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5.8/10   720 votes
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Director:
Jim Clark
Writers:
Angus Hall (novel)
Ken Levison (screenplay)
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Release Date:
March 1974 (USA) more
Tagline:
If Stark Terror Were Ecstasy... living here would be sheer bliss!
Plot:
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
I give it a 6 only for the stars more

Cast

  (in credits order)

Vincent Price ... Paul Toombes

Peter Cushing ... Herbert Flay
Robert Quarry ... Oliver Quayle
Adrienne Corri ... Faye
Linda Hayden ... Elizabeth Peters
Natasha Pyne ... Julia
Barry Dennen ... Blount
Catherine Willmer ... Louise
Ellis Dayle ... Alfred
Jenny Lee Wright ... Carol
John Garrie ... Harper
Ian Thompson ... Bradshaw
Julie Crosthwaite ... Ellen
Peter Halliday ... Psychiatrist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Boris Karloff ... Clip from 'The Raven' (archive footage)
Michael Parkinson ... TV Interviewer
Basil Rathbone ... Clip from 'Tales of Terror' (archive footage)

George Blackler ... George the Make-Up Artist (uncredited)
Robert Cawdron ... CID Inspector (uncredited)
Michael Craze ... Reporter (uncredited)
Earl Rhodes ... Boy Fishing (uncredited)
Christopher Sandford ... Reporter (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jim Clark 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Angus Hall  novel "Devilday"
Ken Levison  screenplay
Greg Morrison  screenplay

Produced by
Samuel Z. Arkoff .... executive producer
John Dark .... associate producer
Max Rosenberg .... producer
Milton Subotsky .... producer
 
Original Music by
Douglas Gamley 
 
Cinematography by
Ray Parslow 
 
Art Direction by
Tony Curtis 
 
Makeup Department
George Blackler .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Green .... third assistant director
Allan James .... first assistant director
Nigel Wooll .... second assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Gerry Humphreys .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ian Smith .... clapper loader
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dulcie Midwinter .... costumes
 
Music Department
Douglas Gamley .... conductor
 
Other crew
David Sheldon .... production executive
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Deathday
The Madhouse of Dr. Fear
The Revenge of Dr. Death
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Runtime:
92 min | USA:89 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:18 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) | USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Dr. Death movie clip played at the beginning of Madhouse is from the end of The Haunted Palace (1963). The voices have been dubbed to fit with Dr. Death. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Julia's dead body is breathing heavily after Paul Toombes discovers her. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Villager in Movie: Dr. Death, where are you? Let's smoke him out!
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Movie Connections:
Features The Haunted Palace (1963) more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
I give it a 6 only for the stars, 18 November 2002
6/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

Vincent Price plays Paul Toombes (sigh) who plays a character called Dr. Death in a series of horror movies written by a friend (Peter Cushing). His fiancée is murdered and he has a nervous breakdown. Years later, he's (supposedly) recovered and starts redoing Dr. Death...and a bunch of murders start up.

The teaming of two horror greats (Price & Cushing) and a semi-great (Robert Quarry) is a great idea. Sadly it doesn't work. Since it's an AIP pic it was made cheaply--and it shows. It's dully directed and it has an obvious, boring plot and a totally stupid twist at the end. Also I've never seen such boring murders in my life (it looks like a few of them were cut down to get a PG). And there's WAY too much footage from Price's earlier horror films.

Still, it's great to see Cushing, Price and Quarry all together. They give everything they have to the script. Price is great (as always); Quarry is amusing as a slimy producer; Cushing is criminally underused. There's also a very funny joke in a costume party segment--Quarry (who played Count Yorga, Vampire twice) and Cushing (always fighting vampires in Hammer films) come dressed as vampires!

So, it's almost worth seeing for those three. Almost.

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