The Comedy of Terrors (1964)

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre AND Basil Rathbone... you'd think you wouldn't even need a script or a story, right? Legends of mystery, horror and comedy all together for a satire of their own onscreen lives! And if you plow through almost all of the reviews here on IMDB you'd be hopped up for a ribald comedy and a satisfying yarn, to feast on...Unfortunately what you get instead is a terrible story featuring four bored and uninspired actors who trudge slowly from unfunny scene to unfunny scene. A funeral parlour knocking off the locals to stay financially afloat... How could you possibly mess that idea up? Well, somehow it's managed and the result is a dire look at past masters struggling to maintain their dignity as the story starts off lame and grinds to a halt immediately.I waded through this torture only because of the acting legends in it. Everything else was as painful and as excruciatingly awful as movie making can get.You'll think less of the cast after watching this and that's a shame.

I like the work of Vincent Price, as any avid horror fan would do. However, I have not seen "The Comedy of Terrors" before recently, and I wasn't even familiar with its existence. I found it, saw that Vincent Price was in it, so of course I had to sit down and watch the movie.This is a dark comedy with a twist, and the movie is driven by both having a fair enough storyline, which differs from Vincent Price's usual work, but also by having a good gallery of characters.While this is not the best of Vincent Price's work, for sure. the movie did still entertaining enough. And it was interesting to watch him in a movie such as this."The Comedy of Terrors" had a good cast ensemble, which performed quite well and brought their characters to life nicely on the screen.Hardly a Vincent Price classic movie, but still entertaining enough for what it turned out to be.

Someone on the forum for this film made a nice comment a while back, for which I'll paraphrase: he or she said something how the film "Airplane" was for airports as "Comedy of Terrors" is for undertakers. I couldn't have said it any better myself, even though I would've liked a few creepy scenes, considering the fine horror ensemble, and even a cat thrown in there, but this was 100% comedy. You know the cast by now, so I'll skip those details, but Vincent Price and Peter Lorre had fine chemistry together. If I knew this was a pure comedy and nothing to do with horror, I probably would've skipped the film, but I didn't know Price and Lorre could be just as entertaining as they were in "Tales of Terror", even though the latter is a better film. The only real negatives I can think of is Joyce Jameson's annoying singing, even though I know it was done on purpose, but it got tedious, as did Basil Rathbone's routine of rising from the dead. I don't think this film did too well at the box office, as plans for a sequel were nixed, but there are some truly funny moments by veteran horror actors that may be worth seeing.

I must say that the combination of Vincent Price and Peter Lore works big time. I really enjoyed the comedy that ran throughout this film. To be honest I wish that Hollywood would make a lot more films like this rather than just rehash old movies as they seem to be doing these days. These old films really show of the actors. Vincent Price gave everything you expected of him. Peter Lore care a virtuoso performance and the we have the legend that is Boris Karloff in the background. I have to say that Basil Rathbone's character did get a bit annoying. The not dying I could understand in a movie such as this but the quoting from plays really was annoying plus, at the end, he didn't actually do much. So, anyway, watch it and make up your own mind. I guess those of a certain age my enjoy it, younger people maybe not, but who knows. Worth a watch anyway, just to find out.