{"id":19567,"date":"2016-02-03T16:05:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T00:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/?p=19567"},"modified":"2016-02-02T13:39:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T21:39:54","slug":"dr-phibes-rises-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/2016\/02\/03\/dr-phibes-rises-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Phibes Rises Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dr<\/a>I’ve been very much aware of the Vincent Price “Dr Phibes” films for some time. First came, The Abominable Dr Phibes<\/a><\/em> in 1971 (co-starring Joseph Cotten). And then came, Dr Phibes Rises Again!<\/a><\/em> in 1972. But it can take me forever to get around to seeing films. For one thing, if I’m awake, I tend to be working. So I usually have to assign time to watch a film — usually with the intent of writing about it. So it’s kind of like work and I usually take notes. And it was in this vein (and to escape the Iowa Caucus) that I watched the second Dr Phibes film Monday night.<\/p>\n

Why did I wait so long? I love those early 1970s British Vincent Price vehicles. Theatre of Blood<\/a><\/em> is one of my all time favorite films. (I wrote about it a couple of years ago, Two Great Vincent Price Murder Films<\/a>.) Part of it is just the color. In black and white, a film like The Last Man on Earth<\/a><\/em> can still be pretty frightening. (When I was a kid it terrified<\/em> me — but then so did The Bride of Frankenstein<\/a><\/em>.) But in color, it’s just so much fun. I am of the opinion that horror films are never supposed to be taken seriously. Just look at wonderful films like Dead Alive<\/a><\/em> and Dead Snow<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

In fact, let’s watch a little Dead Snow<\/em>:<\/p>\n