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. The moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping dr. Phibes 1971 comedy horror movies doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner. Abominable dr phibes, the aip 1971 classic monsters. A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, anton phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wifes. 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.
Phibes is most definitely a comedy, and a delightful one at that. It is a shortened version of the kryst the conqueror song dr. 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. The horrorpunk band the misfits has a song by the name of the abominable dr. When hollywood was capable of making decent movies. Heyward, directed by robert fuest, written by william goldstein and james whiton, and starring vincent price and joseph cotten. Bees, bats, locusts, and frogs are utilized in imaginative ways, the artdeco set design is gorgeous, and the supporting cast includes. Phibes 1971 article 2700 by dave sindelar viewing date. 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. The crimes are orchestrated by a demented organ player with the help of his mute assistant. Joining the crew on todays show we have our special guest adrian smith. As vincent price month continues we will be talking about the cultclassic full of dark humor called the abominable dr. Doctors are being murdered in bizarre manners bats, bees, a killer frog mask, etc. 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.
Heyward, directed by robert fuest, that stars vincent price and robert quarry. While rushing to her side, her husband anton phibes, a brilliant organist with expertise in theology, medicine and automation, crashed his car, and was. 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. Price peaks in this superbly twisted tale of mad doctor anton phibes, disfigured, presumed dead and most importantly, out to exact bloody revenge upon the. With its lavish art deco sets, black humour and outrageously camp performance by price, the film along with its sequel, dr phibes rises again has become a cult classic. Its art deco sets, dark humour, and performance by price have made the film and its sequel dr. Divx ita mp3 labominevole dottor phibes tntvillage title. A professional musician driven to the brink of madness by the death of his beloved wife, victoria an uncredited caroline munro, who died on the operating table, phibes sets out to destroy the doctors he holds responsible.
Once phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the doctors are responsible and begins exacting. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in the abominable dr. Hugely entertaining comic horror, as phibes venges himself on the medical types he believes killed his beloved. Phibes he had the chance to apply his grandeur to material that was a tailored to his persona, and b decidedly tongue in cheek. Phibes seeks revenge on the medical team he believes responsible for the death of. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat invoices.
See more ideas about dr phibes, vincent price and horror movies. Phibes rises again is a 1972 british horrordark comedy film, produced by louis m. Kryst was a post original misfits band featuring brothers jerry long time founding member. Vincent price, joseph cotten, hugh griffith, terrythomas, virginia north, peter jeffrey. Vincent price, joseph cotten, virginia north, terrythomas. Robert fuest doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner. A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, anton phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wifes death. 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. Vincent price joseph cotten virginia north terry thomas sean bury susan travers david hutcheson edward. The most bizarre role of vincent prices career is arguably the titular character in 1971s the abominable dr.
Once phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the. Abominable dr phibes, the aip 1971 british horror film the abominable dr phibes was released on the 18th of may, 1971, and stars vincent price and joseph cotten. Wronged by doctors, phibes murders them in the manner of biblical plagues. 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. Price returns from the dead to avenge himself on the medical staff who he blames for his wifes death.
Phibes 19711972 2 discs special limited edition blu ray 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. Phibes rises again 1972 yify download movie torrent. However, nowhere does she look so stunning as in her appearance as vulnavia. Robert fuest the moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping dr. As longstreet suffers death spasms, he grabs phibes, dislodging an amulet from phibess pocket. Long thought dead, the victim of a horrible accident, dr.
The detective is stumped until he finds that all of the doctors being. A horror film with strong comedic elements, it manages to be satirical, surreal, disturbing, a murder. The film was directed by robert fuest and stars joseph cotton, hugh griffith, terrythomas, virginia north and our hero vincent price. Phibes then appears, plunges a needle into longstreets arm and begins to draw out his blood vial by vial, until he is drained dry. Phibes, 1971, directed by robert fuest, with vincent price, joseph cotten, virginia north. Anton phibes vincent price still lives, surrounded by artdeco bricabrac and attended by mute beauty vulnavia virginia north.
Hes also dangerously insane and crippled by an automobile accident that scarred him and robbed him. In the uk it was released on a double bill with the incredible 2headed transplant 1971 plot summary. I wont give away too many plot details,except to say that dr phibes is highly inventive when it comes to killing his victims. Phibes yify subtitles download, yts subtitles 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. I mean the tagline on the poster is love means never having to say youre ugly. However, when that cowled figure descends some steps and winds a great crank, sending into motion a group of jazzplaying robots, and a young lady clad in a gown likely designed by busby berserkly enters, that the two may dance, we enter the realm of the familiar made weird.
Ukusa when doctors begin dying in mysterious and bizarre ways, scotland yard detectives try to track down the murderer. In this popular horror comicstyle movie, set in 1925, the brilliant, horribly disfigured dr. Vincent price plays dr phibes,and the plot centres on his painstaking methods of exacting revenge on those who he sees as being responsible for the death of his wife. To his dismay, he finds his house has been demolished and his papyrus scrolls.
High resolution italian movie poster image for the abominable dr. With vincent price, joseph cotten, virginia north, terrythomas. Phibes 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. I love watching old british and italian horrors, and american stuff from the 60s to the 80s. Phibes is a 1971 horror film starring vincent price. Opening statements a mad doctor exacts his revenge on the killers of his beloved wife. Phibes vows revenge, patterning his murders after the biblical plagues of egypt. 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. Phibes is a 1971 british dark comedy horror film, produced by ronald s. Phibes pronounced fibes is a doctor of music, a virtuoso organ player, a brilliant, selftaught mechanical engineer and biblical scholar.
Its art deco sets, dark humour and success led to dr. Na an adaptation of nine stories from boccaccios decameron. The image measures 93 1961 pixels and is 1843 kilobytes large. Phibes was advertised as vincent prices 100th film, but that was a bit of an exaggerated fact. With vincent price, joseph cotten, virginia north, hugh griffith, peter jeffrey, terry thomas, audrey woods, susan travers.
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