A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, anton phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wifes death. 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. Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52. A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, dr. While theres a nice version of charmaine, and dr phibes own theme is a subtle brooding piece, there is little to recommend this album. 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. About spookyflix admin administrator for spookyflix. It is an instrumental with the organ as the main instrument, including a long organ solo. Vincent price, joseph cotten, hugh griffith, imdb rating. Vincent price the abominable dr phibes 1971 peter jeffrey virginia north lot. 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. Phibes is a 1971 british dark comedy horror film, produced by ronald s. However, if you can feel the cockles of your heart stirring with anticipation, you are in for a beautiful treat.
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. View all posts by spookyflix admin the abominable dr. With vincent price, joseph cotten, virginia north, terrythomas. Vesalius on an unsuccessful operation involving the wife of organist dr. Phibes soundtrack from 1972, composed by basil kirchin.
Released by perseverance records in 2004 prd 004 containing music from the abominable dr. About 4 years ago, neca in its very early days did him from the movie the raven. Phibess clockwork wizards, the elaborate acid drip death trap these are amazing visual elements, a feast for the eyes. Long thought dead, the victim of a horrible accident, 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. Once phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the doctors are responsible and begins exacting. 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. 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. Download misfits abominable dr phibes free midi and other misfits free midi.
Phibes takes his inspiration for the murders from the old testament, the ten plagues of egypt. 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. Phibes vincent price visits his late wifes surgeons with rats, bats and other biblical plagues. German deathrock band madre del vizio has songs named dr. The crimes are orchestrated by a demented organ player with the help of his mute assistant. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in 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, a reclusive genius who can build incredible musical automatons. Apr 25, 2009 trailer for a british comedy horror film. Phibes seeks revenge on the medical team he believes responsible for the death of his wife during an.
Phibes, who is mourning the fatal operation on his departed wife. Phibes 1971 r2 german dvd covers ready to download and print. Phibes is a deformed maniac with a florid sense of style and an inclination to ham, who concocts a divinely ingenious revenge. However, nowhere does she look so stunning as in her appearance as vulnavia. 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. Its art deco sets, dark humour, and performance by price have made the film and its sequel dr. 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. Mcdowells take will be called forever phibes and is the brainchild of william. Heyward, directed by robert fuest, written by william goldstein and james whiton, and starring vincent price and joseph cotten.
Phibes abominable christmas special was a christmasthemed television special starring vincent price broadcast december 23, 1973 on abc. To his dismay, he finds his house has been demolished and his papyrus scrolls. 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. 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. 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. Living corpse vincent price visits late wifes surgeons with plagues. Outwardly normal in appearance, phibes actually wears a rubber mask, covering his hideously deformed countenance. Nicholas gregorys rating of the film the abominable dr. When hollywood was capable of making decent movies. In this popular horror comicstyle movie, set in 1925, the brilliant, horribly disfigured dr. Robert fuest the moon rises at a predestined angle and awakens the sleeping 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. Seemingly, in the 20s, sleeping pills were much more powerful, likely on the level of heroin, as the abominable dr.
Anton phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wifes death. 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, 1971, directed by robert fuest, with vincent price, joseph cotten, virginia north, at turner classic movies. You will not bask in the glory of phibes s twisted wonderland of murder and revenge. A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, anton phibes, seeks revenge. Phibes movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Phibes, killed in a car crash upon learning of his wifes death.
Phibes vhs, 1971 vincent price, joseph cotten, sealed see more like this. Phibes was directed by robert fuest, who gave the early avengers tv series its stylish panache. It featured guest star joseph cotten in a reprisal of his role as dr. Vincent price scarey movie pioneer plays our hero, dr. Phibes 1971 full movie ursula strauss on dailymotion. Phibes, a brilliant piece of moody, camp horror from 1971. Anton phibes vincent price still lives, surrounded by artdeco bricabrac and attended by mute beauty vulnavia virginia north. Phibes provides viewers with a double diabolical dose of macabre thrills and black comedy. Inspectors trout and crow are enlisted to stop him but all evidence points to the enigmatic dr phibes, an. Heavily disfigured in an accident and an idea that harks back to his previous role in the house of wax 3d. Phibes 1971 comedy horror movies doctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner. English, filipino, finnish, french, german, hebrew, hindi, italian, japanese. The detective is stumped until he finds that all of the doctors being.
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