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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.
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
- Comedy
- Horror
7/1/1972
89
PG
Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!
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.
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- Budget:
- $75,000
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Cast
Vincent PriceDr. Anton Phibes- Robert QuarryDarius Biederbeck
Valli KempVulnavia- Hugh GriffithHarry Ambrose
- John ThawShavers
- Keith BuckleyStewart
- Lewis FianderBaker
- Gerald SimHackett
- Milton ReidManservant - Cheng
- Peter JeffreyInspector Trout
- John CaterSuperintendent Waverly
- Peter CushingShip's Captain
- Beryl ReidMiss Ambrose
- Terry-ThomasLombardo
- Fiona LewisDiana Trowbridge
- Caroline MunroVictoria Phibes (uncredited)
Reviews
Geronimo1967
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 f...