The Abominable Dr. Phibes
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Certified Crap. CrapScore 55, rated by 1 admin.
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Vincent Price conducts an elaborate revenge against the doctors he blames for his wife's death. The ritual murders and extraordinary bodily arrangements are knowingly macabre, delivered with elegance and dry humour. A beautifully eccentric horror-night anchor whose accomplished performance deserves a low acting-badness score.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 2.5/10
- Plot
- 7/10
- Effects
- 2.5/10
- Dialogue
- 7/10
- Rewatchability
- 8.5/10
“Revenge planned with exquisite manners and appalling practical consequences.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 55
Synopsis and movie facts
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
- Released
- 1971
- Directed by
- Robert Fuest
- Running time
- 95 min
Starring
- Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes
- Joseph Cotten as Dr. Vesalius
- Hugh Griffith as Rabbi
- Terry-Thomas as Dr. Longstreet
- Virginia North as Vulnavia
- Peter Jeffrey as Inspector Trout
- Derek Godfrey as Crow
- Norman Jones as Sgt. Schenley
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 17965.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review strongly praises Price's performance and the film's droll, elegant macabre humour.
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