Dr. Phibes Rises Again

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Dr. Phibes Rises Again

PG,

1972,

1h 29m,

Horror/

Comedy

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The sinister Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price) has returned and is once again determined to resurrect his deceased wife. Assisted by the beautiful Vulnavia (Valli Kemp), Phibes must retrieve a set of ancient scrolls before he can complete his plan, leading to a trek across Egypt. Among those crossing the villain's path is Darius Biederbeck (Robert Quarry), an explorer who seeks immortality. Phibes plots the deaths of his pursuers, making sure that they are dispatched in unusual and gory ways.

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Sep 26, 2018

"Dr. Phibes Rises Again" makes the usually dumb mistake of aspiring to be camp. Mysteriously, a lot of it works, probably because Robert Fuest, the director, knows just how long to hold an effect before it wilts.

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

Sep 26, 2018

4/5

A lively, spirited sequel to The Abominable Dr Phibes, which misses the Se7en-like rigour of a plot structured around the Plagues of Egypt but still manages to come up with a succession of gruesome, black comic death scenes.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Vincent Price, as Phibes, delivers one of his priceless theatric performances, and Quarry is a properly ruthless rival who nearly matches Phibes in knowledge and cunning.

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Kristin Battestella

InSession Film

Apr 19, 2024

The intelligent, witty, and totally campy performances rise toward a fun, memorable conclusion...

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

Jul 4, 2022

2.5/5

A retread that vaguely understands the appeal of the original in a mechanical sense but not an artistic one.

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

May 10, 2022

2.5/4

hampered by lots of post-production editing and squabbling that renders chunks of the film incoherent without voice-over narration and results in a film that moves in awkward fits and starts, lurching from deranged near brilliance to simple clumsiness

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Draco S

Aug 17, 2018

Vincent Price was at his weirdest when he made this crazy piece of crap

Hagrid W

Aug 17, 2018

Playing like an extended episode of The Avengers, and with a bonkers Vincent Price seemingly rehearsing his turn as Edward Lionheart in the following year's superior Theatre of Blood, this is Robert Fuest's camp sequel to The Abominable Dr Phibes. It's fun and fairly watchable, but it completely runs out of steam (and script) long before the desert climax.

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Hermione M

Dec 12, 2017

Just what the fuck is this move, and I mean this in the most enduring way. It doesn't help matters that this is the first of the Dr. Phibes flicks I see, but it will not be the last. Vincent Price plays the good doctor wearing a mask of his own face. Now with that being said that is where it kind of falls apart his real face just suppose to be a simple but realistic mask. He moves his face muscles too much to make feel like he is wearing a mask. Outside of that nit-pic it is a great flick. The gaudy coffins, Dr Phibes' outlandish outfits and speaking poetry while being dubbing himself, and a rival that gets thwarted by happenstance. Great murder scenes, almost like the doctor trys to out do himself.

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Anakin G

Sep 2, 2017

Sure, it's ridiculous that Phibes has a traveling, robotic band, speaks through a device on the side of his neck, and enjoys dancing with his assistant. But Price waxes poetic on the nature of life all the while subjecting his victims to some incredibly creative deaths. It's fun and quite gory at times. While not as good as the first, it's actually more entertaining.

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Robert Fuest

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Dr. Anton Phibes

Robert Quarry

Darrus Biederbeck

Valli Kemp

Vulnavia

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Synopsis

The sinister Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price) has returned and is once again determined to resurrect his deceased wife. Assisted by the beautiful Vulnavia (Valli Kemp), Phibes must retrieve a set of ancient scrolls before he can complete his plan, leading to a trek across Egypt. Among those crossing the villain's path is Darius Biederbeck (Robert Quarry), an explorer who seeks immortality. Phibes plots the deaths of his pursuers, making sure that they are dispatched in unusual and gory ways.

Director: Robert Fuest
Producer: Louis M. Heyward
Screenwriter: Robert Blees, Robert Fuest
Production Co: American International Pictures (AIP)
Rating: PG
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 5, 1972, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Runtime: 1h 29m

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