# Vincent Price Is the Weirdest Serial Killer Ever in this ’70s Cult Classic

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/vincent-price-is-the-weirdest-serial-killer-ever-in-this-70s-cult-classic/
- Published: 2026-10-25T10:00:18+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T10:08:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/halloween-horror-what-to-watch-vincent-price-abominable-dr-phibes/
- Topics: Horror, Offbeat, Weird & Viral

## Key points

- Vincent Price plays a disfigured musician seeking revenge.
- The murders are inspired by the Ten Plagues of Egypt.
- The film’s eerie absurdity is central to its appeal.

## Summary

Vincent Price stars as Dr Anton Phibes, a disfigured musician who seeks revenge on the medical team he blames for his wife’s death. Robert Fuest’s 1971 film turns that revenge into a surreal black comedy, blending elaborate murder traps with dreamlike art-deco imagery and Price’s solemn performance.

Phibes models his killings on the Ten Plagues of Egypt, using bizarre methods that include ravenous bats and a brass unicorn fired from a catapult. He rarely speaks, instead using a gramophone device, while a clockwork band and the mysterious Vulnavia deepen the film’s strange atmosphere. The story leaves many of its oddities unexplained, which the article argues is part of its lasting appeal.

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