Vincent Price Performs “The Monster Mash”!
I love Vincent Price. He was a legendary Actor, an avid Art collector and an Art expert, and also a great Chef who wrote cookbooks – and he sang too!
That’s right, this is a “What The Friday?!” moment I had to share!
This clip shows Vincent Price and his fiends, including fellow horror icon John Carradine, as they perform “The Monster Mash” in 1981’s cult movie “The Monster Club!”
How can you not love the idea of Vincent Price performing an iconic Halloween song – with dancers!
Enjoy!
what I love about that clip is the song begins after the Actor performs a minute-and-a-half long monologue without a cut! This fascinating soliloquy by Price is all about the monsters he calls “Humes”!
As in, you know, HUMANS.
Since it’s Halloween season, let’s also note that Price was in a number of classic horror films – from “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” to “Tales Of Terror”, “The Haunted Palace”, and “Theater Of Blood!”
Yes, that’s Diana Rigg next to him – she said it was the most fun she ever had making a movie! Click here to see the trailer and find out why this film is just so much fun!
If you want to know more about Vincent Price’s life, and you should because it is fascinating, here is how to do it:
His daughter wrote a compelling and insightful biography of her father that is loving but candid – click here to see more about it:
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I love this! Thanks for sharing!! Last year we were camping in October and I found Vincent Price narrating Edgar Allen Poe on Napster! It was magical.
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This is great, John. I love VP, handsome, spellbinding, slight lisp, and now he can sing…The whhole package.
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His daughter’s biography is fascinating…and I’m cooking from one of VP’s cookbooks today! Will be sharing next week!
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One of a kind!
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Yes, I read his daughter’s biography of him and he was a fascinating person who had so many incredible achievements! Will be cooking from one of his many cookbooks this week!
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Vincent Price was truly one of a kind!
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Wow John!
Now that song is going to be in my head the rest of the day.
Fun stuff.
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And Price started with a 90 monologue he delivered flawlessly without an edit!
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I can still do the Monster Mash! The song inspired the dance, of course. Everyone loved it, and everyone loved Vincent Price. Thanks, John!
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Yes, indeed! How much fun to relive those childhood memories!
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Absolutely!
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What a riot! A great mash up in October)
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He was a great actor in the horror genre, and a good screen villain too.
(Monster Mash video not working)
Best wishes, Pete.
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I think because you are overseas…it works here…sorry about that!
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No problem, just letting you know. 🙂
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Love Mr. Price’s old b/w horror films. My faves are his series of Edgar Allen Poe’s works.
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Yes, they are great, but don’t discount “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” or “Theater Of Blood” where he was a campy delight!
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Sorry, haven’t seen those. I’ll have to look for it. Actually, I’ve probably seen it at some time in the past, just not recently.
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Worth looking for on a streaming site to try out…pretty fun! Thanks for commenting, always great to hear from you!
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Found it on youtube…watching it right now. LOL!
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Love this John! When I clicked on the video though, it says video unavailable.
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really? Hmmm…
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I just checked again this morning and now it’s working.🤔
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Thankyou! Hope you have a safe weekend with storms nearby!
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So far it’s quiet here, although there is a slight chance for a stray tornado.
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When I saw all of those bands of rain I couldn’t tell just how Far East they would push…what a mess for everyone!
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I adore Vincent Price for all the reasons you listed.
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I love October, John, so many great horror books and movies.
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Yes, I am sharing more all next week as well! It’s that time again!
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