It featured guest star joseph cotten in a reprisal of his role as dr. Phibes, a reclusive genius who can build incredible musical automatons, play a mean organ, waltz till the cows come home, and still manage to exact his carefully cultivated plan of vengeance, all while wearing great capes. Phibes is a 1971 film about a doctor who seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wifes death directed by robert. 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 adornments to vulnavias extravagant costumes. Living corpse vincent price visits late wifes surgeons with plagues. Hugely entertaining comic horror, as phibes venges himself on the medical types he believes killed his beloved. Our genial antihero plays anton phibes, a crazed physician seeking revenge on the doctors who he believes allowed his. Apr 25, 2009 trailer for a british comedy horror film. Mar 25, 2020 a doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, anton phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wifes death. View all posts by spookyflix admin the abominable dr. Director robert fuests grisly black comedy is a sumptuously produced bit of pulp hokum as well as a gruesomely satiric salute to the career of its star, vincent price. Phibes 1971 r2 german dvd covers ready to download and print.
Nicholas gregorys rating of the film the abominable dr. Phibes takes his inspiration for the murders from the old testament, the ten plagues of egypt. Vesalius on an unsuccessful operation involving the wife of organist dr. Its art deco sets, dark humour, and performance by price have made the film and its sequel dr. Phibes, a brilliant piece of moody, camp horror from 1971. German deathrock band madre del vizio has songs named dr. A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, dr. Vincent price, joseph cotten, hugh griffith, imdb rating. Heavily disfigured in an accident and an idea that harks back to his previous role in the house of wax 3d. About 4 years ago, neca in its very early days did him from the movie the raven.
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. Outwardly normal in appearance, phibes actually wears a rubber mask, covering his hideously deformed countenance. Long thought dead, the victim of a horrible accident, dr. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in the abominable dr. English, filipino, finnish, french, german, hebrew, hindi, italian, japanese. Phibes 1971 comedy horror movies doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner. Inspectors trout and crow are enlisted to stop him but all evidence points to the enigmatic dr phibes, an.
Heavily disfigured in an accidentan idea that harks back to his previous role in house of wax phibes is a tragic character who, grieving for his late wife victoria caroline munro, sets out to punish the medical staff he believes failed her. French 21 fulci 18 german hammer films 56 hooper 11. Love means never having to say youre ugly famous organist anton phibes is horribly disfigured in an automobile accident while rushing to the side of his sick wife and presumed to be dead. A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, anton phibes, seeks revenge. 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 rises again, followed and price made the similarlythemed theatre of blood later in the decade. Phibes, who is mourning the fatal operation on his departed wife. Phibes, killed in a car crash upon learning of his wifes death. 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. Vincent price the abominable dr phibes 1971 peter jeffrey virginia north lot. Phibes vhs, 1971 vincent price, joseph cotten, sealed see more like this. Phibes soundtrack from 1972, composed by basil kirchin.
Phibes, 1971, directed by robert fuest, with vincent price, joseph cotten, virginia north, at turner classic movies. 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. A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, anton phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wifes death. Phibes 1971 full movie ursula strauss on dailymotion. Dr phibes theme is repeated in most of the tracks and the album eventually becomes tedious. Released by perseverance records in 2004 prd 004 containing music from the abominable dr. Incidentally, i remember seeing or hearing somewhere that the original intention was to reveal that vulnavia was another of phibes mechanical devices miss north had already played a robot in some girls do. Vincent price scarey movie pioneer plays our hero, dr.
Phibes provides viewers with a double diabolical dose of macabre thrills and black comedy. Vincent price is one of the great actors of american horror, and yet, hes been almost entirely overlooked in the world of horror action figures. Heyward, directed by robert fuest, written by william goldstein and james whiton, and starring vincent price and joseph cotten. Phibes yify subtitles download, yts subtitles the abominable dr. The detective is stumped until he finds that all of the doctors being. However, nowhere does she look so stunning as in her appearance as vulnavia. Anton phibes vincent price still lives, surrounded by artdeco bricabrac and attended by mute beauty vulnavia virginia north. Phibes, a reclusive genius who can build incredible musical automatons. About spookyflix admin administrator for spookyflix. Once phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the doctors are responsible and begins exacting. Anton phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wifes death. Phibes abominable christmas special was a christmasthemed television special starring vincent price broadcast december 23, 1973 on abc.
The crimes are orchestrated by a demented organ player with the help of his mute assistant. 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. You will not bask in the glory of phibes s twisted wonderland of murder and revenge. Robert fuest doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner. Seemingly, in the 20s, sleeping pills were much more powerful, likely on the level of heroin, as the abominable dr. 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. Mcdowells take will be called forever phibes and is the brainchild of william. Phibes was directed by robert fuest, who gave the early avengers tv series its stylish panache. Price returns from the dead to avenge himself on the medical staff who he blames for his wifes death. This it is that a movie in which price strikes poses to the back row, if such a thing even makes sense, also includes the amazing, tiny moment in which he sniffs a victims.
Download misfits abominable dr phibes free midi and other misfits free midi. 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. It is an instrumental with the organ as the main instrument, including a long organ solo. Phibes is a a campy horror film in which both the campiness and the horror are feints, while the real business of warped dark comedy slides in underneath.
The abominable dr phibes dir robert fuest uk 1971 1hr 34m vincent price, joseph cotton, virginia north, hugh griffith in a fogbound, art decostyled london, eminent surgeons are being targeted by a fiendish, imaginative killer. With vincent price, joseph cotten, virginia north, terrythomas. To his dismay, he finds his house has been demolished and his papyrus scrolls. German ska band the busters released a song named dr. However, if you can feel the cockles of your heart stirring with anticipation, you are in for a beautiful treat. Phibes is a deformed maniac with a florid sense of style and an inclination to ham, who concocts a divinely ingenious revenge. Robert fuest the moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping dr. Phibess clockwork wizards, the elaborate acid drip death trap these are amazing visual elements, a feast for the eyes. Phibes is a 1971 british dark comedy horror film, produced by ronald s. While theres a nice version of charmaine, and dr phibes own theme is a subtle brooding piece, there is little to recommend this album.
Phibes seeks revenge on the medical team he believes responsible for the death of his wife during an. Phibes vincent price visits his late wifes surgeons with rats, bats and other biblical plagues. Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52. Phibes movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
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