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Can someone help me out, I missed some of the end and never saw an explanation of Vincent Price's occasionally deformed appearance. Obviously he was meant to be burned at the start and the killer is deformed, but the wheelchaired Price wasn't. What's the deal? Thanks.
The wheelchair bound Price was disfigured in the fire. He was wearing a wax (I assume) mask that hid his true features.
You must have missed the pivotal scene where the mask is broken and his real face (that of the deformed killer) is revealed.
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The wheel chair was a cover up to convey that Prof. Henry Jarrod was disabled and unable to walk thus avoiding being targeted as the killer. I saw this movie when it first came out in 3-D and I had nightmares for years! The scariest part was when he was chasing Phyllis Kirk down the foggy streets. I literally held my breath for fear he might hear me. I was rivited scared in my seat. Why don't they make scary movies like this one and the original "The Haunting" with Julie Harris and Clair Bloom. All these computerized special effects spoil the remakes.
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You're right- he was rather spry there at the end. Come to think of it, at the beginning of the movie, his older, shorter and paunchier partner beat him up pretty easily. Yet, by the end of the film, the deformed Price was running up stairs and socking cops right and left. He even picked up Lieutenant Brennan and was about to throw him over the balcony when someone else intervened.
shareIn the beginning, he was a gentle man. Having been betrayed, nearly killed, and left crippled changed his outlook and attitude. He was ready to kill and put up a fight. Before, he was someone who could be beaten by his partner. Hatred, anger and resentment were fuel for his emotional fire I suppose.
In everyday life, many people would be unable to fight back, even if they are physically able. But, someone accustomed to violence has no trouble with it, even if s/he is outsized by others.
That's how I interpreted it.
(W)hat are we without our dreams?
Making sure our fantasies
Do not overpower our realities. ~ RC
Price's stalking of Phyllis Kirk through the fog-shrouded streets was obviously the inspiration for a similar chase between Elke Sommer and the monster in Mario Bava's BARON BLOOD.
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