Dr. Phibes Rises Again

"Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!"

1972 1h 29m EN

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★6.3TMDB · 163

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The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.

“Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!”

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Cast

Vincent Price
Dr. Anton Phibes
Robert Quarry
Darius Biederbeck
Valli Kemp
Vulnavia
Peter Cushing
Ship's Captain
Beryl Reid
Miss Ambrose
Terry-Thomas
Lombardo
Peter Jeffrey
Inspector Trout
Fiona Lewis
Diana Trowbridge

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Fuest
Writers: Robert Fuest, Robert Blees
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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54 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Dr. Phibes Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Fuest, shot by Alex Thomson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Gale. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tristam Cones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Vincent Price and Robert Quarry and Valli Kemp carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Fuest directs. Alex Thomson behind the camera. John Gale scores. Tristam Cones cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
354 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Part of the "Dr. Phibes Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Robert Fuest, shot by Alex Thomson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by John Gale. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Tristam Cones shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Vincent Price and Robert Quarry and Valli Kemp carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!".
10IMDB entry: tt0068503 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 8 themes, including "egypt", "immortality", "organ", "sequel".

The technical file

Cinematography: Alex Thomson
Original score: John Gale
Editing: Tristam Cones
Makeup / hair: Trevor Crole-Rees
Runtime: 89 min · 1h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $75,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)

Part of

Dr. Phibes Collection

In 1925, Anton Phibes, a horribly disfigured genius, supposedly killed in a car crash, is convinced that his beloved wife died a victim of incompetent doctors, and begins elaborate plans to kill them.

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talisencrw2016-08-23
★ 8/10
Though perhaps the downright shock of the original had been missing, there is nothing wrong in this fine sequel. One of Vincent Price's best roles. Unmissable for Price enthusiasts.
CinemaSerf2023-06-05
★ 6/10
Hot on the heels of last year's "Abominable", we now see the very fed up scientist (Vincent Price) emerge from the secret cryogenic chamber he has shared with his dead wife for the last three years - and he is hell bent on discovering the legendary "Scrolls of Life" so he can resurrect her. Unbeknown to him, though, his house has been demolished around him and the documents he needs to guide him to the Pharaonic tomb in Egypt have gone missing. Allied with his assistant "Vulnavia" (an alluring but really very wooden Valli Kemp) he sets off to the Nile to track them down and woe betide anyone who gets in his way - even pursuing policemen "Trout" (Peter Jeffrey) and "Waverley" (John Cater). Though it's not as good a film as the first outing for this character: the story is much more predictable and the frequently rather pathetic looking Price is a little too over-the-top at times; it's got a solid story and a supporting cast - especially the devious "Biederbeck" (Robert Quarry), Beryl Reid and the scene-stealing Terry-Thomas - that all contribute well in keeping the pace and slight sense of menace working well as the rather messy - potentially lethal - denouement looms. You won't want to be at all scarab-phobic to watch this!