The Abominable Dr. Phibes
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Movie Reviews of The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Movie Review: slow and stupid (spoilers in review)
Summary: 2 Stars
It's one of those horror movies where you wonder why the cop and everyone else (except the villan) is so stupid. The special effects are pretty bad (e.g. locus supposedly crawling through a tube but are in fact not moving). And I couldn't help but fast forward through the many snippets showing Dr. Phibes playing his organ or talking to a photo -- they don't add to the story line. The ending is not very satisfying. What's the point of having 1 doctor surviving at the end? Why not all died or have 2 survive?Several things are not explained: (1) Trout said in the hospital if Dr. Phibes got in, he can't get out. Well, he got in and apparently he also got out. How? (2) Near the end, Trout yell to his assistance above to turn off the acid. If it can be turned off, why couldn't the doctor turn it off earlier?
(3) How did Dr. Phibes put a key inside the boy?
Some of the stupid things: (1) cop failing to protect a nurse from murder (2) pilot crash because of rats in cockpit (3) doctor forced to do a surgery to retrieve a key to unlock his son to avoid acid from raining on him, etc.
Movie Review: Memories sometime fail us
Summary: 2 Stars
I remember PHIBES as being terribly scary when I first saw it.
So when I saw this DVD I had to grab it to relive childhood memories....
HMMMM......... ever noticed how many things are not as great as you remember them being when you were younger ?
PHIBES was one of them.
I guess as an 8 year old it was a great movie.... seeing it now it is simply another casualty of the 70's when too many movies were ruined by CAMP.
Movie Review: Classic Film, Bad DVD
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a cult-classic!
Unfortunately, it was released on a disc of
poor quality.
It won't play in any of my DVD-players.
Not Happy
Movie Review: DON'T BOTHER WITH THIS DVD
Summary: 1 Stars
MGM Midnite Movies, not to put too fine a point on it, stink! I bought this DVD at Best Buy and it didn't play. I returned it and got another one - and it didn't play. I tried a third time - and it didn't play. They actually had to give me my money back. So, then I see it at Amazon.Com. I bought it. It didn't play. I exchanged it, it didn't play. I finally had to send it back to get a refund. Is anyone awake at the quality control at MGM?I have not problems with the movie - I think they are great (incidentally, the Dr. Phibes Rises Again has the same problem), it's the DVD's that are bad.
I thought it might be my DVD player - nope - nothing wrong with it. None of them played on any DVD player (we even tried ones at Best Buy).
Movie Review: What's to like?
Summary: 1 Stars
Let's see. It's not scary. It's not funny. And for a film that is so short . . . it's boring!!!!