Snobbin: Beautiful Trash in the Pop Culture Gutter

The films that Vincent Price made for American International Pictures (AIP) vary in quality, generally due to narrative and budgetary inconsistencies. Great casting and performances, along with comedic elements, make this one an interesting watch; however, the premise of reusing the same coffin wears thin after a while. Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, and Boris Karloff all put in interesting performances, but Rhubarb the Cat almost steals the show. 

Speak Easily (1932), Edward Sedgewick, MGM The Ghoul ( 1933), T. Hayes Hunter, Gaumont British Dark Hazard (1934), Alfred E. Green, Warner Bros. The Ghost Walks (1934), Frank R. Strayer, Chesterfield Pictures The Clairvoyant ( 1935), Maurice Elvey, Gaumont British Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936), Sam Newfield, Republic Kid Galahad (1937), Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros. Something to Sing About (1937), Victor Schertzinger, Grand National Professor Beware ( 1938), Elliott Nugent, Paramount Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939), James P. Hogan, Paramount Kitty Foyle ( 1940), Sam Wood, RKO Double Cross ( 1941), Albert H. Kelley, Producers Releasing Saboteur (1942), Alfred Hitchcock, Universal The Seventh Victim (1943), Mark Robson, RKO The Woman in the Window (1944), Fritz Lang, MGM Blood on the Sun (1945), Frank LLoyd, United Artists The Inner Circle (1946), Philip F...