The Abominable Dr. Phibes: Difference between revisions

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* [[Covers Always Lie]]

* [[Cute Mute]]/[[The Voiceless]]: Phibes' assistant, Vulnavia. {{spoiler|Though she is apparently capable of speech, her only utterance on-camera is an agonized scream as she dies.}}

* [[Death By Disfigurement]]: {{spoiler|Vulnavia is killed by a shower of acid falling on her face, making this rather literal. We don't see the results, but it's safe to say that her dead body won't be very pretty...}}

* [[Death by Disfigurement]]: {{spoiler|Vulnavia is killed by a shower of acid falling on her face, making this rather literal. We don't see the results, but it's safe to say that her dead body won't be very pretty...}}

* [[Death By Irony]]: Dr. Hargreaves (the crushing frog mask victim) said "I'm a head shrinker!".

* [[Death by Irony]]: Dr. Hargreaves (the crushing frog mask victim) said "I'm a head shrinker!".

* [[Death Seeker]]: {{spoiler|Phibes.}}

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: In the whole movie, but specially in the last scenes. Dr. Vesalius failed in a surgery with a team of 9 doctors. Then Phibes {{spoiler|reveals his disfigured face, scaring the crap out of him}} and makes him operate {{spoiler|on his son, alone, while ''constantly'' reminding him about the acid and playing organ.}} It's just unfair.

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** Even before, Dr. Vesalius was not the brighest person when he suggested for nurse Allen to take a sleeping pill. {{spoiler|She could have survived if she was awake.}}

* [[Gotta Kill Them All]]

* [[Impaled ~~With~~ Extreme Prejudice]]: Dr. Whitcombe. With a brass unicorn head.

* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: Dr. Whitcombe. With a brass unicorn head.

* [[Kill It ~~With~~ Ice]]: Dr. Hedgepath is frozen to death with an ice-spewing machine.

* [[Kill It with Ice]]: Dr. Hedgepath is frozen to death with an ice-spewing machine.

* [[Large Ham]]: All through mime, yet.

* [[Lip Lock]]: Completely averted; Phibes' throat is too damaged for normal speech, so he communicates by plugging himself into outlets and then - [[For Science!|with science]] - speaking through them. Which is to say, Vincent Price acts his character in mime, and then supplies voiceover later. This made his only dialogue scene a bit tricky for Joseph Cotten, who didn't always know when to start speaking.

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* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: One of the victims dies rather horribly at a fancy-dress party to the strains of "The Darktown Strutter's Ball".

* [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist]]: Inspector Trout (Peter Jeffrey).

* [[Talking to ~~The~~ Dead]]: Phibes keeps his dead wife's body preserved and frequently speaks to her.

* [[Talking to the Dead]]: Phibes keeps his dead wife's body preserved and frequently speaks to her.

* [[Theme Serial Killer]]: Dr. Phibes used the 10 plagues of Egypt to carry out his revenge.

* [[Trailers Always Spoil|Posters Always Spoil:]] Phibes' disfigured face was supposed to be [[The Reveal]]. It's right there at the top of the screen.

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* [[Woman in White]]: Vulnavia's first appearance.

After the success of ''Phibes'', the studio naturally greenlit a sequel, ''Dr. Phibes Rises Again''. This film sees Phibes [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|rising again]], and then heading to Egypt, because the river of immortality is buried underneath an ancient temple, and he's pretty sure he's figured out how to find it and bring Victoria back to life. Unfortunately for him, [[Adventurer Archaeologist]] Biederbeck is after it, too. So Phibes does the most logical thing he can: he kills all of Biederbeck's excavation crew in overly elaborate, desert-themed ways.

After the success of ''Phibes'', the studio naturally greenlit a sequel, ''Dr. Phibes Rises Again''. This film sees Phibes [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|rising again]], and then heading to Egypt, because the river of immortality is buried underneath an ancient temple, and he's pretty sure he's figured out how to find it and bring Victoria back to life. Unfortunately for him, [[Adventurer Archaeologist]] Biederbeck is after it, too. So Phibes does the most logical thing he can: he kills all of Biederbeck's excavation crew in overly elaborate, desert-themed ways.

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* [[Rule of Cool]]

* [[Say My Name]]: After [[The Bad Guy Wins]], all Biederbeck can do is yell "PHIIIIIIIIBES!"

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: ''[[The Wizard of Oz (~~Film~~)|Sooooooomewheeeeere, over the raaaainbooow...]]''

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: ''[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|Sooooooomewheeeeere, over the raaaainbooow...]]''

* [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist]]: Once again, Inspector Trout (Peter Jeffrey). He is even more useless than he was in the first film.

* [[Theme Naming]]: Both Biederbeck and a minor character called Lombardo are named after bandleaders of the time.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Trout and Waverly

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Various ideas for a third film were discussed, including Phibes protecting the eternal life secret from Nazis, Phibes fighting a group of Satanists led by the grandson of Vesalius, Phibes fighting another Satanist ([[Christopher Lee]] and Donald Pleasance were considered for the part, and there would have been a scene where Phibes puts butter on one guy and boils him like a lobster) in Greece and eventually [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence|ascending to a higher plane of existence]]. Victoria would be an active character in the third movie, and serve as her husband's [[Morality Pet]]. At least one of the scripts was to have given the Clockwork Wizards mechanical band the power of full movement, and have them engage in a street battle with a squad of armed policemen. Several scripts were written (including one titled Brides Of Phibes, which was planned to co-star Roddy Mc Dowall as Phibes' adversary), and a few of these met Price's approval, but his ailing health prevented their production.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Various ideas for a third film were discussed, including Phibes protecting the eternal life secret from Nazis, Phibes fighting a group of Satanists led by the grandson of Vesalius, Phibes fighting another Satanist ([[Christopher Lee]] and Donald Pleasance were considered for the part, and there would have been a scene where Phibes puts butter on one guy and boils him like a lobster) in Greece and eventually [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|ascending to a higher plane of existence]]. Victoria would be an active character in the third movie, and serve as her husband's [[Morality Pet]]. At least one of the scripts was to have given the Clockwork Wizards mechanical band the power of full movement, and have them engage in a street battle with a squad of armed policemen. Several scripts were written (including one titled Brides Of Phibes, which was planned to co-star Roddy Mc Dowall as Phibes' adversary), and a few of these met Price's approval, but his ailing health prevented their production.