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One of the best known stars of the horror genre, Vincent Price dominated the screen; hardly surprising given that he stood 6' 3" tall! He did make films in other genres, most notably mystery thrillers, with The Bat one of his best known performances (and included here). It is perhaps House On Haunted Hill that is his best known film and which was remade in 1999. The original version is included here, with the set completed by Shock.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unwatchable Quality,
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This review is from: The Vincent Price Collection 3 DVD Set [2007] (DVD)
After watching the first 20mins of 'The Bat' and 'Shock' I have to report that both these movies, which look pretty enjoyable, are UNWATCHABLE because of the extremely poor video quality (too highly compressed resulting in a LOT of ghosting and high contrast), and the audio which is out of synch. I wasn't even watching them on my widescreen TV, just a little old fashioned one. Its like they taped it off the TV onto VHS, and then digitised the VHS copy after 10 years of wear and tear. I am so disappointed!!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cheap at three times the Price,
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This review is from: The Vincent Price Collection 3 DVD Set [2007] (DVD)
These three films capture Price's tongue in cheek wit and charismatic persona well. House on Haunted Hill is rightly one of his most celebrated films, and the irony and surprising twists mean it has aged well and can still be enjoyed by the Saw horror generation. Five diverse characters take up Price's challenge to spend the night in a haunted house and win a fortune. They all need the money, even though numerous people have died there in mysterious circumstances, and so no matter who dies and no matter how creepy things get, they must stay. It's best not to say anything more about the story as twist is piled on top of twist and the horror runs alongside the growing mystery of just what is going on. This is one of those horror films where the very low budget actually adds to its appeal.
Less successful is The Bat, which again is a very low budget mixture of horror and mystery. Price kills an embezzler and seeks to lay claim to the stolen money, which is to be found at the home of the embezzler's lodger, who is a mystery writer. But a mysterious killer is on the loose and he is looking to get to the money first. Price adds some class to the hokum in a role that is smaller than it perhaps should have been as his is the most interesting part of a story in which in truth it's a bit hard to care about the identity of the mystery 'Bat' killer. Shock is an oddity and an unexpected delight. It was made in the 1940s before Price became linked with horror tales and is a straight piece of mystery melodrama. Price plays a psychiatrist and Janet is the sole witness to him murdering his wife. She is shocked into becoming catatonic and so Price is called in to help her. With the aid of his wickedly evil nurse girlfriend, who was the cause of the argument with his wife, he decides to keep Janet drugged to stop her talking, but can Janet's soldier husband return in time to save her? There's little in the way of twists or plot development, but the leads play their parts well, especially the nasty nurse, and it tries to be artful with good direction. Sadly after creating an intriguing situation filled with interesting characters the story in the second half fails to deliver everything it could have done. That aside, this largely forgotten film is worth seeing.
1 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
vincent price,
This review is from: The Vincent Price Collection 3 DVD Set [2007] (DVD)
This gift set was bought for a christmas present so i will not be able to review till after christmas but i will review after that point.
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