Favorite Vincent Price film

[GoetzManor]

So I figured since there is a Bela Lugosi poll, why not have one for the "classiest guy in horror"? For Christmas, my brother-in-law got me fifteen Vincent Price films. These are some of my favorites of his. Though the poll can only have ten options, I'll pick the ten I think may be his best.

So go on! Get polling!

 

[Nick D]

Of the list, and probably of all, Theatre of Blood. I love Vincent Price, he's one of my favorite actors.

 

[tridentine]

Mines not on there.
It is "The Song of Bernadette."

 

[hatophile]

Not a horror movie, but I did like him in Laura. The Tingler must have had an effect on me because now almost 45 years later from seeing it, I still have creepy memories of it.

 

[Tomasso]

I did like him in Laura.

Ditto.

 

[Doc Average]

The Abominable Dr Phibes is one of my all time favourite movies. I've watched and re-watched it many times, yet I can pop it in the DVD player any time, and it never fails to raise a smile. It's especially fun to watch on these long, dark winter evenings. You can keep Citizen Kane!

 

[Stanley Doble]

Without hesitation, Champagne for Caesar, one of the funniest movies ever made. Ronald Coleman stars as a professor out to ruin a soap company by winning millions in their quiz show. Vincent Price is the soap company president who at one point attempts to murder Coleman. Featuring Art Linkletter as the MC, Celeste Holme as the femme fatale and Barbara Britten as Coleman's sister. It's a scream, but not in the sense usually used of Vincent Price films.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_for_Caesar

 

[dhermann1]

Laura, Leave Her to Heaven (one of the most chilling films ever made), and Dragonwyck top my list.

 

[minkowski1552]

Mr. Price provided many hours of entertainment when I was young.

 

[Rathdown]

Edward Scissorhands.

 

[C44Antelope]

I voted for HOHH, but have to agree, Leave Her To Heaven and Laura are both great flicks. And oh the technicolor on Leave her...

 

[Two Types]

I voted for Dr Phibes although Theatre of Blood runs a close second.

Phibes has to get the vote simply because of his rather lovely assistant Vulnavia (played by Virginia North. If I ever decide to take revenge on my enemies (not that i have any at the moment) I would think it essential to have my own silent-but-deadly sidekick.

 

[Effingham]

I love Vincent Price in everything I see him in -- but he will forever be for me Roderick Usher.

 

[Avie]

I like horror movies most which is Scream and Scream Again. Other than that are The Fly and House of Wax.

 

[Zombie_61]

One of the things I appreciated most about Vincent Price was that it didn't matter to him if the movie was A-list material or low-budget cheese--he gave it his all and never turned in a bad performance in my opinion. I had the opportunity to meet him briefly about a year before his passing, and he was one of the most personable, charismatic people I've ever met; even in a crowded movie theater lobby he gave the impression that you were the only person he wanted to talk to in that moment. He also seemed genuinely appreciative that so many people liked his work and thought of him fondly despite the "villainous" characters he played. Truly a classy gentleman.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

My favorite Vincent Price film is one the ones left out from the poll. "The Great Mouse Detective" (1986).

 

[Lady Day]

Edward Scissorhands.

I concur.

 

[BegintheBeguine]

House of 1000 Dolls, but for the poll I picked the Dr Phibes series.