Gypsy Queen

Marion, Ohio

Jumpin' Gene Simmons - Haunted House

The Five Jones Boys - Mr. Ghost Goes To Town

Vincent Price - How To See Ghosts Or Surely Bring Them To You

John Buzon Trio - Mr. Ghost Goes To Town

The Five Jones Boys version is a scratchy old doo wop tune; the Buzon Trio's is a bossa nova instrumental. It is also an earworm.

The Raven, Vincent Price, and the Muppets

What do they all have in common? Well, just this post, really. And YouTube.



The Raven, as told by Vincent Price

I wanted to put up a nifty tribute (like the Stephen King one from a few days ago) to the man - they're all over YouTube - but for two things. One, none of them were quite what I want out of a tribute to him, and two, the Stephen King one used Thriller, I don't want to post another video that uses Thriller. Guess what the best ones used? Yeah. Granted, it's appropriate, but geez.

(In case you're not sick of "Thriller" yet, here it is.)

But I did find this. The colors have faded, and the sound is terrible, but it is Vincent Price. Performing The Raven. For Halloween. What, I was gonna pass this up?

And I simply must share this: I found this initially at Armagideon Time, one of the very cool blogs I've found through the Halloween-a-thon, and thought, "YES! I must swipe this and post it for my very own!" only to find that The Retropolitan (another very cool blog I found on the Halloween-a-thon) swiped it first thing this morning.

Ah well. No post meant as a virtual hug for Vincent Price can do without posting it, so here it is anyway.



And what the hell, as long as we're on the subject of Vincent Price and Muppets, here's this:


And that was as lengthy a post as I've done in over a year. Whew! I'm so damn glad my blog isn't one of those writing-type ones. I enjoy reading them, but I don't know how y'all do it.

Vincent

I've watched so many Vincent Price movies in general, but especially this month, and read enough about him, that I feel almost as though he's an old friend.

No matter how hideous he looks onscreen, no matter the depth of his terrorizing someone, no matter what a bad, bad man he's portraying, there is always something about his characters that's compelling and sympathetic. I think it's because in real life, he was such a sweet person, with such a great sense of humor, that often, that sweetness and humor snuck through into his performance.

The above is a 5:52 short by Tim Burton about a seven year old boy who wants to be Vincent Price. It's a cute homage, and thoroughly in the Halloween spirit.

Best part? It's narrated by Vincent Price himself.

Duplex

Northwood Cemetery
Cambridge, Ohio

Vincent Price - How To See Ghosts Or Surely Bring Them To You

Sucrene

Ghost Ad
Dayton, Ohio

Vincent Price - How To See Ghosts Or Surely Bring them to You