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| | Gary Westfahl's Bio-Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Film: Vincent Price |
 | | As he entered his sixties firmly enshrined as the Grand Old Man of Horror Films, Price became the centerpiece of a series of relatively big-budget films, each seemingly designed as his elegant swan song: The Abominable Dr. Phibes and its sequel, Theatre of Blood, and Madhouse. |
 | | Eventually, ways would be found to make the horror film exciting and relevant again, but in the meantime a different sort of survival strategy gradually became evident: if horror films could no longer be impressive in contemporary settings, they could become stylish period pieces, set in Victorian times and decorated with classy antiques. |
 | | Even at the start of his career, Price was already an anachronism, a throwback to the fading school of film acting that emphasized theatrical flamboyance appropriate to the stage but overblown and alienating on screen, with exaggerated facial expressions, grand gestures, and precisely articulated speech almost becoming an affected British accent. |
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