in Son of Sinbad (1955).

Beginning in the 1960s, Price starred in a highly successful series of horror chillers for American International Pictures (AIP) that were based on stories of Edgar Allan Poe and directed by Roger Corman. They included House of Usher (1960), Pit and the Pendulum (1961), The Raven (1963) and The Masque of the Red Death (1964). For United Artists Price made Diary of a Madman (1963), playing a magistrate possessed by the spirit of a man he was forced to kill; it was based on Guy de Maupassant's 1886 short story, "The Horla."

Price's best horror roles in the 1970s were those of the hideously scarred doctor in The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), the flamboyantly homicidal Edward Lionheart in Theater of Blood (1973) and the possibly homicidal TV star Paul Toombes aka "Dr. Death" in Madhouse (1974).

Price remained active in films and television throughout the 1980s, making his final movie appearances in 1990 in Edward Scissorhands and Backtrack. A man of wide interests, he collected art and antiques, functioned as a gourmet cook and quiz-show champion, co-authored cookbooks, wrote his memoirs and entered the world of rock music by lending his voice to the Michael Jackson video Thriller. Price's three wives were actress Edith Barrett, fashion designer Mary Grant and actress Coral Browne.

The films in TCM's salute to Vincent Price are House of Usher (1960), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), Diary of a Madman (1963), The Bat (1959), Son of Sinbad (1955) and The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971).

Excellent post, thanks for that

If we're talking horror movies, Price's best ones are:

Masque of the Red Death
Tomb of Ligiea
Witchfinder General
The two Phibes films
Theater of Blood

If we also include mystery-thrillers, there are:

Laura
Dragonwyck

I finally got around to seeing 'Phibes'. I'm really confused, 'cause I don't know if I liked it or not. I thought it had excellent murders, and a unique storyline...but there was something about it that I didn't like. (Sorry Return, I know you like this one, don't kill me...)

Definately not Price's best, though, IMO.

Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Bomb.

Ha, I like the way you conflated the two Goldfoot titles (though even thier combined entertainment value wouldn't add up to one of the Phibes films)

Tsk tsk tsk...:p

What was it you didnt like about it?