Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

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 | Tomb | Inspector | Moon | 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:

Just before being crushed in a giant press-screw, Baker can be seen reading "The Turn of the Screw".

Goofs:

Continuity: The spike that shoots out of the telephone is much longer than the receiver that supposedly concealed it.

Quotes:

Darius Biederbeck: Every move I make, everything, concerns our future together.
Diana: Well, if it's anything like now it's going to be bloody awful.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Over the Rainbow

Bandleaders and Jazz trumpeters!!!

Not as good as the first Phibes movie (The Abominable Dr...) but jolly good fun, so long as you're not expecting a horror movie! This is a comedy! The double act of Peter Jeffrey and John Cater as the bumbling police officers Trout and Waverley are a joy. Vincent Price, himself, often portrayed his characters with tongue firmly in cheek, (witness the AIP Corman series of E A Poe titles) and this is no exception. What I would like to know is what is the obsession with dance band leaders and jazz cornet/trumpeters all about? OK, its set in the 20s, (allegedly!) and the mechanical band look like an old dance band of the time, or is it just another in-joke probably lost on most viewers? I'll explain: Beiderbeck (Bix Beiderbecke - legendary cornettist, who died of drink at 28); Hackett (Bobby Hackett - cornettist often compared to Bix for his lyrical style); Baker (Harold "Shorty" Baker - one-time trumpeter for Duke Ellington. Or even Kenny Baker, English trumpeter of considerable ability); Shavers (Charlie Shavers - highly accomplished trumpeter from the 'swing era'); Stewart (Rex Stewart - cornettist with Duke Ellington during 30s/40s). Get the picture? Then we have two band leaders: Ambrose (English dance band leader from the 30s) and Lombardo (Guy Lombardo, Canadian dance band leader from the 20s and 30s). Obsessive or what? Never mind, I just thought I'd point it out!!!! Its still an enjoyable load of old nonsense all the same. 10 out of 10 for cheekiness, but overall a 7.