A beloved actor whose distinctive voice made him a master of screen menace, Vincent Price was born May 27, 1911, in St. Louis, the son of a successful candy tycoon. A graduate of Yale and the University of London, he made his stage debut in 1935 in "Victoria Regina."His 1938 film debut in Service Deluxe and his later work in Laura and The Song of Bernadette established Price as a fine character actor, but it was 1953's House of Wax that typecast him in horror roles. The Tingler and House on Haunted Hill were followed by The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Theatre of Blood and many more.
He teamed with Bette Davis for The Whales of August (1987), and for his final big-screen appearance, he played the creator of Edward Scissorhands (1990). In between his movie, stage and TV roles, Price was a fine-art consultant for Sears Roebuck. He died Oct. 25, 1993.
AddThe Pit and the PendulumFrancis (John Kerr) visits the gloomy Spanish castle of his late sister Elizabeth's husband, Nicholas (Vincent Price), to learn the reason for her death. Nicholas fears his wife isn't really dead and that her spirit wanders the halls at night. Seems Nicholas's father was a feared leader of the... Read More
AddMasque of Red Death / Premature BurialTwo fantastic Roger Corman classics! In Masque of the Red Death, refugees held hostage by a deadly plague outside Satanic Prince Prospero's castle are "invited" to a masked ball to indulge in depraved -- and lethal -- games. In The Premature Burial, a catatonic millionaire faces his worst fear:... Read More
AddThe Tingler / Zotz!This double feature pairs a classic horror flick -- about a pathologist (Vincent Price) who experiments with a parasite that clings to the spinal cord of victims -- with a classic comedy about a professor (Tom Poston) who discovers the zotz, a coin with magical properties. William Castle, who... Read More
AddTomb of Ligeia / Edgar Allen PoeVincent Price brings the writings of Edgar Allen Poe to life in this pair of films adapted from five of Poe's works. In The Tomb of Ligeia, Price has trouble getting over the death of a previous love, which proves detrimental to his current wife. For An Evening with Edgar Allen Poe, Price acts out... Read More
AddThe FlyScientist André Delambre (David Hedison) has invented a matter transporter. To perfect his machine, he decides to test the device on a human subject -- himself. He steps into the chamber unaware that an ordinary housefly has accompanied him. His head and arm become horrifically switched with... Read More
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