Horror movie actor Paul Toombes, famous for playing "Dr. Death," suffers a nervous breakdown before going to England to do a TV series. Cast and crew members start dying the way characters did in Toombes' old movies.
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- Kevin WardJuly 2, 2025My favorite moment of Vincent Price and Peter Cushing dueling. Two legends. Loved the use of footage of Price’s earlier movies. This and the meta Vincent Price narrative make it a really fun watch for fans of Price.
- BurnharmJune 22, 2026Madhouse (1974) is a stylish psychological horror that starts as a murder mystery but gradually shifts into something more unstable and subjective. What makes it interesting is how it constantly blurs the line between reality and performance, especially through Paul Toombes’ struggle with the Dr. Death persona that defines and traps him. By the end, the film stops behaving like a standard whodunit and becomes more of a psychological spiral about identity, obsession, and authorship. I liked how it doesn’t fully “explain” everything in a clean way, instead it leaves you in that uneasy space where it’s unclear where the characters’ minds end and reality begins. That ambiguity is what makes the ending stick.
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Madhouse was released on May 24, 1974.
Madhouse was directed by Jim Clark.
Madhouse has a runtime of 1h 32m.
Madhouse was produced by Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky.
Horror movie actor Paul Toombes, famous for playing "Dr. Death," suffers a nervous breakdown before going to England to do a TV series. Cast and crew members start dying the way characters did in Toombes' old movies.
The key characters in Madhouse are Paul Toombes (Vincent Price), Herbert Flay (Peter Cushing), Oliver Quayle (Robert Quarry).
Madhouse is rated PG.
Madhouse is a Horror, Crime, Mystery film.
Madhouse has an audience rating of 4.9 out of 10.