Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

People are voting emotionally.

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Paul Toombes (Price) is an acclaimed Horror film star who rose to stardom playing a character called Dr. Death. As the film starts, Toombes discovers his blonde fiancée (Linda Hayden) dead at a Hollywood party causing him to go into hiding for years. He is lured out of retirement for a British TV series in which Paul will be able to reprise his role of Dr. Death by the films screenwriter Herbert (Cushing). Once on location, a mysterious killer dressed as Dr. Death is stalking about killing cast members. Has Toombes gone off the deep end and is killing people for real? Or is it someone else trying to frame it. This joint production from AIP and Amicus has a distinct British feel to it despite Price in the lead role. The movie flirts with being a slasher movie and the gore is amped up with decapitations and the like, but the plot is straight out of the early 1960's and is quite predictable. Price chews up the screen in a role that reflected himself at the time of an aging horror actor. Cushing is completely wasted in his minor supporting role, and the entire story feels like it should have been made ten years earlier. Dr. Death is a cool killer and the prowling scenes work well, but you can guess everything that is going to happen way before it does, and the surprise ending doesn't surprise anyone. This would strictly be for Vincent Price fans who want to see the legend in a starring role one last time.

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.

Just one of many amazingly idiotic thrillers. Won't I ever learn? In my defense, I hadn't seen one in years, and I did think this was a horror film. Otherwise I doubt I would have seen it. It starts off promisingly, but soon starts spiraling rapidly into abject stupidity. And a painfully predictable "surprise end-twist". Who didn't see it coming that Cushing was the killer? The foster parents of the second murdered woman: did they escape from a Monty Python set? They grin slyly right after being questioned by the police (following their daughter's murder), then they follow Price around like some deranged out-of-work mimes, and then lash out at the defeneseless viewer with that over-the-top performance when they actually attempt to blackmail Price with the watch. How the hell does the watch prove Price killed the girl? All it might prove is that she stole it from him. Naturally, Price doesn't give them the time of day, let alone money, in this utterly bizarre and pointless scene.All of the murders had been committed within a rather laughably complex set of circumstances. In other words, you would need a team of a dozen carefully orchestrated murderers – with magical powers including foretelling the future – in order to carry them out exactly as planned, not some old fogey such as Cushing.The murder of the fourth blonde, for example, required that no-one be roaming around the BBC building – in broad daylight – when the killer was first chasing Price and then the girl. Dumber still, Price doesn't immediately report the attack on himself, but first does a live TV interview, which is so convenient for the killer (yet again) coz he commits the other murder more easily. The murder of the third blond required that she be isolated from everyone else right at the time when the murderer needed her to be alone. The murder of the second blond required Price to be hypnotized by his own movie. Hang on! Just wait right there! Where did Herbert (Cushing), a mere actor, suddenly get such divine powers from? This was never explained, in this silly mess of a film.Did anyone really believe for a second that Price wasn't being set up all along? I didn't understand why they would set up the story as a whodunit mystery, but then give away the murderer's identity after only 20 minutes. That seemed a rather daft way to construct a screenplay. It was quite obvious that it was Cushing (as soon as he played Price that old movie), so the only remaining question was Cushing's motive, but the writer thought he'd be stretching out the mystery by adding several more murders – all of which were superfluous because by that time anyone could have guessed the killer.Of course, I knew that Cushing's motive would be something typically daft, because what common motive could there possibly be for the current murders and the old murder he had committed years ago when he had helped advance Price's career? Well, the explanation is as dumb as I'd expected: Cushing had wanted to play Dr.Death himself, all along, hence was jealous of Price getting the role instead, hence the mayhem. Duuuh. Nevermind the fact that it was clearly explained at the outset that Cushing willingly gave up an acting career for one in writing. Hence this movie's entire premise stands on rather shaky legs.The less said about that entire nonsense surrounding the character of Faye, the deranged woman living in Cushing's basement, the better.Still, a couple of very attractive blonds in the movie. Unfortunately, both get bumped off very quickly.