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1. 1940. This was Vincent's very first horror film with him in the lead role. It was a sequel to the 1933 original that starred Claude Rains. Name the film.
2. 1946. This was Vincent's first solo starring role in a film and he did wonderfully. He plays a psychiatrist who kills his wife and who has to take care of the one person who saw him do it. Name the film.
3. This film was released in 1946. This film was based on a novel written by Anya Seton and Vincent is again in the lead role. He plays Nicholas Van Ryn, a patron who lives on the Hudson in 1840's New York. Gene Tierney plays his naive, innocent cousin, who falls under the spell of Nicholas - and the house he lives in. Name the film.
4. 1950. This one starred Ronald Colman and Celeste Holm. Vincent played Burnbridge Waters, the president of a soap company. Ronald played Beauregard Bottomly (by these names we know it's funny) a man who knows everything. What's the name of this zany movie?
5. 1953. This was the film that cemented Vincent in horror films forever. He plays sculptor Henry Jarrod, a man who is betrayed by his business partner. Jarrod's place is set on fire. He is alive but now insane.
6. 1956. With his cast of thousands, Cecil B. DeMille remade one of his silent movies of the '20s. Vincent has a small role as Baka the master builder. Charlton Heston has the lead role, along with Yul Brynner. Name the film.
7. 1958. It features Vincent as Francois Delambre, the brother of a man who is the victim of a science experiment gone wrong. Name the film.
8. This film was released in 1958. This one has him playing Frederick Loren, a man who invites five people to come and stay overnight at a haunted house. If they survive they get 10,000 dollars. Name the film.
9. 1960. This film marks the first of seven films that Vincent made with director Roger Corman. All of the stories were taken from the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Vincent plays Roderick, a man who will not let his sister marry due to the fact that the family line is "tainted". Name the film.
10. 1961. This is the second installment of the Price/Poe/Corman films. Vincent plays Nicholas Medina, a man who just recently lost his wife, Elizabeth. Name the film.
11. 1962. The third movie in the series, it is a trilogy of stories by Poe beginning with "Morella" and ending with "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". Name the film.
12. 1963. This fourth movie is a comedy. It features Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. It also has a young Jack Nicholson. Vincent plays Dr. Craven, Boris Dr. Scarabus, and Peter plays Dr. Bedlo - I think I gave it away. Name the film.
13. This next film, also released in 1963, features Vincent as Magistrate Cordier, a man who becomes possessed by the horla. It makes him murder against his will the woman that he loves and bury her body in the back yard. Ewww. It was from the book by French writer Guy de Mapessant. Name the film.
14. This is yet ANOTHER film released in 1963 - Vinnie had a big year in 1963 with seven movies released that year alone. This is also a comedy with the Titans of Terror: Vincent, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff. This time Vincent is Waldo Trumbull, an undertaker who needs to stir up some business before his landlord kicks him out because he hasn't paid the rent for a year. Basil Rathbone also stars as Mr. Black. Name the film.
15. 1964. This film is the next in the Poe series. Vincent plays Prince Prospero in a film that many consider to be the best of the series. I disagree - but that's just my humble opinion. It is set in 1400s Italy with the plague all around. Name the film.
16. 1965. The final film of the Poe series. After eight films, all but one starring Price, Roger Corman decided to move on. But not before he made the best one. Vincent is Verden Fell, a man who again has a dead wife, and Elizabeth Shepherd plays Rowena, a lady who bears a striking resemblance to Verden's first wife. Name the film.
17. 1968. This was one of Vincent's most gruesome films to date, it tells the life story of one Matthew Hopkins, a man who proclaimed himself to be a witchfinder in the name of God. He killed dozens of women who were accused of being witches. The US release title slaps on the title of a poem by Poe for some reason. Name the film.
18. 1971. A doctor seeks revenge on the nine doctors who could not save his dear departed Victoria's life. Again, Vincent is a grieving husband. Nine of the ten doctors die by nine of the ten plagues of Exodus, with the worst one being preserved for the head doctor. Name the film.
19. 1973. Vincent's magnum opus before he retreated to the theater for a while, he portrays Edward Lionheart, a man who is out to get every critic who ever gave him a bad review. Name the film.
20. 1990. This was Vincent's next to last role in a film. It was directed by Tim Burton. Vincent played the inventor. Johnny Depp was in the lead role.
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