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Vincent Price is at his hammy best as a hideously scarred monster of a man dishing out some of the most ridiculous vengeance ever seen on the screen to a batch of doctors that failed to save his wife’s (an uncredited Caroline Munro) life on the operating table. Along with his beautiful mute assistant, Vulnavia, Phibes hits the medical professionals with “interesting” spins of the biblical “Plagues of Egypt”. That wild synopsis doesn’t even scratch the surface of the insanely fun time. Price maniacally plays the organ, conducts a jazz band comprised of mechanical musicians (his Clocwork Wizards), speaks through a voice box, dances with his assistant and has a blast as the comical madman with vengeance on the brain. His supporting cast is excellent as well, although it’s completely Price’s show. Joseph Cotten is the main target of Phibes’ malicious machinations and Peter Jeffrey is the befuddled Inspector Trout trying to bring an end to the reign of lunatic terror plaguing the city. “Nine killed her! Nine shall die!” A kitschy classic of the highest order.
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