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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Vincent Price’s first Phibes outing has the same lavish Art Deco-Gothic designs, deadpan theatricality, macabre ingenuity, and melancholy romantic streak—without requiring a different tonal adjustment.
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Why this pick
Another deliciously ornate Vincent Price revenge fantasia, pairing literary-themed murders with baroque set pieces, black comedy, and a flamboyant villain whose grief fuels the spectacle.
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Why this pick
Its Poe-derived horror is played as colorful, self-aware Gothic comedy, with elaborate old-dark-house imagery and exuberant performances that suit Phibes’s playful morbidity.
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Why this pick
For the more sumptuous side of Phibes: saturated color, decadent period interiors, ritualized menace, and Vincent Price presiding over a stylized world of elegant death.
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Why this pick
Vincent Price anchors this affectionate, sinister horror throwback, blending a theatrical performer’s troubled past with lurid killings and a knowingly old-fashioned Gothic atmosphere.
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01 / THE STORY
Following his murderous quest for vengeance in The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Dr. Anton Phibes eludes capture by placing himself in suspended animation in a sarcophagus shared with his wife's body. He plans to return when the Moon enters into a specific alignment with the planets not seen in 2000 years. Three years later, the conjunction occurs and Phibes rises from his sarcophagus. Summoning his silent assistant Vulnavia (Valli Kemp, replacing Virginia North), Phibes prepares to take Victoria's body to Egypt; there, in a hidden temple, flows the River of Life, promising resurrection for Victoria and eternal life for them both. Emerging from his basement, Phibes discovers that his mansion has been demolished. A safe, containing an ancient papyrus map to the river, is now empty.
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Dr. Anton Phibes
Darius Biederbeck
Vulvania
Harry Ambrose
Shavers
Stewart
Baker
Hackett
