The Abominable Dr. Phibes

A staple inside Famous Monsters … and I never saw it until 2019.

A staple inside Famous Monsters … and I never saw it until 2019.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Written by William Goldstein, James Whiton & Robert Fuest. Directed by Robert Fuest. Ronald S. Dunas; Louis M. Heyward, 1971.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes

VIEW CONTEXT: Austin Retard Redux

VIEW DATE: 2019

Note that co-writer (and director) Robert Fuest also directed the grand occult classic The Devil’s Rain (1975), along with a well-received vampire version of Wuthering Heights ().

Foreshadowing the necrophilia fad of the early 1990s.

Foreshadowing the necrophilia fad of the early 1990s.

Climax.

Climax.