Episode 189: The Bloody Revenge of Vincent Price

## Show Notes

We discuss Vincent Price and his films HOUSE OF USHER, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH and more.
## Films Discussed

* Films starring Vincent Price
	+ *The Invisible Man Returns* (1940) Dir. Joe May
	+ *The Song of Bernadette* (1943) Dir. Henry King
	+ *Laura* (1944) Dir. Otto Preminger
	+ *A Royal Scandal* (1945) Dir. Ernst Lubitsch & Otto Preminger
	+ *Dragonwyck* (1946) Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
	+ *Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein* (1948) Dir. Charles Barton
	+ *The Baron of Arizona* (1950) Dir. Samuel Fuller
	+ *House of Wax* (1953) Dir. Andre DeToth
	+ *The Mad Magician* (1954) Dir. John Brah
	+ *The Ten Commandments* (1956) Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
	+ *House on Haunted Hill* (1959) Dir. William Castle
	+ *The Tingler* (1959) Dir. William Castle
	+ *House of Usher* (1960) Dir. Roger Corman
	+ *Pit and the Pendulum* (1961) Dir. Roger Corman
	+ *Confessions of an Opium Eater* (1962) Dir. Albert Zugsmith
	+ *The Raven* (1963) Dir. Roger Corman
	+ *The Haunted Palace* (1963) Dir. Roger Corman
	+ *The Last Man on Earth* (1964) Dir. Ubaldo Ragona
	+ *The Masque of the Red Death* (1964) Dir. Roger Corman
	+ *The Tomb of Ligeia* (1965) Dir. Roger Corman
	+ *Batman* (1966-67, 5 episode) - TV Show
	+ *The Abominable Dr. Phibes* (1971) Dir. Robert Fuest
	+ *The Hilarious House of Frightenstein* (1971, 130 episodes) - TV Show
	+ *Theatre of Blood* (1973) Dir. Douglas Hickox
	+ *Vincent* (1982) Dir. Tim Burton
	+ *House of Long Shadows* (1983) Dir. Pete Walker
	+ *Michael Jackson's Thriller* (1983) Dir. John Landis
	+ *The Great Mouse Detective* (1986) Dir. Ron Clements, Burny Mathison, Dave Michener & John Musker
	+ *From A Whisper to a Scream* (a.k.a. *Offspring*) (1987) Dir. Jeff Burr
	+ *The Whales of August* (1987) Dir. Lindsay Anderson
	+ *Edward Scissorhands* (1990) Dir. Tim Burton
* *Frankenstein* (1931) Dir. James Whale
* *Dracula* (1931) Dir. Tod Browning
* *Citizen Kane* (1941) Dir. Orson Welles
* The Curse of *Frankenstein* (1957) Dir. Terence Fisher
* *Dracula* (1958) Dir. Terence Fisher
* *Night of the Living Dead* (1968) Dir. George A. Romero
* *Omega Man* (1971) Dir. Boris Sagal
* *I Am Legend* (2007) Dir. Francis Lawrence

## Discussion Notes

* Will does his Vincent Price (getting better!)
* Vincent Price - perhaps the most prolific and recognizable horror personality?
	+ The staples of a Price role: big, evil, hammy
	+ A unique physicality lent to a memorable film presence
	+ A renaissance man - art collector, cookbook writer, game-show contestant, museum benefactor, Sears-Roebuck print curator, and touring Oscar Wilde player
* Our hosts imagine Vincent Price as Charles Foster Kane
* Justin - "Has Vincent Price ever had a role that wasn't big and meaty?"
* The gimmicks of William Castle Films - Emergo and The Tingler

## Post-Outro Discussion

* Justin recaptured the grindhouse for Toronto at The Grand Gerard for the Mind Melter - a 24-hour movie marathon
	+ There was an eight-year old in attendance - who had a blast! (Thanks unaware parents!)
	+ Some films Justin screened (full Mind Melter list here, in screening order!)
		- *Dementia* (1955) Dir. John Parker
		- *Black Cat Mansion* (1958) Dir. Nobuo Nakagawa
		- *Messiah of Evil* (1973) Dir. Willar Huyck & Gloria Kat
		- *The Last House on Dead End Street* (1977) Dir. Roger Watkins
		- *Anguish* (1987) Dir. Bigas Luna
		- *Stage Fright* (1987) Dir. Michele Soavi
		- *Splatter Farm* (1987) Dir. Mark and John Polonia & Todd Michael Smith
		- *The Cat* (1992) Dir. Lam Nai-Choi

* Our hosts saw the newest film from the *Ed Wood* boys Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski - *Dolemite is My Name* (2019) Dir. Craig Brewer
	+ Our hosts enjoyed it!
	+ Judgement has been passed - our hosts determine that the perfect unfunny movie that white people think is funny is *The Front Page* (1974) Dir. Billy Wilder
* *Petey Wheatstraw* - Justin's favorite Rudy Ray Moore film!
* Is Eddie Murphy an Oscar contender this year?
	+ Stiff competition from Adam Sandler for *Uncut Gems* (2019) Dir. Josh and Benny Safdie
* Will: The Oscars are immoral, but he'll watch them