In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its earliest beginnings all the way up to The Exorcist. Featuring clips from classic horror films and interviews with genre greats like Frank Gorshin, John Carradine, John Astin and SFX legend Bill Tuttle, among others.
Acting
Price's theatrical hosting steals every frame.
Production
Incredible archive access for a 1974 TV budget.
Costume
Billy Van's hunchback Zuckman commitment is *chef's kiss*.
Director
Charles Braverman
Vincent Price
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Billy Van
Zuckman
Ivor Barry
Murray Frankenstein
John Carradine
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Frank Gorshin
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Candy Clark
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William Tuttle
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John Astin
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Boris Karloff
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Bela Lugosi
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Peter Lorre
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William Marshall
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Ellen Burstyn
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Max von Sydow
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Jason Miller
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Billy Van played all five characters on Canadian sketch show 'The Hilarious House of Frightenstein'—Zuckman was basically his warm-up.
This aired just months before 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' changed horror forever, making it a perfect time-capsule of the genre's 'respectable' phase.
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