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To me, this movie is perfection.

Excellent adaptation.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This is one of the scariest movies of all time. It has a great story line. It also has great acting. It also has great special effects. It so scary. This is scarier then The Exorcist. If this movie does not scary you know movie will. Boo!

Vincent Price not only parodies his own career but salutes the whole genre as well in this look at the modern world through the eyes of Gothic horror. Old colleagues Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone get honored through their then recent deaths through clips of several of their horror films, and while this marked the end of Price's American International films, he had nearly 29 years left in his own career that included film, stage and TV, as well as various other forms of art. Paired here with Peter Cushing, Price still gets the spotlight as the complicated horror movie star whose series of films as Dr. Death have seemingly driven him mad. But is he the fiend, or is it someone else?Cushing actually has little footage as an actor of horror films who instead became a writer of the series, and hints are dropped that he could be the maniac. But there are other suspects too, among them a former female co-star who has obviously gone mad due to her own frightful memories and unrequited love. The film is bloody and gruesome but not needlessly so, unlike some other films that took the frights a bit too far. Its ultimately pretty predictable but a nice ending to the lengthy career Price had at the greatest B studio following the end of the golden era of movie making. At times, Price overacts a bit and seems to be taking what Karloff had done in Targets and giving it his own touch. There is a persistent blonde who stalks Price and I couldn't wait for her to be dispatched. Perhaps that is the point of the film made through a speech Price gives that we all have a deep seated desire to see violence even if we are unable to commit it.

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.

The plot = A horror actor Paul Toombes played by (Vincent Price) whose biggest and best known role is Dr Death has decided to bow out of the profession and settle down with his new fiancé, but after a heated argument, she is attacked by someone dressed as Dr Death and murdered, Paul Toombes gets blamed and put into an insane asylum. Many years later he gets released and is persuaded to play Dr Death again, that's when the murders starts occurring again also...I came across this rather unknown gem late one night while watching the horror channel and I must say that I rather enjoyed it. This movie stands as a fine example of the 60's and 70's features of it's time so I don't why this movie never gets mentioned or even recognised, as it's a fine form of slasher/thriller made movie with top notch acting from the likes of Vincent Price and Peter Cushing. the film is very striking, and looks very much like the other lush productions from this era.The storyline is well crafted and keeps you interested throughout, the death scenes are also very elaborate and very violent, plus there are quite a few of them so that will keep the gore hounds happy. My only complaint is the so called shock twist ending, which wasn't really a shock at all, it was way too easy to see past the red herrings and the identity of the killer was pretty easy to figure out. But other than that this movie is on fine form.The cast like I already said are top notch with great performances from legends such as Vincent Price and Peter Cushing who both add true layers to they're roles and are both greatly missed, as I've enjoyed watching they're horror movies growing up.All in all "Madhouse" is an excellent horror movie which in a way ahead of it's time that oozes atmosphere and features a memorable character in Dr. Death.