Wonderful character development!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Let just say that this movie should not be considered your "flashy" type of horror movie. This movie is an old-fashioned, perhaps low in budget one (to be blunt) The plot is well, pretty simple and got explained at the end despite leaving some rather confusing questions. The plot seems rather rushed though. The actors were great at their roles (what to expect from Price and Cushing). The scenes were well done and the music was great absolutely. Conclusion, I enjoyed this movie throughout actually. It was a joy to watch. Despite being an old fashioned movie, I believe that this is much better than some contemporary movies these day. Had a charming aesthetic and atmosphere surrounding it but was frightening as well. This movie is not totally a " ten/ten" at the plot but I believe it is definitely worth the watch. A short and nice movie, Hurrah!

Vincent Price not only parodies his own career but salutes the whole genre as well in this look at the modern world through the eyes of Gothic horror. Old colleagues Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone get honored through their then recent deaths through clips of several of their horror films, and while this marked the end of Price's American International films, he had nearly 29 years left in his own career that included film, stage and TV, as well as various other forms of art. Paired here with Peter Cushing, Price still gets the spotlight as the complicated horror movie star whose series of films as Dr. Death have seemingly driven him mad. But is he the fiend, or is it someone else?Cushing actually has little footage as an actor of horror films who instead became a writer of the series, and hints are dropped that he could be the maniac. But there are other suspects too, among them a former female co-star who has obviously gone mad due to her own frightful memories and unrequited love. The film is bloody and gruesome but not needlessly so, unlike some other films that took the frights a bit too far. Its ultimately pretty predictable but a nice ending to the lengthy career Price had at the greatest B studio following the end of the golden era of movie making. At times, Price overacts a bit and seems to be taking what Karloff had done in Targets and giving it his own touch. There is a persistent blonde who stalks Price and I couldn't wait for her to be dispatched. Perhaps that is the point of the film made through a speech Price gives that we all have a deep seated desire to see violence even if we are unable to commit it.

Garish Looking, even more so than Most 1970's Movies, this Self Parody is Entertaining to those who have Affection for Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and AIP or Hammer Horror. In Other Words it Helps to have at least Some Investment in the History that is being Spoofed.This Patchwork Film is done Piecework and it seems as though Everyone Involved Ramped it Up a Bit because it does Exude a lot of Energy. It just isn't done Very Well and at times Looks like a Work in Progress or it was all done Cheap and on the Quick, which it was.Things do Move Along and there is a Thick Plot with Mysterious Murders done by a, lets Throw in for Fun, Black Gloved Killer, Gallio Style. Just about Every Horror Cliché is Included. Some Work, Some don't. There are Cobwebs, Spiders, Burn Victims, Knife Victims, Skewer Victims, Decapitations, and just for Something Completely Different, a Four Poster Bed that Crushes.The Contrast between Old Mansion Cellars with Rats and Spiders with a Modern TV Studio is Uneasy as the Mood Swings and the Flavor of the Film Differentiates Wildly. That may Add a Surreal Sense to the Whole Thing, but a lot of it doesn't Make Much Sense. But then again, it's a Madhouse.The Double Twist Ending is a Good Time and if You are Not too Critical You may have a Good Time with this Low-budget, Badly Put Together, Pastiche of Horror Movie Mania.

"Madhouse" bears a lot of resemblance with the previous year's "Theater of Blood", and actually that movie was already some sort of multiplication of the 1971 hit "The Abominable Dr. Phibes". General conclusion: throughout the early 70's Vincent Price's successful career largely relied on playing the same flamboyant character over and over again, but who cares seriously, as all his films are hugely entertaining and worth tracking down. "Madhouse" even features another rewarding bonus, as Vincent Price shares the screen with fellow horror legend Peter Cushing. Here in this film, Price wondrously (of course) depicts a horror actor named Paul Toombes who has practically converged with his fixed movie character Dr. Death. When his future wife is found savagely beheaded on the morning after numerous house guests witnessed a verbal dispute, Paul Toombes is led to believe that years of identifying with Dr. Death has driven him to madness and actual murder. Toombes retires for twelve long years, until his good friend and manager Herbert convinces him to reprise his legendary Dr. Death role in a TV-format. As soon as the series begins filming, dead bodies start piling up again. Is Paul Toombes really a maniacal killer or is there someone, dressed in his horror movie costume, trying to make him look guilty? Director Jim Clark, usually a respectable editor, clearly intended to make an amusing and tongue-in-cheek Grand Guignol effort, rather than a serious and indigestible thriller. The film features clippings from previous Vincent Price highlights, including "The Haunted Palace", "House of Usher" and "The Raven". Perhaps Clark borrowed this idea from Peter Bogdanovich, who did something similar with Boris Karloff's career in "Targets". The murders in "Madhouse" are extremely imaginative, although incredibly over-the-top, like the crushing bed sequence. Dr. Death's outfit and make-up are deliciously macabre and there are some bonkers sub plots, like a crazy woman in a basement and the ravishing Linda Hayden as a over-enthusiast fan-girl/stalker. Recommended, but only if you're a fan of Vincent Price and his career.