A man who limits his interests, limits his life.
It's as much fun to scare as to be scared.
Vincent chose to be cremated, and his ashes were scattered over Point Dume in Southern California.
Multiple songs have been written which mention Vincent Price, and some have been written about movies he's been in or have been written solely about him. Some examples are "Vincent Price" by Faust'o Rossi (1979), "Return of the Fly" by The Misfits (1995), "Vincent Price Blues" by ZZ Top (1996), "Dr. Phibes Rises Again" by The Misfits (2001), and "The Ghost of Vincent Price" by Wednesday 13 (2005).
Victoria Price, Vincent's daughter, wrote a biography of him entitled Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography, which was released in 1999.
For all the movies Vincent has appeared in, he never once won or was nominated for either a Golden Globe or an Oscar.
Vincent was the author of several cookbooks. He co authored with his second wife Mary the first book in 1965 - A Treasury of Great Recipes, and in 1969 he released Come into the Kitchen.
Vincent appeared in the classic show The Hilarious House of Frightenstein in 1971. He shot about four hundred bits over a four day session. He accepted the job because he loved kids and saw the innovation in the program. He supposedly worked for around $13,000, when that was his daily appearance rate.
Vincent did a long running radio series called The Price of Fear, where he narrated short horror stories allegedly from his 'personal repertoire'. He did not play any character, but was always addressed as himself, to add realism to the series.
As a part of Michael Jackson's famous song "Thriller" (1983), Vincent recited the poem at the end of the song.
Vincent often appeared in movies with 'house' in the title - most of them being horror movies - such as "The House of the Seven Gables" (1940), "House of Wax" (1953), "House on Haunted Hill" (1959), and "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1960).
In 1964 at the request of a personal friend, Vincent narrated a brief history of Tombstone, Arizona (titled, Tombstone, The Town Too Tough To Die) for use in the diorama at the site of the O.K. Corral gunfight site. He reportedly recorded the 20-minute piece in a single take at a recording studio in Hollywood and when asked about his fee, asked for his pal, the owner of the exhibit at the time, to buy him lunch. Price never visited Tombstone but his narration is still used in the diorama.
Vincent starred in "How to Make a Movie," a short film that was included in "Vincent Price: Moviemaking the Hollywood Way," a home movie outfit sold by Sears, Roebuck and Company.
Vincent attended the opening night of the first production of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show.
Vincent was notoriously superstitious. He once joked that he kept a horseshoe, a crucifix, and a mezuzah on his front door.
Vincent and Christopher Lee were born on the same day (27th May) and Peter Cushing was born on the 26th.
Vincent was a very close friend of Cassandra Peterson, the actress who impersonated Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
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