A heads up for L.A. dwelling horror fans: Tales of Terror: The Films of Vincent Price begins tonight with two of Price's best (and campiest) films from the '70s, Theatre of Blood (1973), and The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971). Saturday features two Price-William Castle collaborations, 1959's The Tingler, and The House on Haunted Hill (1958) (probably not featuring wired seats or a dangling skeleton, but I can't be sure). Also on Saturday is a Corman Poe double feature with Tales of Terror (1962) and, possibly the best of the Corman-Price-Poe films, The Masque of Red Death (1964). And the brutal Witchfinder General, directed by Michael Reeves, ends the series on Wednesday, featuring a new 35mm print and with actor Ian Ogilvy and producer PhillipWaddilove in attendance. If you can only go to one showing, see Witchfinder General, which is one of the best horror films from the '60s, and a real nasty piece of work. It's very atypical for Price, and it may contain his best performance. It has yet to be released on DVD in the U.S., which is a horrible shame.
pieces of tattered celluloid
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