Designerdirector robert fuest and art director brian eatwell created a unique and popular art deco period horror film for price which gave his career a boost with its love story parody ad campaign. While rushing to her side, her husband anton phibes, a brilliant organist with expertise in theology, medicine and automation, crashed his car, and was. In this popular horror comicstyle movie, set in 1925, the brilliant, horribly disfigured dr. Anton phibes vincent price still lives, surrounded by artdeco bricabrac and attended by mute beauty vulnavia virginia north. As longstreet suffers death spasms, he grabs phibes, dislodging an amulet from phibess pocket. Phibes is a 1971 horror film starring vincent price. Vincent price, robert quarry, peter cushing, beryl reid. Phibes is a 1971 british dark comedy horror film, produced by ronald s. Fuest has created a magical realm, a little horror wonderland, if you will, tantalizing the viewer with color and vibrancy, yet masking a sinister edge.
Phibes rises again is a 1972 sequel to the abominable dr. Phibes has sneaked into the hospital disguised as an orderly, drilled a hole in the ceiling above the somnolent nurse, and drizzles down upon her a green concoction he has brewed himself from brussels sprouts ak. Phibes is a 1971 british comedy horror film directed by robert fuest, written by william. Mcdowells take will be called forever phibes and is the brainchild of william. Phibes was distributed in 1971 by american international pictures, the ultimate bmovie studio who were synonymous with churning out exploitation pictures directed to the youth market films that ranged from the roger corman titles to beach party and biker flicks and eventually throughout the 1970s with its. Phibes rises again is a 1972 british horrordark comedy film, produced by louis m. Phibes, who is an expert in music, science, and theology. The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the scrolls of life in an attempt. Phibes soundtrack from 1972, composed by basil kirchin. Phibes was advertised as vincent prices 100th film, but that was a bit of an exaggerated fact. Phibes 1971 comedy horror movies doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner. Phibes rises again 1972 the moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping dr.
Heyward, directed by robert fuest, written by william goldstein and james whiton, and starring vincent price and joseph cotten. Luckily i have a cheap chinese dvd player that i use for chinese movies and it isnt as touchy and thus the second side of the movie played okay in that player. Phibes nicholas gregory a creative, 1971 film that plays like a mixture of a protoslasher and an early, far morecomical version of david finchers seven with its mo. Bees, bats, locusts, and frogs are utilized in imaginative ways, the artdeco set design is gorgeous, and the supporting cast includes. Phibes 1971 in a desperate attempt to reach his ill wife, organist anton phibes vincent price is horrifically disfigured in a car accident and presumed dead. Phibess clockwork wizards, the elaborate acid drip death trap these are amazing visual elements, a feast for the eyes. Phibes, starring vincent price, robert quarry, and peter cushing this film sees phibes rising again, and then heading to egypt, because the river of immortality is buried underneath an ancient temple, and hes pretty sure hes figured out how to find it and bring victoria back to life unfortunately for him, adventurer. Phibes rises again 1971 starring vincent price and joseph cotten on dvd and bluray. Phibes 1971 pg 05181971 us comedy, horror 1h 34m user score.
Phibes rises again 1972 tt0068503 the vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the scrolls of life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife. Phibes vows revenge, patterning his murders after the biblical plagues of egypt. With vincent price, robert quarry, valli kemp, hugh griffith. Much more fun to watch movie critics get offed, and price actually gets to perform in that one. Phibes rises again 1972, the masque of the red death 1964, asylum 1972, the monster club 1981. Outwardly normal in appearance, phibes actually wears a rubber mask, covering his hideously deformed countenance. Avengers, brings his flamboyant visual style and tongueincheekiness to bear in this 1920s tale of the disfigured dr. Phibes 1 hours and 34 minutes movie 1971 doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner. The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the scrolls of life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
This film also features terrythomas, hugh griffith, and uncredited caroline munroe the true queen of horror. Phibes rises again hammer horror films, hammer films. Phibes rises again, followed and price made the similarlythemed theatre of blood later in the decade. Its art deco sets, dark humour, and performance by price have made the film and its sequel dr. Anton phibes, vincent prices character in both the abomidable dr. The abominable dr phibes is the perfect example of this kind of film genre that has some of the most interesting deaths onscreen as well as sets and decor that would make an interior designer green with envy. When the moon comes into a magical alignment with the planets, it. Perseverance records reissue of the soundtrack to the 1971 cult horror film the abominable dr. Seemingly, in the 20s, sleeping pills were much more powerful, likely on the level of heroin, as the abominable dr. After seeking vengeance on the men whom he blamed for his wifes death in the first film, phibes returns to seek eternal life in egypt, while he pursues a centuriesold man. In fact, price was wellknown in hollywood for his ability to memorize all of. Anton phibes vincent price, a madman bent on vengeance after the accidental death of his wife.
Phibes is a british film directed by robert fuest and released in 1971. Phibes is back and this is the story youve all been waiting for. When hollywood was capable of making decent movies. Life is strange 2015 video game when you are looking for chloes medicine in the alternate time, there is a letter from chloes doctor, dr. Phibes, he plays the undead doctor anton phibes, a mysterious figure who is systematically hunting down a team of doctors that he. Phibes then appears, plunges a needle into longstreets arm and begins to draw out his blood vial by vial, until he is drained dry.
Doctor anton phibes is a scientist, renowned organist and biblical scholar with a. To his dismay, he finds his house has been demolished and his papyrus scrolls stolen, the scrolls he needs to find the pharoahs tomb in egypt, where the river of life flows. Phibes rises again hasnt been treated quite as well, with the early vestron and orion versions brutally losing prices climactic rendition of over the rainbow from the soundtrack. Phibes is a deliberately campy 1971 horror film starring vincent price as the eponymous doctor and joseph cotten as his nemesis four years ago, in 1921, victoria phibes died after only six minutes on the operating table. Finally, arrow video has brought together these two. Released by perseverance records in 2004 prd 004 containing music from the abominable dr. Phibes film was a remarkably entertaining film that found the right balance between campy humor and grand guignolstyle horror. Phibes rises again 1972 full movie ursula strauss on dailymotion. After seeking vengeance on the men whom he blamed for his wifes death in the first film, phibes returns.
Its art deco sets, dark humour and success led to dr. A highcamp mixture of comic brilliance, insane ingenuity and genuine freakishness, doctor anton phibes has to rank as one of vincent prices greatest creations and as all genre fans know, thats up against some pretty stiff competition not least of which are edward theatre of blood. Phibes sits down at his organ and gives his knuckles a good crack. The film is set in an eclectic 1920s, so fuest a former art director went all out to give phibes its art nouveau production design, from sets to. Assisted by his stylish, silent accomplice vulnavia virginia north, phibes carries out murderous revenge, styled if a little loosely after the ten plagues of egypt. Heyward, directed by robert fuest, that stars vincent price and robert quarry. Spoilers 3 joseph cotten would grumble on the set that he had to remember and deliver lines, while vincent prices were all to be postdubbed. Phibes is neither a straight reissue replicating the original lp, nor one of those expanded versions with bonus tracks so common to the cd age. An expanded version of the kind of fiend who wins, the definitive history of the abominable dr. Nicholas gregorys rating of the film the abominable dr. Phibes rises again 1972 full movie video dailymotion. Heyward, directed by robert fuest, that stars vincent price and robert.
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