The Abominable Dr. Phibes/Dr. Phibes Rises Again!

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Vincent Price. A man disfigured in a car wreck seeks revenge on those he believes responsible for his wife's death in The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971/94 min/NR) and Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972/89 min/PG) is the delightfully campy sequel with Price still looking for an elixir to revive his dead wife. Color/widescreen.

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Features:
  • cc
  • The Abominable Mr. Phibes
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Dr. Phibes Rises Again!:
  • Original theatrical trailer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Vincent Price - Dr. Anton Phibes
       Joseph Cotten - Dr. Vesalius
       Robert Quarry - Biederbeck
       Virginia North - Vulnavia
       Valli Kemp - Vulnavia
       Terry - Thomas - Dr. Longstreet
       Hugh Griffith - Ambrose
       Hugh Griffith - Rabbi
       John Thaw - Shavers
       Peter Jeffrey - Inspector Trout
       Keith Buckley - Stuart
       Fiona Lewis - Diana
       James Grout - Sergeant
       John Franklyn - Graveyard Attendant
       Dallas Adams - 2nd Police Official
       Beryl Reid - Mrs. Ambrose
       Peter Cushing - Captain
       Terry - Thomas - Lombardo
       Barbara Keogh - Mrs. Frawley
       Aubrey Woods - Goldsmith
       Lewis Fiander - Baker
       Caroline Munro - Mrs. Victoria Phibes
       John Cater - Waverly
       David Hutcheson - Dr. Hedgepath
       Alex Scott - Dr. Hargreaves
       Sean Bury - Lem Vesalius
       Gerald Sim - Hackett
       Maurice Kaufmann - Dr. Whitcombe
       Alister Williamson - 1st Policeman
       Peter Jeffrey - Trout
       Derek Godfrey - Det. Crow
       John Cater - Waverley
       Ian Marter - 3rd Policeman
       Walter Horsbrugh - Ross
       Caroline Munro - Victoria Phibes
       Thomas Heathcote - 2nd Policeman
       Charles Farrell - Chauffeur
       Edward Burnham - Dr. Dunwoody
       Milton Reid - Manservant
       Norman Jones - Sgt. Schenley
       Susan Travers - Nurse Allan
       Peter Gilmore - Dr. Kitaj
       John Laurie - Darrow
       Julian Grant - 4th Policeman

• Director:

  Robert Fuest

• Producer:

  Ronald S. Dunas, Louis M. Heyward, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Richard F. Dalton

• Screenwriter:

  James Whiton, William Goldstein, Robert Blees, Robert Fuest

• Cinematographer:

  Norman Warwick, Alex Thomson

• Composer (Music Score):

  Basil Kirchin, Jack Nathan, John Gale

• Editor:

  Tristam V. Cones

• Art Director:

  Bernard Reeves, Brian Eatwell

• Executive Producer:

  Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson

• Set Designer:

  Brian Eatwell

• Costume Designer:

  Elsa Fennell, Ivy Baker, Brian Cox

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Dennis Whitlock, Leslie Hammond

• Makeup:

  Trevor Crole-Rees

• Special Effects:

  George Blackwell

• First Assistant Director:

  Frank Ernst, Jack Wright

REVIEW:

• Vincent Price gives a tour-de-force performance in his 100th film, a tongue-in-cheek horror about a hideously scarred genius whose wife (Caroline Munro) dies on the operating table. Phibes vows revenge, patterning his murders after the biblical Plagues of Egypt. Bees, bats, locusts, and frogs are utilized in imaginative ways, the art-deco set design is gorgeous, and the supporting cast includes notable turns by Joseph Cotten and Terry-Thomas. This is a very entertaining picture, and -- next to Theatre of Blood -- is one of Price's most enjoyable efforts of the '70s. Dr. Phibes Rises Again! followed the next year. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi