Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)

Director:

Robert Fuest

Writers:

Robert Fuest (writer) &
Robert Blees (writer)

Release Date:

July 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Horror | Romance

Tagline:

Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!

Plot:

The vengeful Doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.

Plot Keywords:

Egypt | Moon | Tomb | Inspector | Doctor

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Vincent Price	...	Dr. Anton Phibes
Robert Quarry	...	Darius Biederbeck
Peter Jeffrey	...	Inspector Trout
Fiona Lewis	...	Diana Trobridge, Darius' Girl
Hugh Griffith	...	Harry Ambrose
John Cater	...	Sir Wayne Waverley
Gerald Sim	...	Hackett
Lewis Fiander	...	Baker
John Thaw	...	Shavers
Peter Cushing	...	Ship's Captain
Beryl Reid	...	Miss Ambrose, Harry's Cousin
Terry-Thomas	...	Lombardo, Shipping Agent
Keith Buckley	...	Stewart
Valli Kemp	...	Vulnavia
Milton Reid	...	Biederbeck's Manservant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Caroline Munro	...	Victoria Phibes (uncredited)
Gary Owens	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Fuest

Writing credits
Robert Fuest		(writer) &
Robert Blees		(writer)

Produced by
Samuel Z. Arkoff	....	producer
Louis M. Heyward	....	producer
James H. Nicholson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Gale

Cinematography by
Alex Thomson

Film Editing by
Tristam Cones

Casting by
Sally Nicholl

Makeup Department
Trevor Crole-Rees	....	makeup artist
Bernadette Ibbetson	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Richard F. Dalton	....	production manager (as Richard Dalton)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jake Wright	....	assistant director
Terry Hodgkinson	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Brian Eatwell	....	set designer
Rex Hobbs	....	property master
Harry Phipps	....	construction manager
Peter Withers	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Leslie Hammond	....	sound recordist (as Les Hammond)
Peter Lennard	....	dubbing editor
A.W. Lumkin	....	recording director
Fred Tomlin	....	sound assistant
Dennis Whitlock	....	sound recordist
William Butler	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Roy Bond	....	supervisory electrician
Colin Corby	....	camera operator
John Golding	....	focus puller

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ivy Baker	....	costume supervisor (as Ivy Baker Jones)
Brian Cox	....	costumes: Vulnavia

Music Department
The Bach Singers	....	music performers: choral music (uncredited)
John Gale	....	conductor (uncredited)

Other crew
Jane Buck	....	continuity
David Sheldon	....	production executive (uncredited)

Production Companies

• American International Pictures (AIP) (as American International)

Distributors

• American International Pictures (AIP) (1972) (USA) (theatrical)
• Anglo-EMI Film Distributors (1972) (UK) (theatrical)
• MGM-EMI (1972) (UK) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Globo Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (199?) (USA) (video)
• Orion Home Video
• Orion Pictures Corporation
• Rcv 2001 (1985) (Belgium) (video)
• Vestron Video

Other Companies

• C.T.S. Studios  music recording
• EMI-MGM Elstree Studios  made at

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (re-rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Elstree Film and TV Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Trivia:

Vulnavia was originally going to be a new character, but the studios insisted on keeping her name. This explains why the character returns despite having been killed in The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Ambrose is looking at Victoria in her glass coffin, she is visibly moving.

Quotes:

Biederbeck: Phibes!
Dr. Phibes: So, at last we meet, Beiderbeck.
Biederbeck: Where's Diana?
Dr. Phibes: Waiting, as we all must wait.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Masters of Horror: John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns (#1.8)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Over the Rainbow

Comedic Horror and Vincent Price

The juxtapositioning of lame one-liners and overused sight gags with some rather memorable and disturbing murders are what this film is all about. Its all of a rather low quality in virtually all respects, yet with Vincent Price as a diabolical lead, the many foibles are easily overlooked. Phibes has risen from suspended animation and once more has a bee in his bonnet for those who killed his wife and took away his face. He's not content with simply killing them. Oh no, each murder is creative, elaborate and basically nonsensical in their conception. But still horrific somehow. There's no sport in criticizing the plot, questions like why Phibes conjures these nasty deaths for the lackeys of his enemy who are all actually ignorant and innocent of any wrongdoing. Then he chooses to reason with the one man who is actually trying to destroy him. Very EC comic inspired, and if you like that sort of thing, you will like this film. Keep this away formt he impressionable kids though. I saw this when I was really young, and the images were emblazened on my brain for all time. Beware!!!