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Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Comedy · Horror · 1972

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.

Movie details

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

“Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!”

1972 Comedy · Horror 1h 29m

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6.3 / 10

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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.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Robert Fuest

Written by

Robert Fuest · Robert Blees

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Dr. Anton Phibes

Robert Quarry

Robert Quarry

Darius Biederbeck

Valli Kemp

Valli Kemp

Vulnavia

Peter Cushing

Peter Cushing

Ship's Captain

Beryl Reid

Beryl Reid

Miss Ambrose

Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

Lombardo

Peter Jeffrey

Peter Jeffrey

Inspector Trout

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Put Dr. Phibes Rises Again on trial.

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The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.