Comments on: The Abominable Dr. Phibes… Better Than Coffee?

By: Jesse Markham

Jesse Markham — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:47:48 +0000

I’ve loved this movie since it was first released.

By: Infamous Amos

Infamous Amos — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:05:35 +0000

Its not the same one, and I’m a little too cheap to buy it right now, but for showing you the way, I’d still appreciate getting the little hellion’s middle name.

http://ca.movieposter.com/poster/MPW-38962/Abominable_Dr_Phibes.html

…or at the very last, you claim me as his godfather. You know, just in case you get your head crushed in some sort of collapsing frog mask or something…

By: Jolimint

Jolimint — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:20:16 +0000

Does anyone know what happened to Virginia North after she got pregnant? Did she do anymore movies after this?

By: theremina

theremina — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:55:45 +0000

Jake, I KNOW! I’ll always love the first one the best, but come on, how can you hate a movie that has a death by electric-fan-flaying, not to mention Vincent Price singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”?! SO good.

By: Jake The Rat

Jake The Rat — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:18:53 +0000

My favourite film of all time, thanks for featuring this. After about 10 years of not-very-thorough searching I recently tracked down a copy of the elusive sequel, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, only to be told a couple of days later that it had been reissued on DVD and somehow sneaked past my radar. That imdb page cracks me up; I can't believe that people are pissing vinegar about the 'disappointing' sequel when the original was the hammiest kitsch-fest the world has ever known. I mean, what did they expect?! I particularly like the fact that Terry-Thomas (possibly the coolest man ever), having been offed in the first movie, reappears in the second as a totally different character. Genius!

By: Jerem Morrow

Jerem Morrow — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:12:44 +0000

Watched Phibes as part of a double bill, earlier this year. What flick was it paired with, ye say? FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, what else? Andy Warhol’s pic, it isn’t, but twas enough to get my ass in ze seat. Either way, a night of LSD, but without ze drugs.

By: Cotton

Cotton — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:43:37 +0000

I was in love with Vulvania for years!

also, the sequel to this movie is jaw-dropping.

By: Hembree

Hembree — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:40:59 +0000

I used to have a killer drawing I did of Phibes…parted ways with it to get into a Groovie Ghoulies show for free. Many times I’ve pondered going back to the club I donated it to and stealing it back.

By: Eta Karinae

Eta Karinae — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:14:46 +0000

I haven’ t seen this one yet, must remember to check it out soon. Vincent Price is great, my favourite film of his is Theater of blood.

By: Johnny Bacardi

Johnny Bacardi — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:32:39 +0000

One of my favorite films. The combination of black humor and Art Deco blew me right away.

I once attended a lecture by Price on a college campus in 1975, and there was a Q&A session at the end. Being in the full throes of my Phibes fandom, I had to ask him what or who the Vulnavia character was supposed to be. His reply was some sort of quip along the lines of “She was just something I whipped up for the evening” or something like that- he obviously wasn’t interested in discussing geekish questions about a five year old film…still, it was a gas to get to speak to the man!

I have a Xerox of the pressbook- would that get me a middle name, perhaps? :)