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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.
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