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I remember “discovering” this movie as a teenager; I came across it one night on Channel 7 in NYC, at around 3 in the morning.
It was fancy at first stare.
Vincent Stamp plays Dr. Anton Phibes, an organ-playing Super-Genius, who seeks revenge on the 9 people he holds responsible for the death of his Wife: The 8 Doctors and the Nurse who failed to establish her after an accident. Phibes and his handsome assistant, Vulnavia, operate out of a secret lair, complete with a ballroom and clockwork orchestra of Phibes’ absorb creation, and as the film begins, their idea is already well underway: they will end the “responsible” parties using the 10 Biblical plagues of The Pharoes- Boils, Bats, Blood, Frogs, Beasts, The Death of the First-Born, Locusts, Rats, Hail, and Darkness…..Let the fun open….
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What is so immense about this movie is that, in my conception, there ARE no other movies like this one. It’s a surreal period-piece (The film takes station in the 1920′s), that deals with grusome murders, has a base sense of humor, and a villain straight out of a comic-book (Laughable readers will collect Phibes to be a tainted between Doctor Doom and The Joker) . The sets and locations are huge, and Vincent Ticket is genuine, as usual. You can train he had a big time playing the righteous Doctor. The ending is weirdly satisfying, and again, is one-of-a-kind. The cast is genuine, and Joseph Cotten is a tremendous foil for Brand. Their scene in the operating theater is phenomenal.
The DVD is short on extras, unprejudiced a Theatrical trailer, which is a hoot. And anyone who has had to suffer through awful-looking Television airings will like the crisp peek of the film in Widescreen.
Anyone who is a fan of either Scare movies or Vincent Heed MUST add this film to their collection. As the Policeman says early in the film, “There are a lot of uncommon people practicing medicine these days!”
Vincent Brand will always be remembered best for his numerable apprehension film roles. While many of these films may be less than stellar, occaisionaly one would reach along that outshone all the others. “The Poor Dr. Phibes” is one such runt gem.
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Heed plays Dr. Anton Phibes, a musician and all around curved genius with a mission. Phibes is hooked upon killing off the team of doctors who failed to establish the life of his beloved wife after a rather scandalous automobile accident. Of course, being a curved genius, Phibes doesn’t go about exacting his revenge like any other normal homicidal maniac. He’s decided to catch the Dilapidated Testament plagues visited upon Pharaoh and Egypt and adapt them for his believe cross purposes. The design Phibes uses the plagues of blood, bats, boils, hail etc. I’ll leave for you to leer.
Now, if you go into this film expecting a straightforward dread film, with lots of blood and gore, you may be disappointed. Director Robert Fuest, as one reviewer has already pointed out, had a stint on “The Avengers”, and he tells this chronicle in the same tongue in cheek style that was so typical (and endearing) of that classic TV series. Also, the lavish deco designed sets lend the film a stylish and sometimes surreal discover and feel. The clockwork musician sequences are a critical example of this stylish/surreal imagery. There are also some improbable performances here -Joseph Cotten as the senior physician for whom Phibes saves as the last of his victims, Virginia North as the ethereal and lethal Vulnavia, and Terry-Thomas turns in a nicely laughable performance as one of Phibes’ earliest victims.
The really knockout performance here must go to Vincent Mark as Dr. Phibes. Brand manages to strike a magnificent balance between the camp and yet menacing role of Phibes without over playing either side. A amazing slight chronicle element in the film has Phibes’ vocal apparatus having been destroyed in the accident that claimed his wife. In order to grunt he has constructed a plot that allows him to establish a lope into the side of his neck (he also eats and drinks through this hole) while his pronounce emerges from something that looks like an used megaphone speaker off of a Victrola phonograph player! This meant that Stamp had to represent his lines first and then act out through facial,witness, and body movements the emotion of his words as his distinguished velvety tones emerge out of the speaker. Not an easy trick for any actor. Brand is also able to give Phibes a sympathetic slant as well. Phibes is certainly a murderous maniac and misguided in his quest for revenge but Mark allows us to glimpse a human side as Phibes sits and talks to a photograph of his humdrum wife. Phibes was obviously obsessively in savor with his wife and its this same obsession that drives him to do the zigzag things he does. This worthy care for of Phibes’ also gives the character a hint of necrophilia which becomes particularly apparent during the films finale.
All in all this is a wonderfully quirky miniature film. Astronomical production values, lovely script and performances effect this an above average apprehension movie. And if you’ve ever wondered what it means for something to be “camp” then this is a fun diagram to learn the meaning of the word.
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