Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives! Disc Reviewed: Dr Phibes Double Feature/Dr Phibes Rises Again (Kino Lorber blu ray) Plot: Three years after condemning himself to the curse of darkness, Dr Anton Phibes somehow survived replacing his blood with embalming fluid. Assisted by the also-resurrected Vulnavia, Phibes goes on a jouney to Egypt to bring his deceased wife Victoria back to life. However, Darius Biederbeck, a man determined to find eternal youth, follows Phibes to Egypt to also find the River of Life... Review: Released a year after the first movie, Dr Phibes Rises Again was intended by American International Pictures to be a quick cash-grab to bank on the success of its predecessor. Despite Robert Fuest returning as director and the art direction once again being fantastic, the movie is just unfortunately too bloated, even with the extensive cuts made by AIP to remove humor or other scenes they felt unnecessary. While there are some neat deaths, the majority ...
Love means never having to say you're ugly. Disc Reviewed : Dr Phibes Double Feature/The Abominable Dr Phibes (Kino Lorber blu ray) Plot: Dr Anton Phibes is on a mission, to get revenge on the doctors (and nurse) who failed to save the life of his wife Victoria on the operating table. With help from his assistant Vulnavia, he begins killing off the doctors (and nurse), taking inspiration from the Biblical plagues of Egypt. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard is on his trail, trying to stop the killing spree before it's too late. Movie Review: I'm going to state this right now: The Abominable Dr Phibes is one of my favorite movies. The dark humor, the 1920s aesthetic, the inventive deaths, there's just nothing like it. I want all of Vulnavia's outfits. One of the best aspects of Dr Phibes are the makeup effects, particularly on Vincent Price. Having a character that needs to have a seemingly artifical appearance to cover the lack of a face should not be an easy feat, yet the ...