When Hollywood was capable of making decent movies; The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

Metallicman ^ | 15JUL19 | editorial staff

[humblegunner]

What a blog.

[Salamander]

Great movie.

LaVey wishes.

[Viking2002]

'The Abominable Dr. Phibes' and its sequel were two of the greatest schlock B-movies ever made. I met Price back in the 80's and wanted to get his autograph on my copy of his biography, but was only able to work in a handshake as he was so overwhelmed with other fans. Very gracious, genuine man. And tall.

[mrsmith]

http://mentalfloss.com/article/64952/20-highest-grossing-movies-all-time
“Phibes” is up there too.

[nopardons]

Great movie and NOT a “kiddie” movie at all! It’s very clever, well written, well acted by a marvelous ensemble cast! The sequel isn’t as good, but still worth seeing.

[PghBaldy]

It is NOT a Hollywood movie. It is British, filmed in England.

[radu]

Vincent Price - - the master of horror. My fave.
I loved being scared by him when I watched his movies as a kid, then as an adult watching the same movies I realized how campy he was. LOL! He had a fabulous sense of humor.

[Rockingham]

The schlock and camp in Phibes were signs that the horror genre was exhausted. It was reinvigorated by Alien in 1979 and new literary practitioners like Stephen King.

[dp0622]

Hey haven’t seen ya! :)

Hope you’ve been well.

Still diligent as ever, I see.

I don’t know enough of what constitutes a blog to point them out.

Cheers.

[dp0622]

Sometimes a horror movie is just a horror movie.

I will check it out. Love Price.

I remember when heavy metal and glam rock were gonna turn all of us teens into satan worshiping minions. :)

Didn’t convert ONE PERSON that I know.

A song about the devil isn’t a lot different than a horror movie about him.

It’s just a song.

[Liz]

Price divorced his long-time wife to marry Brit actress Coal Browne (Auntie Mame’s friend).

Coral converted to Catholicism years before.......and as a gift to Vincent she became a US citizen.

He, in turn, converted to Catholicism.

[God cares]

Looks like a depiction of wickedness carried out in a most poetic and whimsical fashion.

Whatever people might dream up as being spectacularly satanic, it’s generally the more humdrum forms of evil by which the devil almost always gets his way (when he gets his way, which God makes pretty difficult to keep up). Like C. S. Lewis put it through his Screwtape character, murder is no better than cards to damn a man, if cards will do the trick.

God could vastly more easily redeem a Dr. Phibes situation (if it could even come to pass) than the situation of gang bangers. At least Dr. Phibes seems to want to salute something higher, even though his ideas are utterly cuckoo. His revenge ideas are simply not characteristic of the revenge plots we know of in the world.

[wally_bert]

A favorite movie he is in is called Champagne For Caesar. He is a zany soap making executive.

Some of the Saint OTR shows of his are good too.

[wally_bert]

The British could make good movies and telly.

[LIConFem]

My favorite movie from that time period is Colossus: The Forbin Project.

[marktwain]

Coral converted to Catholicism years before.......and as a gift to Vincent she became a US citizen. He, in turn, converted to Catholicism.

What fascinating information!

[marktwain]

A song about the devil isn’t a lot different than a horror movie about him. It’s just a song.

It is impossible to know exactly what turns a person to evil. But many of the rampage shooters seem to have satanic beliefs/worldviews.

[Liz]

Coral's famous for standing outside of church and upon being told a juicy piece of H/wood gossip said:
"Oh for God's sakes, not now. I'm in the f***ing state of grace."

[marktwain]

So I read.

It was Vincent Price’s third marriage.

She was 61, Vincent was 63, from what I can determine.