Vincent Price has always been and always will be one of the top three actors in my heart. I absolutely love all of his movies, but this one is one of the best. Story goes like this: Dr Anton Phibes survives horrible crash in which he burned entirely while he was hurrying because his wife was in hospital on operation table, a matter of life and death. Of course, the wife Victoria died, and Phibes disappears proclaimed burned and dead. Years later, he returns with a sinister plan to get even with nine people he considers guilty for the death of his beloved. He kills them in most devious traps and inspector Trout must find the killer before he gets them all. I must say, the traps and killing ways are something that inspired later movies Saw franchise and it’s clones, the whole horror subgenre. Price is excellent and he doesn’t say a word the whole film, only acts with his eyes and face, we can only hear his thoughts or words said through the machine. I must also say that soundtrack of this movie is one of the best horror movie soundtracks ever. The music is just divine, especially in Phibes’ lair where he has his Clockwork band of puppets and where he plays his church organ. The ending is so poetic it made my eyes water with tears. I love this one, although I have seen it for five times. My total recommendation.
10/10
