{"id":1243,"date":"2006-07-07T13:40:31","date_gmt":"2006-07-07T20:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2023-11-18T00:47:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T07:47:13","slug":"abominable-dr-phibes-the-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1243","title":{"rendered":"Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Nine killed her&#8230; Nine shall die&#8230; Nine eternities in doom!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-33912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Poster-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Poster.jpg 1935w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA disfigured concert organist (Vincent Price) seeks Biblical revenge on the nine surgeons who accidentally killed his wife years earlier.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Detectives and Private Eyes<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Hugh Griffith Films<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Cotten Films<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Serial Killers<\/li>\n<li>Vincent Price Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nPeary argues that this &#8220;campy Vincent Price British horror film with a revenge motif&#8221; isn&#8217;t &#8220;as well made or as lively&#8221; as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=48237\"><em>Theatre of Blood<\/em> (1973)<\/a> but remains &#8220;reasonably enjoyable&#8221;, thanks in large part to &#8220;stylish direction&#8221; by Robert Fuest and &#8220;a funny, tongue-in-cheek script by James Whiton and William Goldstein&#8221;. As gruesome as the murders are (Peary points out they&#8217;re &#8220;too grisly&#8221; for children &#8212; though would young kids really be watching this film?), there&#8217;s something undeniably fascinating about witnessing a series of calculated, predictable killings taking place. We quickly get caught up in serious count-down mode, with the poor detectives (Peter Jeffrey and Derek Godfrey) assigned to the case suffering repeated ridicule for the sake of heightened drama. As the &#8220;methodical, obsessed&#8221; Dr. Phibes, Vincent Price is &#8220;well-cast&#8221; and as effectively macabre as always; his performance here is reminiscent of his equally serious and violent role as Matthew Hopkins in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44573\"><em>The Witchfinder General<\/em> (1968)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This would be interesting as a double feature with the more recent, infinitely &#8220;grislier&#8221; <em>Se7en <\/em>(1995) &#8212; also based on &#8220;Biblical&#8221; vengeance, but without any of <em>&#8230;Dr. Phibes<\/em>&#8216; black humor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vincent Price as Dr. Phibes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Price.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Price-1024x591.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Price-1024x591.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Price-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Price-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Price-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Price-1536x886.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Price.png 1679w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Outrageously over-the-top sets<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Sets2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Sets2-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Sets2-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Sets2-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Sets2-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Sets2-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Sets2-1536x885.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Sets2.png 1671w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Highly &#8220;creative&#8221; murders (based upon the seven Biblical plagues against Egypt)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Rats.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Rats-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-48227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Rats-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Rats-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Rats-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Rats-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Rats-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/Abominable-Dr-Phibes-Rats.png 1695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creepy, effective make-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes; this enjoyable horror flick shouldn&#8217;t be missed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0066740\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1542&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.badmovies.org\/movies\/phibes\/\">BadMovies.org Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4411pric.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-abominable-dr-phibes\/review\/100622\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Nine killed her&#8230; Nine shall die&#8230; Nine eternities in doom!&#8221; Synopsis: A disfigured concert organist (Vincent Price) seeks Biblical revenge on the nine surgeons who accidentally killed his wife years earlier. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Detectives and Private Eyes Horror Hugh Griffith Films Joseph Cotten Films Revenge Serial Killers Vincent Price Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary argues that this &#8220;campy Vincent Price British horror film with a revenge motif&#8221; isn&#8217;t &#8220;as well made or as lively&#8221; as Theatre&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1243\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1243"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93375,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1243\/revisions\/93375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}