What a waste of my time!!!

Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Dreadfully Boring

Better Late Then Never

Garish Looking, even more so than Most 1970's Movies, this Self Parody is Entertaining to those who have Affection for Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and AIP or Hammer Horror. In Other Words it Helps to have at least Some Investment in the History that is being Spoofed.This Patchwork Film is done Piecework and it seems as though Everyone Involved Ramped it Up a Bit because it does Exude a lot of Energy. It just isn't done Very Well and at times Looks like a Work in Progress or it was all done Cheap and on the Quick, which it was.Things do Move Along and there is a Thick Plot with Mysterious Murders done by a, lets Throw in for Fun, Black Gloved Killer, Gallio Style. Just about Every Horror Cliché is Included. Some Work, Some don't. There are Cobwebs, Spiders, Burn Victims, Knife Victims, Skewer Victims, Decapitations, and just for Something Completely Different, a Four Poster Bed that Crushes.The Contrast between Old Mansion Cellars with Rats and Spiders with a Modern TV Studio is Uneasy as the Mood Swings and the Flavor of the Film Differentiates Wildly. That may Add a Surreal Sense to the Whole Thing, but a lot of it doesn't Make Much Sense. But then again, it's a Madhouse.The Double Twist Ending is a Good Time and if You are Not too Critical You may have a Good Time with this Low-budget, Badly Put Together, Pastiche of Horror Movie Mania.

Any movie that teams Vincent Price with Peter Cushing (and features Robert Quarry of "Count Yorga" fame and Adrienne Corri, to boot) should be more fun than "Madhouse" ultimately was. This tale of a horror film star (Price) who, with the assistance of his screenwriter friend (Cushing), comes out of retirement years after the mysterious murder of his fiancée just never gets going. While the performances are uniformly decent, the dialogue is clunky and many of the plot developments simply make no sense. The viewer can't help feeling that Ken Levison and Greg Morrison just didn't have their hearts in the screenplay and that Price, Cushing and company responded in kind. (It's obvious that Price, especially, understands he's working with substandard material.) Director Jim Clark conjures some eerie atmosphere in the murder scenes that take place around Cushing's rural cottage, but the rest of "Madhouse" is strictly ho-hum. Too bad that it was Price's last hurrah at AIP.

While not exactly a classic in the true sense that many of Vincent Price's films are, MADHOUSE is still a lot of fun and a worthy tribute to the genre of horror filmmaking. Price is to some degree playing himself here--or at least essaying the stereotypical version of himself that most fans probably consider the real thing--in the role of a veteran actor whose signature role is the wicked "Dr. Death." Naturally, Price does a great job, although it's fairly obvious he doesn't take the part altogether seriously--which, after all, is only appropriate. While it might not be completely accurate to label MADHOUSE all-out camp, it's close in the sense that the script has tongue firmly in cheek throughout and this is one of those horror movies that works best as a tribute to the genre that can be enjoyed by longtime fans. Price has a couple of excellent guest stars to work with, including Robert Quarry, Peter Cushing, and the radiant Linda Hayden in a small bit as a vampish aspiring actress who wants to manipulate Price for the good of her own career. Production values are good for a 70s horror film and direction is solid if unremarkable. Overall a fun flick for horror enthusiasts and fans of the strong cast.

Madhouse with Vincent Price was actually pretty good. There were some moments where I think the story went dry but everything else was OK. The acting was good, the sets were cool looking, and the eerie music just had me on edge for the most part of the movie. But lets add something else awesome to the pot, Peter Cushing! What can I say about Cushing, he's a terrific actor. From his roles as Van Helsing in Dracula to Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars. Now take that and add Vincent Price and what do you get, the greatest acting duo in a movie. Despite some mediocre moments, the movie was well worth it. I got this movie in the Vince Price 5 movie pack and that's saying something. Its an average horror, and replay value for me is average as well. Overall this gets a 6 out of 10.