Afro Pics

At his hairiest Vince steals a scene
With the scariest mincing routine
Like some gay Carry On
And cliché de salon,
He's the fairy-est disco-dressed queen.


Camping it up as "Butch", Vincent Price wigs out in Theatre of Blood. With Coral Browne in curlers.

Decco Chamber

This decadent, fun-loving pair
Has a mechanized, underground lair
She's a ravishing flapper,
He's dashing and dapper --
With a neck-hole as MP3 player.

Surly Hack and David Cairns

Virginia North is Vulnavia, Vincent Price is The Abominable Dr. Phibes (Fuest, 1971). Horribly scarred in a fire, Phibes' face was immobilized. He ate and spoke through a hole in his neck. 

Camp Champ

A charmer of men and of snakes
Maria sure had what it takes
A tropical vamp,
this countess of camp
when taking a bath hit the brakes



Known as the Caribbean Cyclone, actress Maria Montez drowned in her bathtub in France at age 39. The star of many florid costume adventure films (none more over-the-top than Cobra Woman), Montez was dubbed the Queen of Technicolor. Said the diva, "When I see myself on the screen, I am so beautiful, I jump for joy." Above: Poster and publicity still for Cobra Woman (Robert Siodmak, 1944); Below: With husband Jean-Pierre Aumont in Wicked City/Hans le Marin (Francois Villiers 1949).