Juggling horror and humor, this unforgettable Vincent Price vehicle is both a campy delight and a pathos-filled tragedy. 55th anniversary screening.
“Nine killed you! Nine shall die! Nine eternities in DOOM!” So declares Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price in one of his best performances), a concert organist and theologist who was disfigured in a car wreck while he was rushing to be by the side of his beloved wife during surgery. With her now dead and Phibes believed to be as well, he seeks revenge on those he decides are responsible for the tragedy, patterning his slayings after the Ten Plagues of Egypt, from killer locusts to blood-sucking bats. [94 min; horror; English]
“The climax is so dementedly intriguing, perfectly bringing together all the inventive weirdness before it, that it boldly caps off an unforgettable masterwork of the macabre.” – Mike Massie, Gone with the Twins
“High-camp horror with its tongue firmly in its gruesomely deformed cheek, this British oddity features Vincent Price in one of his most memorable roles.” – Wendy Ide, The Times (UK)
“If Se7en and Hannibal are grand opera, The Abominable Dr. Phibes is Gilbert & Sullivan.” – Mark Bourne, DVDJournal.com
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