Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: Vincent Price
Scary Movies: Primate
Primate is a movie about a pet chimpanzee, really a beloved family member, who gets rabies and in a short time turns from gentle companion to terrifying predator. It’s not deep, but it’s entertaining enough and well made for what it is. I don’t… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Primate”
Scary Movies: Theatre of Blood
Theatre of Blood is a highly entertaining horror and black comedy from 1973 starring Vincent Price and Diana Rigg (the Bond girl from the best Bond movie, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service). In fact, I would say this is one of the best Vincent… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Theatre of Blood”
Scary Movies: Witchfinder General
I’ve seen a number of bad movies where Vincent Price was the best thing about the film, sometimes even the only thing in the film worth watching. But Witchfinder General (released in the US as The Conqueror Worm) is a movie where Vincent is… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Witchfinder General”
Scary Movies: The Fly
I wrote in my review of The Haunting about, how after seeing so many 1950s B-grade horror movies, what a pleasure it is to see a movie from this era by a major studio–here, 20th Century Fox. The Fly boasted a bigger budget and… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: The Fly”
Scary Movies: Pit and the Pendulum
Pit and the Pendulum is the second in director Roger Corman’s cycle of eight Edgar Allan Poe movies, most starring Vincent Price. Others in the cycle I’ve also reviewed include The Raven, Tales of Terror, and The Tomb of Ligeia. Of the eight, this… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Pit and the Pendulum”
Scary Movies: Tomb of Ligeia
Finally finishing up the horror movies from my family’s annual Halloween film festival, and we come to the Tomb of Ligeia. This is the third from director Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe cycle that we’ve watched, the previous ones being The Raven and Tales… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: Tomb of Ligeia”
Scary Movies: House of Wax
As usual in October, I’m running a little behind on my horror movie reviews! Okay, we’ve seen a good one and a bad one in the past couple weeks. Let’s start with the bad one! The House of Wax stars Vincent Price as Dr.… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: House of Wax”
Scary Movies: The Raven
It’s October, and that means it’s time for the annual Bruner horror movie festival! Our first movie this year is The Raven, the second Roger Corman-directed Edgar Allan Poe movie we’ve watched (last year I reviewed Tales of Terror). The Raven is a horror-comedy,… Continue Reading “Scary Movies: The Raven”
