list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Abominable Dr. Phibes on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Abominable_Dr_Phibes/311/default.aspx Title: The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Year: 1971
Director: Robert Fuest
Plot: Long thought dead, the victim of a horrible accident, Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price) still lives, surrounded by art-deco bric-a-brac and attended by mute beauty Vulnavia (Virginia North). Outwardly normal in appearance, Phibes actually wears a rubber mask, covering his hideously deformed countenance; giving away the artifice is the fact that, when he dines, he takes his food through his neck rather than his mouth. Able to speak only when plugging a wire into his damaged vocal chords, Phibes elucidates his plan to murder the medical team whom he holds responsible for the death of his wife. Each of the killings is patterned after the ten deadly plagues. Phibes saves his worst for last: trapping chief surgeon Dr. Vesalius in his lair, Phibes forces the hapless medico into a race against time to save the life of his own son. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:00:49 GMTThe Abominable Dr. Phibes1971Robert FuestLong thought dead, the victim of a horrible accident, Dr. Anton Phibes (<a href="/players/P____57806/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Vincent Price</a>) still lives, surrounded by art-deco bric-a-brac and attended by mute beauty Vulnavia (Virginia North). Outwardly normal in appearance, Phibes actually wears a rubber mask, covering his hideously deformed countenance; giving away the artifice is the fact that, when he dines, he takes his food through his neck rather than his mouth. Able to speak only when plugging a wire into his damaged vocal chords, Phibes elucidates his plan to murder the medical team whom he holds responsible for the death of his wife. Each of the killings is patterned after the ten deadly plagues. Phibes saves his worst for last: trapping chief surgeon Dr. Vesalius in his lair, Phibes forces the hapless medico into a race against time to save the life of his own son. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide8Taggedy Taggged (6-10)19333http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t10002s3oc7.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Abominable_Dr_Phibes/311/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/Re_So_Bad_They_re_Good/222/37771/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Dr_Gor
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Post Date: 11/30/2008 9:23:53 PM
Body: [quote user="divinemsjunebug"] Well, I had to bring this topic up once again because I went to a little double feature film festival today...I had never heard of these movies before which is strange because I am a major Vincent Price fan and have most of his movies on DVD. Anyway, has anyone seen the movie The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises again??? This must have been released around the same time Barbarella was released because it was really groovy and psychedelic. Both of these movies were very interesting and had lots of strange and bizarre scenes. Has anyone else seen these movies? I loved the band playing mechanical life-size puppets, that was a little creepy for me for some reason. I also loved the psychedelic bright pink organ that he played and his spirit guide that took human form...Yes, I think both of these movies can make this category. [/quote] It IS strange that you have never heard of the "Dr. Phibes" movies before now, Ms June! Both of these movies received quite a wide and "mainstream" theatrical release in the early '70's. That is where I first saw them. But, yeah, like many great movies from that era, both of those would certainly qualify for the "so-bad-they're-good" catagory! I THOROUGHLY enjoyed Barbarella as well! That one made me a lifelong Jane Fonda fan... I thought the "Phibes" movies were pretty cool with the creative murders (WAY before SAW ) and Vincent Price at his creepiest best in a very "Phantom of the Opera" type role. I also liked his hot chick assistant... You should also check out Scream and Scream Again and Mark of the Devil ... < GOR >
]]>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:23:53 GMTDr_GorHORROR MOVIES 10111/30/2008 9:23:53 PM[quote user="divinemsjunebug"] Well, I had to bring this topic up once again because I went to a little double feature film festival today...I had never heard of these movies before which is strange because I am a major Vincent Price fan and have most of his movies on DVD. Anyway, has anyone seen the movie The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises again??? This must have been released around the same time Barbarella was released because it was really groovy and psychedelic. Both of these movies were very interesting and had lots of strange and bizarre scenes. Has anyone else seen these movies? I loved the band playing mechanical life-size puppets, that was a little creepy for me for some reason. I also loved the psychedelic bright pink organ that he played and his spirit guide that took human form...Yes, I think both of these movies can make this category. [/quote] It IS strange that you have never heard of the "Dr. Phibes" movies before now, Ms June! Both of these movies received quite a wide and "mainstream" theatrical release in the early '70's. That is where I first saw them. But, yeah, like many great movies from that era, both of those would certainly qualify for the "so-bad-they're-good" catagory! I THOROUGHLY enjoyed Barbarella as well! That one made me a lifelong Jane Fonda fan... I thought the "Phibes" movies were pretty cool with the creative murders (WAY before SAW ) and Vincent Price at his creepiest best in a very "Phantom of the Opera" type role. I also liked his hot chick assistant... You should also check out Scream and Scream Again and Mark of the Devil ... &lt; GOR &gt; http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/Re_So_Bad_They_re_Good/222/37753/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: divinemsjunebug
Post To: HORROR MOVIES 101
Post Date: 11/29/2008 10:37:16 PM
Body: Well, I had to bring this topic up once again because I went to a little double feature film festival today...I had never heard of these movies before which is strange because I am a major Vincent Price fan and have most of his movies on DVD. Anyway, has anyone seen the movie The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises again??? This must have been released around the same time Barbarella was released because it was really groovy and psychedelic. Both of these movies were very interesting and had lots of strange and bizarre scenes. Has anyone else seen these movies? I loved the band playing mechanical life-size puppets, that was a little creepy for me for some reason. I also loved the psychedelic bright pink organ that he played and his spirit guide that took human form...Yes, I think both of these movies can make this category.
]]>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:37:16 GMTdivinemsjunebugHORROR MOVIES 10111/29/2008 10:37:16 PMWell, I had to bring this topic up once again because I went to a little double feature film festival today...I had never heard of these movies before which is strange because I am a major Vincent Price fan and have most of his movies on DVD. Anyway, has anyone seen the movie The Abominable Dr. Phibes and Dr. Phibes Rises again??? This must have been released around the same time Barbarella was released because it was really groovy and psychedelic. Both of these movies were very interesting and had lots of strange and bizarre scenes. Has anyone else seen these movies? I loved the band playing mechanical life-size puppets, that was a little creepy for me for some reason. I also loved the psychedelic bright pink organ that he played and his spirit guide that took human form...Yes, I think both of these movies can make this category. http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/7/15/32589.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 7/15/2008 5:00:54 PM
Body: Choices, choices. Download the three-part web series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog over the next few days, or wait for the DVD release? Maybe both. Dr. Horrible is Joss “man with the Midas touch” Whedon’s experimental comedy/sci-fi musical. If the trailer above doesn’t lie, the whole shoestring production will shine like B-grade gold. The story: Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, MD) is Dr. Horrible, too shy to talk to his crush (Felicia Day from The Guild) and struggling to prove himself to the Evil Group of Evil. The doctor’s arch-enemy Captain Hammer is played by Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Slither), the coolest poor man’s action star around. Dr. Horrible is like an awkward, flamboyant grandson of Vincent Price’s character in The Abominable Dr. Phibes. (By the way, that demented, carnival-esque revenge tragedy must have inspired Max Fisher to do a copycat crime in Rushmore. Remember the bees released into Mr. Bloom’s hotel room?) A guy like Joss Whedon doesn’t need to experiment to get people to watch his stuff, which only increases my respect for him and my excitement for this project. I hope Dr. Horrible is a success mostly because it looks really, really cool, but also because it’ll show other bigwigs there’s a fanbase for freewheeling, unashamed, genre fun. At the time of this writing the location of the first installment was switching servers, but hopefully it’ll start streaming for free again. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:00:54 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com7/15/2008 5:00:54 PM Choices, choices. Download the three-part web series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog over the next few days, or wait for the DVD release? Maybe both. Dr. Horrible is Joss “man with the Midas touch” Whedon’s experimental comedy/sci-fi musical. If the trailer above doesn’t lie, the whole shoestring production will shine like B-grade gold. The story: Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, MD) is Dr. Horrible, too shy to talk to his crush (Felicia Day from The Guild) and struggling to prove himself to the Evil Group of Evil. The doctor’s arch-enemy Captain Hammer is played by Nathan Fillion (Firefly, Slither), the coolest poor man’s action star around. Dr. Horrible is like an awkward, flamboyant grandson of Vincent Price’s character in The Abominable Dr. Phibes. (By the way, that demented, carnival-esque revenge tragedy must have inspired Max Fisher to do a copycat crime in Rushmore. Remember the bees released into Mr. Bloom’s hotel room?) A guy like Joss Whedon doesn’t need to experiment to get people to watch his stuff, which only increases my respect for him and my excitement for this project. I hope Dr. Horrible is a success mostly because it looks really, really cool, but also because it’ll show other bigwigs there’s a fanbase for freewheeling, unashamed, genre fun. At the time of this writing the location of the first installment was switching servers, but hopefully it’ll start streaming for free again. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/groups/B_Movies/Double_features/588/27653/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: SkyPilot
Post To: B Movies
Post Date: 4/22/2008 3:09:20 PM
Body: I've only been to one or two double features in my life, but they were both great experiences. Even though Kill Bill Vol. 1 was preceded by Payback instead of the original Point Blank! Even though the movies at the drive-in were S.W.A.T. and Bad Boys 2! Some double features I'd pay to see anywhere: 1. Escape From New York, then Doomsday 2. Bucket of Blood, then The Abominable Dr. Phibes 3. The Black Scorpion, then The Mighty Peking Man 4. If You Live, Shoot! then Point Blank 5. Dog Soldiers, then Big Trouble in Little China
]]>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:09:20 GMTSkyPilotB Movies4/22/2008 3:09:20 PMI've only been to one or two double features in my life, but they were both great experiences. Even though Kill Bill Vol. 1 was preceded by Payback instead of the original Point Blank! Even though the movies at the drive-in were S.W.A.T. and Bad Boys 2! Some double features I'd pay to see anywhere: 1. Escape From New York, then Doomsday 2. Bucket of Blood, then The Abominable Dr. Phibes 3. The Black Scorpion, then The Mighty Peking Man 4. If You Live, Shoot! then Point Blank 5. Dog Soldiers, then Big Trouble in Little China http://www.spout.com/blogs/jakestevens/archive/2007/10/11/20612.aspx Post By: JakeStevens
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Post Date: 10/11/2007 2:23:40 AM
Body: In turns creepy and humorous, this is another Vincent Price winner. Basically, just a series of murders based on the biblical G'tach, this film obviously was the inspiration for later films like Seven and Saw. The art deco in this film is fantastic ala Stanley Kubrick which, in my opinion, gives it it's eerie vibe. Kind of hard to find, but well worth a watch.
]]>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:23:40 GMTJakeStevensJakeStevens Blog10/11/2007 2:23:40 AMIn turns creepy and humorous, this is another Vincent Price winner. Basically, just a series of murders based on the biblical G&#39;tach, this film obviously was the inspiration for later films like Seven and Saw. The art deco in this film is fantastic ala Stanley Kubrick which, in my opinion, gives it it&#39;s eerie vibe. Kind of hard to find, but well worth a watch. http://www.spout.com/blogs/rik_tod/archive/2007/8/6/17403.aspx Post By: rik_tod
Post To: The Cinema 4 Pylon: SpOutpost
Post Date: 8/6/2007 9:01:13 AM
Body: "Nine killed you. Nine shall die. Nine times, nine! Nine killed you! Nine shall die! Nine eternities in DOOM!" - Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price)Poor Dr. Phibes... his wife dies tragically on the operating table after only six minutes in surgery. He gets in a tragic car accident, burnt and disfigured and thought to be dead. And the thought that the chief surgeon, the surgery nurse and seven consulting doctors who presided over his wife's death are still alive fills him with the purest sense of revenge. To gain this revenge, he will reconstruct (with slight variations) the Biblical plagues of Egypt, doing in each of the guilty with a different plague (boils, blood, rats, etc.)It seems simple enough, but this film takes a basic potboiler premise and takes it to an amazing level of sublime and artful horror. Phibes isn't just mad with lust for revenge; he is a genius of high order: a doctor, an inventor, a scientist, a concert musician... Phibes manages to weave all of his various skills and interests into his revenge, and still takes time out of his murderous rampage for a waltz with his stylish assistant Vulnavia. A ballroom in his art deco palatial estate is filled with clockwork musicians, and while no one is there to see any of this silliness, the pair seem to stage Broadway-style pageantry with Vulnavia in elaborate costuming, all of which Phibes accompanies on a grand organ, which rises out of the floor and also serves as an elevator to his hidden den. (It also lends the film an appropriate nod to The Phantom of the Opera, if not also a reminder of Captain Nemo, himself a creature whose genius is also fortified through hatred and revenge against the human race.)And the murders are nothing simple, but sometimes quite involved set-pieces of intellectual construct and scheming. Dr. Phibes is always there, lurking about the scene, but as no one believes he is even alive or even that he exists, the police are baffled constantly. It wouldn't do them any good -- they wouldn't know him from Adam: Phibes, you see, has no face, and can only talk through a device that he has designed and implanted in the side of his neck. (He has another such device hidden unseen behind his head for drinking and eating, which is used to most humorous effect.) The Vincent Price face that we see throughout the film is merely a mask, and even when we know this for much of the running time, the reveal of his true self is still shocking, even when viewed numerous times.A most enjoyable time even for those most hardened against genre filmmaking, because the film succeeds outside of this realm as pure, although out-of-left-field, entertainment. It's not surprising that my three favorite films that came out of the same year, 1971, were Harold and Maude, A Clockwork Orange and this film. While the intent and the subject matter of the three films could hardly be more different, from three wildly diverse filmmakers, there is still an overriding sensibility at play in all three that appeals to the same exact place in my movie-mind. Call it my need for artful subversiveness (even if Orange still comes on as fascistic); even with the pretentious strains evident in all three (least of all in this one, though), I love them all the same.
]]>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:01:13 GMTrik_todThe Cinema 4 Pylon: SpOutpost8/6/2007 9:01:13 AM&quot;Nine killed you. Nine shall die. Nine times, nine! Nine killed you! Nine shall die! Nine eternities in DOOM!&quot; - Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price)Poor Dr. Phibes... his wife dies tragically on the operating table after only six minutes in surgery. He gets in a tragic car accident, burnt and disfigured and thought to be dead. And the thought that the chief surgeon, the surgery nurse and seven consulting doctors who presided over his wife&#39;s death are still alive fills him with the purest sense of revenge. To gain this revenge, he will reconstruct (with slight variations) the Biblical plagues of Egypt, doing in each of the guilty with a different plague (boils, blood, rats, etc.)It seems simple enough, but this film takes a basic potboiler premise and takes it to an amazing level of sublime and artful horror. Phibes isn&#39;t just mad with lust for revenge; he is a genius of high order: a doctor, an inventor, a scientist, a concert musician... Phibes manages to weave all of his various skills and interests into his revenge, and still takes time out of his murderous rampage for a waltz with his stylish assistant Vulnavia. A ballroom in his art deco palatial estate is filled with clockwork musicians, and while no one is there to see any of this silliness, the pair seem to stage Broadway-style pageantry with Vulnavia in elaborate costuming, all of which Phibes accompanies on a grand organ, which rises out of the floor and also serves as an elevator to his hidden den. (It also lends the film an appropriate nod to The Phantom of the Opera, if not also a reminder of Captain Nemo, himself a creature whose genius is also fortified through hatred and revenge against the human race.)And the murders are nothing simple, but sometimes quite involved set-pieces of intellectual construct and scheming. Dr. Phibes is always there, lurking about the scene, but as no one believes he is even alive or even that he exists, the police are baffled constantly. It wouldn&#39;t do them any good -- they wouldn&#39;t know him from Adam: Phibes, you see, has no face, and can only talk through a device that he has designed and implanted in the side of his neck. (He has another such device hidden unseen behind his head for drinking and eating, which is used to most humorous effect.) The Vincent Price face that we see throughout the film is merely a mask, and even when we know this for much of the running time, the reveal of his true self is still shocking, even when viewed numerous times.A most enjoyable time even for those most hardened against genre filmmaking, because the film succeeds outside of this realm as pure, although out-of-left-field, entertainment. It&#39;s not surprising that my three favorite films that came out of the same year, 1971, were Harold and Maude, A Clockwork Orange and this film. While the intent and the subject matter of the three films could hardly be more different, from three wildly diverse filmmakers, there is still an overriding sensibility at play in all three that appeals to the same exact place in my movie-mind. Call it my need for artful subversiveness (even if Orange still comes on as fascistic); even with the pretentious strains evident in all three (least of all in this one, though), I love them all the same. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/revenge/MemberTagFilms.aspxrevenge
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