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  • Cooking Price-Wise (1971)
    Review preview for Cooking Price-Wise

    Frankly, [Price] could probably read a phone book and make it entertaining, but there’s much more to enjoy here.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Vincent Price demonstrates how to cook dishes from around the world using easy-to-access 1970s ingredients.
  • Cry Of The Banshee (1970)
    Review preview for Cry Of The Banshee

    Handsome sets and costumes give the film a certain glamour that helps to obscure its weaknesses.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    In 16th Century England, a cruel witch-hunting magistrate, who often tortures innocent villagers for his entertainment, runs afoul of a witch who conjures a banshee to kill the magistrate and his family.
  • Edward Scissorhands (1990)
    Review preview for Edward Scissorhands

    By contrasting an artificial man with the real but unsubtly false men and women of the world and their queer existences, Burton presents satire with a dull thud.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    An intrepid Avon lady enters her local Gothic castle to find a lonely young home-made man with scissors for hands.
  • The House Of Usher (1960)
    Review preview for The House Of Usher

    With its claustrophobic themes of madness, suffocation and despair, The House Of Usher is a classic of Gothic horror.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A brother fiercely refuses to let his sister marry her fiance - but are his motives rooted in something darker than mere jealousy?
  • The Last Man On Earth (1964)
    Review preview for The Last Man On Earth

    Well established as a player of scholarly roles with a hint of madness, Price fits the original character of this story better than anyone else.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
  • Laura (1944)
    Review preview for Laura

    A perfect example of film-noir, Laura has an intelligent and unpredictable plot, beautiful cinematography and an unforgettable score.

    Skyline · 5 out of 5
    A detective investigating a murder finds out what "client attachment" means in this stylish 1940s thriller.
  • Madhouse (1974)
    Review preview for Madhouse

    A decidedly postmodern piece that nevertheless retains an emotional punch thanks to the sterling efforts of its two leads.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Trouble ensues when a former horror movie star, long incarcerated in a psychiatric institution, returns to the fray.
  • The Masque Of The Red Death (1964)
    Review preview for The Masque Of The Red Death

    A film which is there not just to be watched, but to be experienced.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A cruel prince devotes himself to Satan and lives a life of excess, but just beyond his castle gates lurks a deadly plague.
  • Night Gallery: Season 1 (1970)
    Review preview for Night Gallery: Season 1

    ight Gallery is a rich mixture in terms of writers, cast and adapted material.

    Robert Reid · 3 out of 5
    Cult series... we can't believe it's not the Twilight Zone.
  • The Pit And The Pendulum (1961)
    Review preview for The Pit And The Pendulum

    The Pit And The Pendulum is an epic slice of grand guignol.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A man investigating his sister's early death grows increasingly suspicious in her widower's castle full of bizarre torture devices.
  • The Raven (1963)
    Review preview for The Raven

    Fans of classic horror will thrill to see these two great masters, Price and Karloff, go up against each other.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    Two aging wizards feud over a woman.
  • Tower Of London (1962)
    Review preview for Tower Of London

    It looks rough, but Price is compelling.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Richard III is haunted by those he has murdered.
  • The Tingler (1959)
    Review preview for The Tingler

    The Tingler is a film that doesn't have much story and that takes so many narrative short cuts it is impossible to treat it with any seriousness, but it retains the potential to be serious fun.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    A pathologist discovers a dangerous parasite that feeds on fear and can only be killed by screaming, but when a mute woman becomes infected, all Hell breaks loose. Famous for the pranks played on audiences at its original screenings.
  • While the City Sleeps (1956)
    Review preview for While the City Sleeps

    Certainly not as influential nor provocative as Lang’s very best work, While The City Sleeps is nevertheless a very good slice of Fifties noir.

    Adam Micklethwaite · 3.5 out of 5
    A newspaper's staff compete to find a serial killer.

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