Phibes

[Nates Vault]

The Abominable Dr Phibes will always be a particular favorite of mine. I first saw it as a very small child and it gave me the dreadful creeps for days. Price was (and is) kind of a hero to me back then. His mannered, almost effete and obviously upper-class style spoke reams about the rot lying beneath the surface in all those well off homes on the other side of town.

Getting off point, I suppose, but anyway. The second Phibes was a disappointment to me. It didn't have the weird immediacy or the gut punch that the first had.

Any other fans of the good Dr? Anybody care to chat about Mr Price in general?

[neverending]

Since this film did not come out before 1970, I'm moving it to the modern horror section. Please try and read the forum decriptions before posting.

[Nates Vault]

Very sorry. I didn't check the release date, I just think of it as a classic. Again, sorry for the mistake.

[Kandarian Demon]

Vincent Price is and has always been my favourite actor. And I loved the Dr. Phibes movies - both of them. But yes, the first one was more creative and unique than the second movie.

Vincent Price played the best villains ever. They were always fascinating and cool, and in most cases not so one-dimensional as most horror villains tend to be. I loved the way he could switch from gentle to pure evil, or from serious to hilarious, in a split second. And of course, that voice, and the way he used it - it made pretty much any line sound like poetry.

There is a DVD called "An Evening of Edgar Allen Poe", where he does 3 stories completely on his own - I think more than anthing, that movie shows just how talented he really was.

It would be wrong to call him "overlooked", because obviously he's very well known and popular, but I don't actually think he gets enough credit for how talented he was, especially not from non-horror fans.

And, he was just such an interesting and cool guy in general. He seemed so intelligent and open-minded... classy without being a snob.

[phantomstranger]

Vincent Price was simply one of the best.I've seen him in horror films, westerns, historical dramas and comedy and he was superb in them all, even if the movie itself wasn't so great."Phibes" is a modern era classic. I enjoy both of them very much.

[Ferox13]

I like Phibes bu he's no Edward Lionheart..

[endo]

I think the rules here could use a bit of an update. I mean, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, a fantastic movie BTW, is hardly what I'd consider a "modern" horror movie.
Regardless if it did come out in 71 instead of pre 1970. That's kind of splitting hairs. What's a movie that came out in 2010 then? Futuristic?
I'm just saying.

[neverending]

It only makes sense to use a strict chronological demarcation between the modern and classic eras, since everyone has a different idea of what they consider to be "a classic." Believe it or not, I've had to move a post about Rob Zombie's Halloween out of the classic section, because the poster considered it "a classic."

Set a date and stick with it and it solves that problem.

[Nates Vault]

Originally Posted by neverending

It only makes sense to use a strict chronological demarcation between the modern and classic eras, since everyone has a different idea of what they consider to be "a classic." Believe it or not, I've had to move a post about Rob Zombie's Halloween out of the classic section, because the poster considered it "a classic."

Set a date and stick with it and it solves that problem.

While 1970 is a very arbitrary date, I see no problem with using it as the line of demarcation. Any line chosen will be arbitrary, so I think you are right to just choose one and stick with it.

[metternich1815]

I definitely agree that I would simply pick a decade end to call classic, so that there would be a dividing line. Personally, I would have started the modern era either in the 80s or 90s, but it is not my website, so it does not bother me that modern begins at the 70s.