THE COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: DAY 24

(The Price of Fright)

Tonight, Turner Classic Movies features another slew of films

in which Vincent Price chews more scenery than a zombie can chew brains!

And it's all horror, all the time too!

It is impossible to go wrong with any of these films but I do want to let you know, dear reader, that this Goods Guy would more likely recommend HOUSE OF USHER, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL or THE RAVEN.

In USHER, Price's character takes a journey from refined, reserved and restrained to manically mad, madman and it is a pleasure to watch him bloom!

HAUNTED HILL is full of character intrigue as one wonders what to think of Price's character and his wager with those who are willing to stay locked in his house.

THE RAVEN is equal parts Dr. Strange, Edgar Allen Poe and all the while we have Price matching wits with Karloff all the while poor Peter Lorre tries to wiggle his way out of the whole situation.

At 8pm

HOUSE OF WAX

Here's the trailer for this 3-D masterpiece:

At 9:45pm

THE MAD MAGICIAN

The trailer...

At 11pm

HOUSE OF USHER

The trailer...

At 12:30am

DIARY OF A MADMAN

And the trailer...

At 2:15am

THE TINGLER

The tingling trailer...

At 3:45am

HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL

The trailer...

At 5:15am

THE BAT

This is the Price himself selling the movie...

At 6:45am

TOWER OF LONDON

No trailer here, but the drinking contest scene between ol' Vinny and Basil Rathbone...

At 8:15am

THE RAVEN

Quoth the trailer...

Finally, Vincent gives Kermit insight into the method of acting...

Tomorrow it's back to vampires for the final week of our Countdown to Halloween!

Where does the time go...

LATE MONSTER MONDAY REMINDER - COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN (Day 17)

Waaay too late for this post, but I figure the majority of the movies on tonight haven't played yet, so it's worth a shot. TCM is continuing it's Monday Monster Marathon tonight with the following feature films. I, for one, plan to check out CURSE OF THE DEMON and TINGLER...

OCTOBER 17
8:00 pm – The Horror Of Dracula
9:30 pm – The House On Haunted Hill
11:00 pm – Tingler
12:30 am – House Of Wax
2:15 am – Curse Of The Demon
4:00 am – A Night At The Movies: The Horrors Of Stephen King
5:00 am – Bucket Of Blood (1959)

THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL...


TINGLER....


HOUSE OF WAX


CURSE OF THE DEMON...


BUCKET OF BLOOD...

WAXING ON VINCENT PRICE - COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN (DAY 8)

Being that HOUSE OF WAX will be showing early this morning on TCM (don't worry if you can't get up in time to catch it--it will be showing again later in the month at at more midnight hour) at around 9:30am ET, I figured a brief look at some wax museum displays might put you in the mood for some hot wax... place your cursor right on the picts and click them for a closer look at the creepiness!









HOUSE OF WAX was the first of the color 3-D films from a major studio.