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He returns to extract "Revenge" upon the Doctors who failed to save his lovely wife...
While rushing to the hospital he has a fiery car crash and is thought to be Dead...
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Using the Nine Plagues of Egypt ( from the Old Testament)
for the curse of "Boils"... he used Bees (not seen in film)
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The first victim shown is done in by blood drinking Bats....
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And drained poor Terry Thomas (of Mary Poppins) of all of his "Blood"
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and the curse of "Rats"....
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Froze the poor bastard for the curse of "Hail"...
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and the poor Nurse and her death by "Locust"....
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Special preparations were need for this one...
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And the curse of "Beasts" ... impaled by a brass Unicorn head...
Then the curse of the "Death of the First Born"....
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Phibes starts the acid flowing its way to the boy's face...
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He must work quickly to save his son...
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And the final curse of "Darkness"....
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Phibes is one of my absolute favorite Price characters. I believe the creators of Saw even sited the finale as a source of inspiration for the movies.
ReplyDeleteI love Vincent Price but I don't think I've ever seen this movie. I always liked Terry-Thomas in a movie too -- haven't seen one of his in ages either. I know I shouldn't laugh at the unicorn impalement but I couldn't help myself.
ReplyDeleteDear Lady Debra... the Unicorn scene was "Funny".... they had to "unscrew his body from the partition it was a comical scene....
ReplyDeleteand Dex... this is my favorite Vincent Price film... in later interviews ... Mr. Price talked of the fun he had making "Dr. Phibes" and "Theater of Blood"...