Madhouse (1974 film)

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Madhouse is a 1974 British horror film directed by Jim Clark for Amicus Productions. It stars Vincent Price, Natasha Pyne, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri and Linda Hayden.

Plot

Price plays Paul Toombes, a horror actor whose trademark role is 'Dr. Death'. Years after a scandal ends his film career (his fiancee is murdered and Toombes ends up in an asylum, suspected but never convicted of the crime), the embittered Toombes revives his character for a television series. Cast and crew begin to die in ways that suggest scenes from Toombes's films (which are represented here by clips of Price's AIP efforts), and they all point to Toombes. Now, Toombes must find and confront the real killer, before he becomes the killer's next victim.

Premise

Based on a novel called Devilday (1969) by Angus Hall, the film is the last horror movie that Price made for American International Pictures, where he had worked consistently (mostly on Edgar Allan Poe adaptations) since 1960. Co-star Robert Quarry was being groomed to replace Price, but low-budget horror films fell out of fashion after the release of The Exorcist.

Directed by Jim Clark - Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, John Dark, Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky - Written by Angus Hall, Ken Levison, Greg Morrison - Starring Vincent Price, Peter Cushing - Music by Douglas Gamley - Cinematography Ray Parslow - Editing by Clive Smith - Release date(s) 1974 - Country United Kingdom

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