I watched another vintage Bella Lugosi and Vincent Price movie. At first I thought I had misread the credits because Mr. Price was no where to be found, but he shows up later in the movie. There are some classic views of Mr. Bella's eyes looking diabolical. Price's role seems to borrow a bit of character from Frankenstein.
I can really see where Gene Wilder got some of his ideas in his spoof of the genre.
Bella is a retired mad scientist/doctor. A rich guy who's daughter is comatose, but not on a ventilator or anthing and looks very pretty in spite of rolling off a cliff in her car, drags Bella out of retirement when the other good doctors have not given him any hope. Bella comes in and operates...not sure on what, but of course she wakes up immediately and goes back to her dancing career and her fiancee. Bella falls in love with her, and when every one tells him to back down, he doesn't take it well. Madmen are like that Absolutely no sense of humor until he gets the father down in his torture room and has the woman and her fiance in the room with the closing in walls. Then he laughs, inapproprately like he's a samurai or something. "Ha ha! watch that really sharp blade decent upon your neck you trussed up ungrateful wretch!"
Somehow he needs Vincent Price in this so he can do plastic surgery on him.
I found this movie very entertaining and will give it 3.5/5 acorns.
While channel surfing I saw Ellen Degeneres play a theremin.
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