I liked the final story the best, with its colorful hypnotism scenes, villainy from Basil Rathbone, gooey special effect
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J. Spurlin — 16 years ago(November 01, 2009 12:53 AM)
I just checked my own rating, and I'm slightly surprised to see I rated it a low 5/10. But I remember I wasn't really happy with the first segment - excellent special effects notwithstanding. And I wasn't happy with the second part either, much as I loved Vincent Price's Percy Dovetonsils impression and Peter Lorre's "moral cripple" line. The third segment had the best story, and I always enjoy seeing Basil Rathbone.
Justin
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Masey3 — 16 years ago(November 01, 2009 01:10 AM)
oh, sorry, I intended to ask you what you rated it!
Funny, I started out giving it a 6 but once I had time to think about it I changed my mind. I also tend to rate 'horror' flicks a little differently anyway, a bit more lenient, since good ones are SO far between. And 'classic' horror (like most classics of any genre) stands alone, imo
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J. Spurlin — 16 years ago(November 01, 2009 01:26 AM)
I try to be strict when rating the classic horrors because I'm tempted to give so many 10/10. I've probably given out way too many 10/10's to the Universal Horror films, for instance.
Bride of Frankenstein
is a definite 10, but I'm not so sure about
The Mummy
or
Son of Frankenstein
. But I gave them 10/10 and 9/10 respectively.
Justin
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Masey3 — 16 years ago(November 01, 2009 10:16 AM)
I try to be strict when rating the classic horrors because I'm tempted to give so many 10/10
good point!!
Across genres, 10's are somewhat scarce on my list. They're there but not running rampant. I'm stingy with my 9's but hoard my 10's
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WarpedRecord — 16 years ago(February 08, 2010 01:21 PM)
I very rarely give 10s and just a few more 9s, and when I look at the vote counts, I always ignore the 10s and 1s to see where the "true" voting sentiment lies. In this case, it's with the 7s, which is what I gave this: Good performances and atmosphere, but as with most of the Corman films, an air of familiarity.
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YankeeDood — 15 years ago(September 11, 2010 02:49 AM)
For me it's definitely the ending of the last story. Chilling.
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Herowithgreeneyesandblue — 14 years ago(December 06, 2011 10:03 PM)
It depends on how you define favorite. The best and most horrific was the last one and by far, the second one funny. The first one was poorly acted but the story was creepy enough and I liked it too.
As for the women, and the beauty of the women in these horror films is an important aspect that can't be ignored, I loved them all but in The Black Cat I kept waiting for her dress to slip down further off her shoulders. She seemed to be trying for it to happen aweful hard. Guess she underestimated her own hold'n-upp'n faculties.
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porfle — 13 years ago(September 19, 2012 10:40 AM)
"and Joyce Jameson (as Annabel Herringbone) is never a welcome presence."
I must disagree with that sentimentI think she was a wonderful actress and always made whatever she was in a little better, from Poe to "The Andy Griffith Show."
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Movie_Piranha_1979 — 13 years ago(December 03, 2012 03:47 AM)
Hard to choose! I love the 3 stories, but if i have to, i pick "The Black Cat", the drinking contest between Price and Lorre is classic!
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DodgersRule — 13 years ago(February 28, 2013 06:07 PM)
I have to go with
Valdemar
for pure scares and drama, despite the somewhat hammy performance by Rathbone (who i actually do like a lot). It also has a very sweet scene with Price and Padget that stays with me, he acknowledging that he will die soon and he does not want her to be alone. I just felt these two actors did well together. and how often do we see two attractive people, she and the doctor, admitting their feelings but respecting her husband enough to openly say NOTHING will happen between them. Old fashion and lovely.
The
Black Cat
was probably my 2nd favorite. The friendship between Price and Lorre is obvious and they work so well together! And I think Joyce James is a dear and she was perfectly cast as a silly/abused wife and willing lover.
Morella
had its problems but the atmosphere was great and, like another poster wrote, it's a shame it could not have been longer because if it had been fleshed out a bit more it could have been an interesting block. As it was, the segment was rushed.
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Hey_Sweden — 13 years ago(March 10, 2013 06:16 PM)
Peter Lorre was hilarious in "The Black Cat", but I would agree that that segment dragged a little.
My favourite part is "The Case of M. Valdemar"; Price and Rathbone worked so well together, plus it's fun seeing Rathbone play a nefarious type.
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iratebovine515 — 12 years ago(December 26, 2013 06:06 PM)
hmmmmy favorite part has gotta be my 1st favorite actor since I was 6: Vincent.
how did he ooze cool AND evil with just a few words?
I cried the day he passed-end of an era.
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profh-1 — 11 years ago(November 28, 2014 07:37 PM)
DodgersRule:
"I have to go with Valdemar for pure scares and drama, despite the somewhat hammy performance by Rathbone (who i actually do like a lot). It also has a very sweet scene with Price and Padget that stays with me, he acknowledging that he will die soon and he does not want her to be alone. I just felt these two actors did well together. and how often do we see two attractive people, she and the doctor, admitting their feelings but respecting her husband enough to openly say NOTHING will happen between them. Old fashion and lovely."
YES. Also, note the wonderful contrast between this story and the preceding one, where a man is so awful to his wife he drives her into the arms of someone else then, gets homicidal when he finds out, and kills the man who had begun supplying him with his DRINKING MONEY (the only thing he really wanted before). Montressor did not really think through the murders in this adaptation.
Since none of the original stories involved had these romantic entanglments, I have to credit Richard Matheson for not only coming up with them, but making the two stories back-to-back such a stark contrast.
Incidentally, when I read "THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO", in my mind, I pictured Vincent Price as the deadly serious murderer, and Basil Rathbone as his egotistical, then terrified, victim!
As for the film, MY favorite moment is when Carmichael arrogantly reveals his TRUE nature to Helene and then, a moment later, when SHEER TERROR overcomes him! Great finale to the picture.