Dr. Phibes Rises Again
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| Directed by | Robert Fuest |
| Produced by | Louis M. Heyward |
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| Music by | John Gale |
| Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
| Edited by | Tristam V. Cones |
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| Distributed by | Anglo-EMI Film Distributors Ltd./MGM-EMI (UK) |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Dr. Phibes Rises Again! is a 1972 British horror film directed by Robert Fuest. It is the sequel to The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) and stars Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes. After seeking vengeance on the men whom he blamed for his wife's death in the first film, Phibes returns to seek eternal life in Egypt. Robert Quarry co-stars as a centuries-old man who holds secrets that Phibes needs. The two men were rumoured to have clashed on-set, as American International Pictures was grooming Quarry as a replacement for Price in their horror films.
The story begins by recapping the events of the previous film, following Dr. Anton Phibes' murderous quest for vengeance against the doctors he blamed for the death of his wife, Victoria. Phibes eluded capture by placing himself in suspended animation in a sarcophagus he shares with the body of his wife, where he would remain until the moon had entered into a specific alignment with the planets. Three years later the conjunction occurs, and Phibes rises from his sarcophagus. Summoning his silent assistant Vulnavia (Valli Kemp, replacing Virginia North), Phibes prepares to take Victoria to Egypt; there, in a hidden tomb, flows the River of Life, promising resurrection for Victoria and eternal life for the two of them. Rising from his basement, Phibes discovers that his house has been demolished, and a safe containing a papyrus scroll, showing the way to the River of Life, is now empty.
Phibes knows of only one person who could be seeking the same goal: Darius Biederbeck (Robert Quarry), a man who has lived for centuries through the use of a special elixir. After translating the papyrus, Biederbeck prepares to travel to Egypt to find the River of Life for himself and his lover Diana (Fiona Lewis). Phibes and Vulnavia enter Biederbeck's house, kill his manservant and reclaim the papyrus, then leave for Egypt. Biederbeck travels with Diana and his assistant Ambrose (Hugh Griffith) on the same boat; Ambrose is killed by Phibes and his body stuffed in a giant bottle and thrown overboard. Inspector Trout (Peter Jeffrey) discovers Ambrose's body when the bottle washes ashore near Southampton. He and Superintendent Waverley (John Cater) question Lombardo (Terry-Thomas), the shipping agent for the boat; upon hearing the descriptions of the tall woman (Vulnavia) and a clockwork band being brought aboard, they realize that Phibes has returned.
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