Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)


































  Doctors are found dead consecutively but their death is far from ordinary. Bats, bees, killer frog masks and other manners representing the nine Biblical plagues are used by a strange organ player and his mute assistant in order to conduct the killings.But what are his motives? And who is he?
  Do you need anything else other than Vincent Price in his natural environment? The dark and obscure scenarios that molted him into what he is? Director Robert Fuest knows how and why to use this magnificent actor to take this movie to another level.And it is indeed another level ; gothic,dark mood, bizarre settings, gloomy characters and a dark secret that binds them all together.
   Vincent Price and his fellow actors portray their roles in a classy and sophisticated way, the only way they knew back then.The story is actually a revenge story but it is not as simple as that, as the perpetrator is far more than ordinary.Look out for the traditional Hebrew pendants that give this movie a more mysterious air. The movie's climax for me is a special scene that reminded me that almost no contemporary film does not borrow form old films! Yes,  Saw it is you I am talking about!
Must watch this : with your goth or weird friend or with a friend who doesn't like this kind of films only to get in a debate after the end! Watch this at dusk.
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066740/
Jammin'

Batman is that you?

Dude, you are staring...


 

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