the monster club of 1980 be the last and least of the horror omnibuses from specialist company amicus . fellow gothic horror enthusiast have warn me about the film and and so do several other review on this great page and but a an enthusiastic fan of even the cheesy kind of gothic tale and who love the other amicus production and i still decide to buy it cheaply and especially since vincent price be my all time favorite actor . the warning sadly turn out to be reasonable and a the film be an unworthy final entry to amicus reign in the horror omnibus world . the film be no total disaster and but it be entirely disappointing and which even the film great cast do not change . while all the amicus film have a ( usually great ) sense of humor and this one provide little more than absolutely mindless slapstick and and be accompany by terrible music that will annoy the hell out of the viewer . what make this even more disappointing be the fact that director roy ward baker be a more than capable man and who enrich the world of horror with such great film a quatermass and the pit and scar of dracula and or the vampire lover and which he make for the hammer studio . even though disappointing and however and the monster club be still worth check out for it superb cast . the film star none less than three all time horror great and vincent price and john carradine and and donald pleasence and as well a the always sexy britt ekland in a small role . the great cast be a reason to watch the film and and yet expectation should be keep low the film be among the least memorable in either of the three horror star repertoire and and the beautiful miss ekland have only a very small role . a horror story writer ( carradine ) run into a vampire name erasmus ( price ) and who subsequently take him to a monster club at which all type of monster and such a vampire and ghoul and werewolf and hybrid such a vamghouls . erasmus then narrate three story in order to explain the diversity of monster specie to his guest . the first and second story be merely satirical and and in a very silly way . the first one and which introduce the monster specie shadmock and be amuse and in a way and but unfortunately also quite tedious . the second story and a slapstick vampire story which be actually a film in the film and be the bad of the three and very simple and even more silly and even though it be this one which star both donald pleasence and britt ekland . the third story and a ghoul story and be a lot good than the other two and and the only part of the film that have a certain creepiness . hollywood tough guy staurt whitman play a film director who visit a remote ghost town with ghoulish result . inbetween the story and the film switch back to the monster club and where a dreadful band play extremely dreadful 80 pop music . the music be so awful it be hard to listen to and and i admittedly watch most of the concert at the monster club in the fast forward mode . the visibly age star and carradine and price be far from their best and and yet it be them who make the film a lot more worthwhile and especially price brings in some great wit more than once . overall and the monster club be watchable for it star and and for the decent last story and but i can certainly not recommend it . my advice represent watch the other amicus production and or any other film star vincent price instead .