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Absolutely Fantastic

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

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

Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre AND Basil Rathbone... you'd think you wouldn't even need a script or a story, right? Legends of mystery, horror and comedy all together for a satire of their own onscreen lives! And if you plow through almost all of the reviews here on IMDB you'd be hopped up for a ribald comedy and a satisfying yarn, to feast on...Unfortunately what you get instead is a terrible story featuring four bored and uninspired actors who trudge slowly from unfunny scene to unfunny scene. A funeral parlour knocking off the locals to stay financially afloat... How could you possibly mess that idea up? Well, somehow it's managed and the result is a dire look at past masters struggling to maintain their dignity as the story starts off lame and grinds to a halt immediately.I waded through this torture only because of the acting legends in it. Everything else was as painful and as excruciatingly awful as movie making can get.You'll think less of the cast after watching this and that's a shame.

I like the work of Vincent Price, as any avid horror fan would do. However, I have not seen "The Comedy of Terrors" before recently, and I wasn't even familiar with its existence. I found it, saw that Vincent Price was in it, so of course I had to sit down and watch the movie.This is a dark comedy with a twist, and the movie is driven by both having a fair enough storyline, which differs from Vincent Price's usual work, but also by having a good gallery of characters.While this is not the best of Vincent Price's work, for sure. the movie did still entertaining enough. And it was interesting to watch him in a movie such as this."The Comedy of Terrors" had a good cast ensemble, which performed quite well and brought their characters to life nicely on the screen.Hardly a Vincent Price classic movie, but still entertaining enough for what it turned out to be.

Four of classic Hollywood's biggest horror icons together in a macabre comedy? Even if you're not a die-hard horror fan how can you turn down a film like this (if only Bela Lugosi had lived longer). Each icon in The Comedy of Terrors plays to their strengths in this sitcom like set up in which a group of characters, not all of whom can stand each other are forced to live and work together and have no way out of it. Surely there was potential in this to be a TV sitcom, at the short and sweet run time of only 83 minutes it feels like an extended TV episode.Right of the bat the exposition explaining the film's set up is a joy to listen to with the perfect comic timing from Vincent Price mercilessly insulting everyone to Boris Karloff's random one liners. Despite the film's macabre tone it does have an innocent element to it such as Price's reaction to Peter Lorre's poorly made coffin, "No one in their right mind would be caught dead in a thing like that"; nothing beats a distinguished actor delivering a corny pun.Basil Rathbone is presented as the villain of the film, partially due to him being Basil Rathbone acting in an antagonist manner however his character isn't doing anything wrong, he's just trying to collect the debt he is owed from his tenants. Then again going all the way back to the bible, those who collect owed money are always portrayed with scorn. After The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Comedy of Terrors has to be Basil Rathbone's best ever moments on screen, showing off the full range of his talents from his swordsmanship and ability to recite Shakespeare all while hamming it up.Vincent Price's anti hero is one real bad guy of the film, causing misery to those around him. Yet we still gravitate towards him in a reverse of the Basil Rathbone situation; because he's Vincent Price. The relationship between Price and Lorre is the centre piece of the film in a Pinky and The Brain like dynamic. I'm also surprised I didn't notice Peter Lorre's mask double until I had it pointed out to me, it's the one aspect of the film which is actually creepy. Likewise the other great member is the great Orangey aka Rhubarb the cat. As a cat lover I appreciate the shots of the many shots the mean looking but still adorable feline.

"Comedy of Terrors" features stars like Boris Karloff, Vincent Price and Peter Lorre, the latter one being a favourite actor of mine. This film is an enjoyable mixture of comedy and horror movie - the kind you preferably watch on Halloween night, but also can watch any other time of the year, of course. There are numerous funny, deeply sarcastic scenes. While Price, playing the bancrupt undertaker, delivers his lines with bone-dry sarcasm, Lorre stars as the slightly naive right hand man. The only fault I could find with this film is that I thought Amaryillis'(the undertaker's wife) singing scenes not only too shrill but a bit over the top.Otherwise this is one of the funniest films I have yet had the pleasure to watch.