Having been dormant for some years, Doctor Phibes is back, and searching for a powerful set of scrolls, with the hope of bringing his dead wife back to life.
I cannot count how many times I've watched this film, it truly is the perfect pick me up, sure the story is nonsense and seemingly made up as it goes along, but in terms of entertainment, this film delivers.
At times it looks great, some sets and scenes are really good, but unfortunately it also looks very low budget too, let's say it looks imaginative.
A good drinking game, is to count how many times Price delivers the wonderful name..... 'Vulnavia,' honestly, you'll be saying it in your sleep.
I don't think it's Price at his best, he doesn't exactly have the material, nor do I think Quarry is all that good, but some of the performances are sublime, Hugh Griffith, Beryl Reid and a fleeting performance from John Thaw.
The film's magic however, comes from Peter Jeffrey and John Cater, the detective duo are side splitting, they should have gotten a spin off.
Sure it's funny, but the death scenes are great, the scorpions, the phone ..... enough to have given me many nightmares as a youngster.
Low budget, camp, but huge fun to this day.
8/10.
I cannot count how many times I've watched this film, it truly is the perfect pick me up, sure the story is nonsense and seemingly made up as it goes along, but in terms of entertainment, this film delivers.
At times it looks great, some sets and scenes are really good, but unfortunately it also looks very low budget too, let's say it looks imaginative.
A good drinking game, is to count how many times Price delivers the wonderful name..... 'Vulnavia,' honestly, you'll be saying it in your sleep.
I don't think it's Price at his best, he doesn't exactly have the material, nor do I think Quarry is all that good, but some of the performances are sublime, Hugh Griffith, Beryl Reid and a fleeting performance from John Thaw.
The film's magic however, comes from Peter Jeffrey and John Cater, the detective duo are side splitting, they should have gotten a spin off.
Sure it's funny, but the death scenes are great, the scorpions, the phone ..... enough to have given me many nightmares as a youngster.
Low budget, camp, but huge fun to this day.
8/10.