The Abominable Dr. Phibes
by Robert Fuest
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Actor: Joseph Cotten, Sean Bury, Terry-Thomas, Vincent Price, Virginia NorthDirector: Robert Fuest
Cinematographer: Norman Warwick
Producer: James H. Nicholson
Producer: Louis M. Heyward
Producer: Ronald Dunas
Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Writer: James Whiton
Writer: William Goldstein
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 94 minutes
Release Date: 2000-03-07
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Movie Review: Ancient history
Summary: 5 Stars
I was a G.I. in the early '70s. In the enlistedmen's club on our forward airbase every Saturday PM, 100-200 drunken sailors and marines would gather and watch either Return or Abominable and cheer when someone got slaughtered or Phibes' well-endowed assistant appeared.
I don't know if I should watch it again. It's probably not as good in a contemporary setting.
Summary of The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Meet Doctor Phibes: A one-time concert musician who's now an all-time crazed murderer. In this clever, crypt-kicking classic, horror meister Vincent Price plays a diabolical doc seeking the ultimate in revenge with precision creepiness and surgical wit. Watch Dr. Phibes live up to his promise: "Nine killed her, nine shall die, nine eternities in doom! "After a team of surgeons botch his beloved wife's surgery, leaving her for dead, the emotionally distraught Dr. Phibes creatively concocts a fatal prescription for revenge. Using the Good Book as his guide, Phibes unleashes a score of old testament atrocities ? from a plague of locusts to an attack of rats ? on his enemies that climax in what may be one of "the eeriest endings on screen record" (Syracuse Herald-Journal)!This unusually beautiful horror classic features Vincent Price in the title role of Dr. Anton Phibes, a genius who specializes in organ music, theology, and concocting bizarre deaths for anyone who wrongs him. Discovering why is half the fun, so for now let's just say that Phibes is a little mad and very, very angry. With his assistant, the lovely, silent Vulnavia, Phibes begins cutting a gory swath through London's medical community, with the dogged Inspector Trout hot on his tail. Phibes contains many pleasures--exquisite art direction and a dark sense of humor among them--but the real treat is in watching an old pro like Price at work. Whether he's playing his organ, staring down a victim, or drinking through his neck, Price is at the top of his game. He mixes dark menace with wry comic touches, revealing both Phibes's maniacal obsession and offhanded confidence in his own genius. Settle in for an evening of elegant gore and if an attractive, mute deliverywoman comes to the door, whatever you do--don't answer! --Ali Davis
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