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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303522692
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6303522696
Label: M G M, Inc
Manufacturer: M G M, Inc
Publisher: M G M, Inc
Sales Rank: 75232
Studio: M G M, Inc
Theatrical Release Date: July 22, 1970
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - a howling good time
Cry of the Banshee is probably the least popular Vincent Price horror film but it's one of my favorites. aside from Price's usual great acting, what sells me on the movie is the mood and atmosphere of the film. i see nothing wrong with AIP capitalizing on the witchcraft genre with this, "The Oblong Box", and "Conqueror Worm". i liked all those movies, too. the trouble that most people have is that the stereotypical 'Vincent Price' isn't to be seen in these witch hunter flicks and for some reason, ... Read More
Rating:  - Not worth watching
Cry of the Banshee represents a low point in Vincent Price's acting career. I suppose that this is considered one of his Poe-based movies since they throw on a Poe quote at the beginning, but it has no real ties to the other movies in this series.
Similar to the flawed but still far superior Conqueror Worm, this movie has Vincent Price as the magistrate of a village who revels in his cruelty towards supposed witches. When he angers a real witch, a curse is visited upon him. If this sounds ... Read More
Rating:  - Vincent Price....shame on you!
Surprisingly, I did not care for this one much. I usually love my Vincent Price movies like "Pit and the Pendulum", "House of Wax" & "Fall of the the House of Usher". I guess I had a hard time with Vincent Price and the partial nudity thing. The whole thing didn't make much sense. The ending was just as silly as the beginning. Oh, well.....off to the video graveyard!
Rating: - The Price is right; the movie ain't
Vincent Price is the only reason this cheesy flick gets the extra star. He's always a joy to watch. The supporting cast is all right, with Hilary Dwyer a standout in the thankless ingenue role.
The basic plot is not bad, but the cheap production values defeat it.
Monty Python fans alert: Terry Gilliam did the credit sequence artwork.
Rating:  - Pass me the greasepaint, I need a monster
You know those great classic horror films that grab your interest right away and hold you glued to the screen for the nexthour and a half or so? Well, this film is not one of those, but it is not one of the other kind either. This film can best be described as uneven, although the good slightly outweighs the bad.
The plot is Vincent Price and his soldiers break up a pagan ceremony (complete with lots of young people dancing around in bedsheets) and kill a couple of the participants. The woman ... Read More
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