various ways vincent price kills people in this: catapulting a brass unicorn head into a man's gut, unleashing rats on a man flying a plane, decapitation via giant frog mask, dripping brussels sprout goo on someone's face so that locusts will eat it off. absolutely insane movie

Phibes Vibes.

Art Deco gothique that feels like inspiration for the Saw series, Phibes is loaded with gorgeous cinematography, succulent camera movement, sadistic methods of torture, a devious sense of humor, Joseph Cotton, and and one hell of an amazing reveal for Phibes towards the end. There’s so much to love here, and every time I revisit this it looks better than the last—Phibes is a beautiful stylish triumph of the macabre and one of my favorite Vincent Price roles.

A perfect October treat.

Vulnavia.

A vengeful mute serial killer organist. A litany of absolutely insane torture traps and murder scenarios. An obsession with (an edited version of) the Old Testament. Colorful gothic fever dream flair oozing out of the fucking walls. 

A Saw movie in the style of Batman ‘66. Perfection. God bless you, Vincent Price.

Movies More People Should See

Watch: THE INFERION CHANNEL

jigsaw could nevaaaa

This isn't a movie. This is more like a visual album. Each murder is a track, "Bats", "Locusts", and so on, the Ten Plagues of Egypt, re-imagined in the style of a murderous Batman or Avengers TV episode. Vincent Price leads his mechanical band on the organ. The end credits might clue you in on who to root for and who is just part of the ensemble, organized into "Interested Parties", "The Law", "The Victims", "The Girl" (the wonderfully enigmatic and quite helpful murder assistant and violinist Victoria North), and "The Protagonists": consisting of Vincent Price as the abominable Dr. Phibes himself, and Joseph Cotton as Dr. Vesavius, the man he most wants dead. Dueling Doctors. Organs vs. Organist. Performance art. Play Somewhere Over the Rainbow when they bury me, for I'm going to see my beloved again.

From a brass unicorn to a mechanical frog mask, Dr. Phibes is a deviceful antihero. His kills are so creative and unique Wile E. Coyote should be taking notes. I know Jigsaw did.

On 35mm at The New Beverly.

I’d like to know when and how many times David Fincher has seen this wonderful film about murder.

Watched three movies tonight and this was the last. Dr. Phibes you absolute madman.

A high quality Vincent Price Amicus proto slasher. The Abominable Dr. Phibes shares similarities with Theatre of Blood, but this is the superior movie in my opinion. I loved the (British) cheekiness, the extremely creative kills (death by locust, death by brass unicorn 🦄), the elaborate sets, and of course Price and his theatrical antics. This was obviously highly influential on a lot of horror movies in the coming decades.

I had a blast watching this with Michelle.

Love means never having to say you’re ugly

Ive been interested in this film ever since Kumail gave a great pitch for it in The Big Sick, but I must say I was slightly let down. It has its moments, but it was a bit slow. Price is best when he can be playful, and he was all too serious in this. I wish they let him actually speak in this, as his voice is a massive asset.

All that being said, there are many exciting sequences, and it reminded me a lot of Se7en the way a killer is killing people based on a biblical sequence. And the sets are fantastic! I loved the room where he plays the organ. There’s a high floor for how bad a Vincent Price movie can be.