The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
This is one wacky revenge flick.
Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price), horribly disfigured in a car accident and thought dead, decides to dispatch with the nine medical personnel "responsible" for his wife's death on the operating table four years ago. Because he knows his Bible, he's decided to kill 'em plague style. Locusts, first-born son dead, rats -- they're all here.
When he's not actively carrying out his revenge, he spends time playing his ornate organ, accompanied by his life-size clockwork band. It feels like a fever dream and is supposed to be (I think, anyway) darkly comic. It didn't make me laugh, cringe, or tremble -- just sleepy.
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Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price), horribly disfigured in a car accident and thought dead, decides to dispatch with the nine medical personnel "responsible" for his wife's death on the operating table four years ago. Because he knows his Bible, he's decided to kill 'em plague style. Locusts, first-born son dead, rats -- they're all here.
When he's not actively carrying out his revenge, he spends time playing his ornate organ, accompanied by his life-size clockwork band. It feels like a fever dream and is supposed to be (I think, anyway) darkly comic. It didn't make me laugh, cringe, or tremble -- just sleepy.
D
posted by MeMe | 12:38 AM
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