1959 horror movieRating: 13/20 (Abbey: 20/20)
Plot: Vincent Price and his wife invite five people they sort of know to a slumber party in a haunted house. The hosts offer one thousand dollars to the guests who can survive the night in the house.
I like Vincent Price best when he plays deranged oddballs. This loopy mystery doesn't completely work, but it's at least entertaining. The rapport between Price and his wife (they want each other dead) is fun. The other characters could have been a little rounder though. Aside from some campy set pieces (why is there an acid pit in the house?), there are some genuine creepy moments as well as some scenes that are so goofy (the party favors, the skeleton) that they are impossible not to like. Unfortunately, there's also an oppressive soundtrack. I'm starting to think that Abbey's strategy for rating movies is flawed. She did compare this to Scooby Doo which, I believe, was a positive in her eyes.
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