The Price of Fear
1973-1974, 1983
Known Episodes: 22 (21 circulating)
Vincent Price hosted The Price of Fear as though they were his own stories, and even appeared in many of them as a character, much as Peter Lore did in Mystery in the Air. The series ran for two seasons in 1973 and 1974, then was called back by the BBC for a third season ten years later. Never Gamble with a Loser is missing, and appears to never have been recorded.
Sources:
Digital Deli
The Sound of Vincent Price
Wikipedia
Internet Archive
An Eye for an Eye
A wealthy man who is always worried about the cost of things cooks an exquisite live octopus dinner. Then he discovers the bloody, cthonic price.
Blind Man’s Bluff
A boorish tenant makes life torture for a blind man. The bullying comes to a head when the jerk burns the man’s dead mother’s things. Revenge comes sweet and dark as he recites his tale to Vincent.
Cat’s Cradle
A disturbing tale about the death of a kitten and how its mother gets revenge as its human killer tours a medieval castle and its torture dungeon. An ‘A’ for graphic intensity if you can stomach the animal slaughter. [Adapted from Bram Stoker, See Black Mass: The Squaw]
Come as You Are
When a cuckolded man’s wife has a heart attack and can’t withstand any shock, he decides to frighten her. But he scares himself in the very mirror, gifted by his wife’s lover, that drove him to murder!
Family Album
A man invites his friend to stay with him and his wife when he is down on his luck. When the two have an affair, they think they’ve got him fooled… until he takes revenge by faking his death. Family photos from beyond the grave and a weak heart don’t mix.
Fish
A jealous husband has already brought an end to his wife’s acting career, but that doesn’t stop Vincent’s friend from pursuing her. After the friend disappears, Vincent discovers his fate during a fishing trip.
Goody Two Shoes
A couple moves into a fixer-upper, and the wife soon discovers she has a helpful poltergeist. But if she ever sets eyes on the ghost, the legend goes, things will go south very quickly!
Guy Fawkes Night
A wealthy friend of Vincent recalls the story behind an awkward party at her estate the previous year. Her abusive husband disappeared that night, just after their son’s puppy died horribly at his hands. Guess who was in charge of decorations?
Lot #132
Vincent sells a portrait of Nathaniel Blackwell to he purchased at an auction to a friend who then ax-murders his family! Before he can regain the painting it is sold again. Can Vincent prevent another identical murder-suicide?
Man Who Hated Scenes, The
Nervous man wants to leave a hint that he knows what’s going on between his wife and the Chauffeur. The hint is: he empties the swimming pool before their regular late night swim! Ha!
Is Anybody There?
Manco Cápac, founder of the city of Cuzco, is the spirit guide for a medium. When it is discovered that she wore his sacred pendant years before when she was an actress, she admits she is a fraud. But Manco Cápac takes this as a disavowal… and wants revenge!
Meeting in Athens
Vincent meets a couple on vacation who wish they could spend just three more days in Italy, but are restrained by budget. The man drops a comment about black markets and then disappears. When he turns up in the morgue, he’s looking rather pale.
Never Gamble With A Loser
[Lost Episode]
Ninth Removal, The
A prudish woman is convinced the Brigadier is falling for a woman of questionable morals, so she takes matters into her own hands.
Not Wanted On Voyage
A rich cougar’s boy-toy falls for her assistant. On a cruise, they think they are free to play as the woman takes to her room. But passion leads to murder– and where better to hide a body than on a refrigerated freight car?
Out of the Mouths
A new dad develops a special bond with his baby.he solves some pretty stiff physics equations while tuned-in to the infinite, then regresses to a child’s mind.
Remains to be Seen
Two old men plot the murder of their shrewish wives… and succeed!!
Soul Music
A violin maestro loses his touch when he marries. His hands want to kill his wife, but he dies first. But his hands… his soul… must be released. [Motif: Hands of Orlac]
Spécialité of The House, The
Vincent is invited to a special restaurant where they serve a culinary delicacy called “Lamb Armistan” unannounced. He is warned not to visit the kitchen. [Motif: Meatloaf Again?]
To My Dear Saladin
A rich old lady leaves her home to her niece with the stipulation that her cat continue to live there as it is accustomed to. While the niece’s husband begins selling off the estate’s antiques, Saladin goes missing. Did he poison the cat treats? No, the cat is just biding his time… for revenge!
Waxworks
A man spends a night alone in a wax museum in the Hall of Murderers and one really creepy figure starts talking to him. Vincent plays the audio tape of the man’s last hours.
William and Mary
An overly controlling husband dies and leaves his brain to science. He is kept alive, immobile, with one eye intact, while his wife plots revenge! [Adapted from Roald Dahl – See also Fear on Four, It has been adapted for television on Tales of the Unexpected]
