The Abominable Dr. Phibes

Movie of the Week: The Abominable Dr. Phibes.

Specifically, the Dr. Phibes Double Feature The Abominable Dr. Phibes/Dr. Phibes Rises Again. It came up on Twitter, and the first one at least is ridiculously good; Vincent Price at his best and silliest. Or maybe the movie is ridiculous, and good. I’ve never actually seen the second one, but I hear that it likewise rewards the indulgent viewer.

Movie(s) of the Week: Back to the Future Trilogy.

Good God: the Back to the Future trilogy is 25 years old. Still pretty definitive when it comes to time-travel flicks, though.

And so, farewell to The Abominable Dr. Phibes.

Movie of the Week: The Abominable Dr. Phibes.

I have not seen The Abominable Dr. Phibes in years – decades – and damned if I know why I have not; it was excellent, for what it was. Which is to say, a horror movie best described as ‘the sort of film designed to let Vincent Price have fun without working too hard at it.’ Still, seeing what the Mod period thought that the Victorian period looked like is alone worth the price of admission.

And so, Gojira sinks back into the ocean.