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* FreudianExcuse: Flay's motive behind his villain. He had written the title role of Dr. Death for himself, but was passed down in favor of Toombes, so he decided to murder Ellen in the hopes of ruining Toombes' career, but when this didn't work, he decided to give in to the studio's request to bring Toombes back for the Dr. Death TV series, on the contract-written condition that he get the role of Dr. Death in the event something happened to Toombes.
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* FreudianExcuse: Flay's [[spoiler:Flay's motive behind his villain. He had written the title role of Dr. Death for himself, but was passed down in favor of Toombes, so he decided to murder Ellen in the hopes of ruining Toombes' career, but when this didn't work, he decided to give in to the studio's request to bring Toombes back for the Dr. Death TV series, on the contract-written condition that he get the role of Dr. Death in the event something happened to Toombes.]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: Herbert Flay
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* GreenEyedMonster: Herbert Flay[[spoiler:Herbert Flay]]
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* TheseGlovesAreMadeForKillin: Prior to every murder, a scene of the killer donning black leather gloves is shown.
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* ManOnFire: When Toombes loses his mind after Julia is murdered, he carries her corpse onto the ''Dr. Death'' set, and then sets the set on fire, before dousing himself in alcohol and setting himself alight. [[spoiler:It is actually part of his plan for FakingTheDead.]]
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* SelfImmolation: When Toombes loses his mind after Julia is murdered, he carries her corpse onto the ''Dr. Death'' set, and then sets the set on fire, before dousing himself in alcohol and setting himself alight. [[spoiler:It is actually part of his plan for FakingTheDead.]]
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* ActorAllusion:
** Paul Toombes could almost be considered an {{expy}} for Price himself, though with a much messier personal life. See StockFootage below for more. Likewise, he and Creator/PeterCushing's characters are supposed to be very old friends and colleagues, which they very much were in real life..
** At a costume party, Robert Quarry's character is seen dressed as Film/CountYorga, from the vampire films starring... Robert Quarry. This might also qualify as a CelebrityParadox.
** There's also a bit of RealitySubtext at work: the movie was made at a time when AIP was considering ending its involvement with Price, considering him too old to be a big star, and a lot of the higher-ups were banking on Quarry as the exciting new up-and-comer. In the movie, Quarry's studio exec character is trying to force Price's character into retirement and install a new, younger actor as his replacement.
** Paul Toombes could almost be considered an {{expy}} for Price himself, though with a much messier personal life. See StockFootage below for more. Likewise, he and Creator/PeterCushing's characters are supposed to be very old friends and colleagues, which they very much were in real life..
** At a costume party, Robert Quarry's character is seen dressed as Film/CountYorga, from the vampire films starring... Robert Quarry. This might also qualify as a CelebrityParadox.
** There's also a bit of RealitySubtext at work: the movie was made at a time when AIP was considering ending its involvement with Price, considering him too old to be a big star, and a lot of the higher-ups were banking on Quarry as the exciting new up-and-comer. In the movie, Quarry's studio exec character is trying to force Price's character into retirement and install a new, younger actor as his replacement.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Paul is shown using makeup to make himself look like Herbert[[note]][[FridgeLogic No idea how he's going to make himself 4 inches shorter!]][[/note]], with the implication that he is going to take over Herbert's life]].
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Paul is shown using makeup to make himself look like Herbert[[note]][[FridgeLogic No idea how he's going to make himself 4 inches shorter!]][[/note]], with the implication that he is going to take over Herbert's life]]. It's a very good effect for a '70s movie, and there are moments where you're not sure which actor you're looking at.
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* LiteralMetaphor: During the climactic battle between Toombes and Flay, Faye rushes in and stabs Flay in the back repeatedly, causing him to fall into her tank of spiders.
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* LiteralMetaphor: During the climactic battle between [[spoiler: Toombes and Flay, Faye rushes in and stabs Flay in the back repeatedly, causing him to fall into her tank of spiders.spiders]].
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* ShoutOut: Robert Quarry's character dresses as Count Yorga for a costume party. Yorga is one of the roles Quarry is most remembered for.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The film studio who passed the role of [[VillainProtagonist Dr. Death]] from [[GreenEyedMonster Herbert Flay]] to [[EccentricArtist Paul Toombes]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The film studio who [[spoiler: passed the role of [[VillainProtagonist Dr. Death]] from [[GreenEyedMonster Herbert Flay]] to [[EccentricArtist Paul Toombes]]
Toombes]].]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler: This is Herbert Flay's motive. He wrote the part of Dr. Death for himself, but got passed up in favor of Toombes. His murders are in attempt to get the part for himself.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler: This is Herbert Flay's motive. He wrote the part of Dr. Death for himself, himself but got passed up in favor of Toombes. His murders are in an attempt to get the part for himself.]]
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* ManOnFire: When Toombes loses his mind after Julia is murdered, he carries her corpse on to the ''Dr. Death'' set, and then sets the set on fire, before dousing himself in alcohol and setting himself alight. [[spoiler:It is actually part of his plan for FakingTheDead.]]
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* ManOnFire: When Toombes loses his mind after Julia is murdered, he carries her corpse on to onto the ''Dr. Death'' set, and then sets the set on fire, before dousing himself in alcohol and setting himself alight. [[spoiler:It is actually part of his plan for FakingTheDead.]]
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* ShoutOut: Robert Quarry's character dresses as Count Yorga for a costume party. Yorga is one of the roles Quarry is most remembered for.
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Not to be confused with [[Film/Madhouse2004 the 2004 film of the same name]] or the 1981 film ''Film/ThereWasALittleGirl'', also known as ''Madhouse''.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The film studio who passed the role of [[VillainProtagonist Dr. Death]] from [[GreenEyedMonster Herbert Flay]] to [[{EccentricArtist Paul Toombes]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The film studio who passed the role of [[VillainProtagonist Dr. Death]] from [[GreenEyedMonster Herbert Flay]] to [[{EccentricArtist [[EccentricArtist Paul Toombes]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The film studio who passed the role of [[VillainProtagonist Dr. Death]] from [[GreenEyedMonster Herbert Flay]] to [[{EccentricArtist Paul Toombes]]
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This semi-serious horror film represented the first on-screen pairing of icons Vincent Price and Peter Cushing, who play, respectively, aging former horror star Paul Toombes and actor-turned-writer Herbert Flay, who unite in an effort to revive the popularity of Toombes' screen character "Dr. Death" for a TV series. Having recently recovered from a nervous breakdown caused by the murder of her fiancee, Toombes comes under suspicion when several members of the show's cast and crew are murdered in grisly reenactments of Dr. Death's greatest movie moments (as depicted in numerous colorful clips from some of Price's AIP films for Creator/RogerCorman).
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This semi-serious horror film represented the first on-screen pairing of icons Vincent Price and Peter Cushing, who play, respectively, aging former horror star Paul Toombes and actor-turned-writer Herbert Flay, who unite in an effort to revive the popularity of Toombes' screen character "Dr. Death" for a TV series. Having recently recovered from a nervous breakdown caused by the murder of her his fiancee, Toombes comes under suspicion when several members of the show's cast and crew are murdered in grisly reenactments of Dr. Death's greatest movie moments (as depicted in numerous colorful clips from some of Price's AIP films for Creator/RogerCorman).
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