Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Raymond Sierra The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Lizt Let just say that this movie should not be considered your "flashy" type of horror movie. This movie is an old-fashioned, perhaps low in budget one (to be blunt) The plot is well, pretty simple and got explained at the end despite leaving some rather confusing questions. The plot seems rather rushed though. The actors were great at their roles (what to expect from Price and Cushing). The scenes were well done and the music was great absolutely. Conclusion, I enjoyed this movie throughout actually. It was a joy to watch. Despite being an old fashioned movie, I believe that this is much better than some contemporary movies these day. Had a charming aesthetic and atmosphere surrounding it but was frightening as well. This movie is not totally a " ten/ten" at the plot but I believe it is definitely worth the watch. A short and nice movie, Hurrah!

Leofwine_draca MADHOUSE came out at around the same time as fellow Vincent Price-starrer THEATRE OF BLOODand both films share an aspect of deliria that make them worthwhile watches. While the latter film is today regarded as a classic, however, MADHOUSE has slipped into the void and is regarded as an interesting obscurity at best. I enjoyed the film, but I freely admit that it's no classic; it lacks pacing and focus in the script, and during a couple of moments I was left looking at my watch, waiting for something to happen. It doesn't help that attempts at comedy (if that is indeed what they are) are quite awful; the attack by the couple with the watch in the garden is one such moment and it really stood out as a cheesy, unfunny, just plain weird moment in the film.To start off with, it's business as usual. Vincent Price plays Paul Toombes, a horror actor with a successful career as the creepy "Doctor Death". Essentially Price is playing himself and the film has a self-referencing angle that came decades before Wes Craven did it in SCREAM. Toombes is the main suspect in a string of grisly murders, although the special effects – rubbery severed head, hanging body – are laughable rather than frightening. We're never quite sure whether Toombes is insane and committing the crimes himself, or if he's being framed by an arch rival, and it doesn't really matter: by the end of the film he's quite mad anyway. What follows are a couple of twist endings and a memorable final shot which boasts astonishingly good make-up job.Vincent Price was a major draw for me and without him, I think this film would have been dire. With him, it's quite good. He has a lot of fun with the role and some creepy moments as the camera captures his distorted face. Price is ably supported by a pair of fellow horror veterans, Peter Cushing and Robert Quarry, although the two of them appear in relatively few scenes and their appearances seem to be little more than extended cameos. The delectable Linda Hayden also pops up in some eye-popping outfits and she's as gorgeous as ever, while chat-show host Michael Parkinson puts in a cameo that really adds to the movie as well as dating it. Adrienne Corri overacts her heart out as a crippled madwoman living in the cellar with her tarantulas.This was an Amicus/AIP co-production, so plenty of use is made of Price's career with Roger Corman; we get clips from THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, THE HAUNTED PALACE, THE RAVEN, and TALES OF TERROR. The inclusion of scenes from the latter two movies allow the film-makers to give an amusing "with special participation by Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff" announcement at the film's opening. Such moments give MADHOUSE a weird atmosphere and unusual storyline, but I can't help feel that this is a bit of a jumbled film, a mess in places and brilliant in others. It's good, but I won't be returning to it in the same way I will THEATRE OF BLOOD; a worthwhile failure is the best way to think of it.

InjunNose 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.

TJMBuddlake 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.