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Which Vincent price movie did you find scarey as a kid?


For me it was the pit and the pendulum , towards the middle there when Nicholas Medina's wife opens the coffin and steps out then slowly chases him down to the torture chamber , that scared the bejeebers out of me and I couldn't sleep for 2 days afterwards (our house had a squeaky door that sounded just just like the lid of that coffin opening LOL) every time I heard it I had to turn my lights on to make sure there was no one in the room with me LOL.

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what an unusual movie for tcm to air it seems, vincent price is always great, except i didn't like the movie where he got revenge on some critics and there were animal cruelty scenes. watching all this fellows work get lost in fire is heartbreaking, and you really feel for him, the greatest most unexpected scene must have been - spoiler - when he got his made up face scratched off. they made bronson look quite odd and fitting for the part too.



no fun, no light,
no sun, no sights,
since you left these grounds,
from down built to the top,
like no other woman ain't got,
and whenever she's away,
wish they'd duplicate her fine self,
so this world had no shortage of madeleine,
all right, all sights,
since you walked back on these grounds.



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Pit and the Pendulum frightened me as a child ... but I got a kick out of his Mr. Phibes movies too!

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Don't like it so much now, but when "House Of Usher" came out, it really scared me.

Timmie, if you don't bring that rocketship back this instant, you'll get the spanking of your life!

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I may not have seen that many as a kid, but The Fly made a definite impression. To me the scariest moment was the end of The Pit and the Pendulum with the iron maiden.

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House on Haunted Hill, no question. That jumpscare in the basement with the old lady terrified me. Now it's easily my favourite Price movie and I watch it every Halloween.

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