If the world was just and kind, then the sentence, “It’s a movie where Vincent Price stars as a madman who rules over an underwater society of fishmen prone to kidnapping scantily clad beautiful women,” would indicate the existence of probably one of the greatest films ever made. But the world is often cold and heartless and it often enjoys toying with us mere mortals as did the petty and jealous Greek gods of old. Therefore, the sentence, “It’s a movie where Vincent Price stars as a madman who rules over an underwater society of fishmen prone to kidnapping scantily clad beautiful women,” does not indicate the existence of one of the greatest movies of all time, but instead, indicates the existence of a shocking dull film in which Vincent Price sits in a cave.

Release Year: 1971 Country: United States Starring: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Adolfo Celi, Maria Perschy, Michael Dunn, Lilli Palmer, Peter Arne, Rosalind Elliot, Marshall Jones, Maria Martin, Ruth Plattes. Writer: Christopher Wicking and Henry Slesar Director: Gordon Hessler Cinematographer: Manuel Berenguer Music: Waldo de los Rios Producer: Louis Heyward Director Gordon Hessler is [...]

1969, United States. Starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Alister Williamson, Peter Arne, Hilary Dwyer, Rupert Davies, Uta Levka, Sally Geeson, Maxwell Shaw, Carl Rigg, Harry Baird. Directed by Gordon Hessler. Available on DVD from Amazon Hessler and Price are together again (for the first time) for a Poe adaptation that actually has a little something [...]

Release Year: 1962 Country: United States Starring: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney, Heather Angel, Alan Napier, John Dierkes, Dick Miller. Writer: Charles Beaumont and Ray Russell Director: Roger Corman Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby Music: Ronald Stein and Les Baxter Producer: Roger Corman Availability: Buy it from Amazon After the runaway success of House of Usher [...]

1961, United States. Starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, Luana Anders, Antony Carbone, Patrick Westwood, Lynette Bernay, Larry Turner, Mary Menzies, Charles Victor. Directed by Roger Corman. Available on DVD (Amazon). In 1960, American International Pictures – well-known for being a low-budget film production house possessed of some genuine talent – released The Fall [...]

Release Year: 1960 Country: United States Starring: Vincent Price, Mark Damon, Myrna Fahey, Harry Ellerby. Writer: Richard Matheson Director: Roger Corman Cinematographer: Floyd Crosby Music: Les Baxter Producer: Roger Corman Availability: Buy it from Amazon So this is the one that started it all, so to speak, so long as you consider “it all” to [...]

1968, France/Italy. Starring Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Alain Delon, Brigitte Bardot, Terence Stamp. Directed by Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, and Federico Fellini. Uh-oh, it’s Roger Vadim again. Man alive that cat sure is popping up a lot around here these days, isn’t he? Brigitte Bardot has been showing up a lot lately as well, though [...]