1972 · camp · vincent-price · sequel
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Directed by Robert Fuest1h 29m1972
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.
Our read: Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive camp · vincent-price · sequel entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured camp / vincent-price, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- brisk
- inventive
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