Halloween Pick: The Abominable Dr. Phibes

I saw this movie about a couple years ago and it is such a delightfully strange horror film. It stars Vincent Price as Dr. Anton Phibes thought to have died in a car crash while rushing to the side of his sick wife in 1921. Hideously disfigured by the accident he fashions himself a wig and lifelike mask to hide his injuries, and using his musical expertise creates a system whereby he can speak through a hose connecting his windpipe to a gramophone.

The film is a product of the James Bond era. It's a great mix of art deco and dark humor with shades of The Count of Monte Cristo with the way Phibes dispatches with his victims.

And of course Vincent Price's over-the-top performance as Dr. Phibes is fantastic!!

Go and check it out when you get the opportunity. It's going to be my Halloween movie tonight. And there was an equally bizarre sequel called Dr. Phibes Rises Again.