History Film / DrPhibesRisesAgain

''Dr. Phibes Rises Again'' is a 1972 sequel to ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' directed by Robert Fuest, starring Creator/VincentPrice, Robert Quarry, and Creator/PeterCushing.

This film sees Phibes [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin rising again]], and then heading to Egypt, because the river of immortality is buried underneath an ancient temple, and he's pretty sure he's figured out how to find it and bring his beloved Victoria back to life. Unfortunately for him, AdventurerArchaeologist Darius Biederbeck is after it, too. So Phibes does the most logical thing he can: he kills all of Biederbeck's excavation crew in overly elaborate, desert-themed ways.

This film sees Phibes [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin rising again]], and then heading to Egypt, because the river of immortality is buried underneath an ancient temple, and he's pretty sure he's figured out how to find it and bring Victoria back to life. Unfortunately for him, AdventurerArchaeologist Darius Biederbeck is after it, too. So Phibes does the most logical thing he can: he kills all of Biederbeck's excavation crew in overly elaborate, desert-themed ways.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Several. Phibes' plan to kill the manservant only works because the manservant a) evades the first snake, b) kills the second one and discovers that it's a clockwork, c) sees the third one, d) assumes the clockwork device strapped to it means that it's clockwork as well, e) is bitten by it, and f) goes to the phone to call for help so that the snake-spike kills him.

* ForWantOfANail: Phibes' plan to kill the manservant only works because the manservant a) evades the first snake, b) kills the second one and discovers that it's a clockwork, c) sees the third one, d) assumes the clockwork device strapped to it means that it's clockwork as well, e) is bitten by it, and f) goes to the phone to call for help so that the snake-spike kills him.

* CacophonyCoverUp: When he's out to crush Baker to death with a special contraption, Phibes brings a studio fan to blow an artificial wind, the sound of which covers Baker's screams (and the camp, Trout included, believes it's a natural wind).

** Creator/TerryThomas (who plays a different role this time), and Hugh Griffith.

* AmbiguousEnding: We never find out if Phibes gets Victoria back. Or what Diana's reaction is to losing her husband. Or if Biederbeck is dead, or just very old.

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: While Biederbeck and his team are camped out in tents at the foot of the mountain containing the Egyptian temple, Phibes has a spectacular ArtDeco lair ''inside'' the mountain, complete with his trademark organ and clockwork musicians.

* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Averted. Everyone Phibes' kills is innocent, as there's no crime that he's avenging. In the first movie he judged the medical staff guilty of Victoria's death even if they were seemingly innocent of it.
** Hackett and his team actually come across as being rather shady, with it being implied they were planning to loot the site. Diana, on the other hand, was only guilty of going with Biederbeck and being his fiancée.

* AnotherDimension: Vulnavia is summoned from, and at the end returns to "The Other Side".

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Whether Vulnavaia is magical or mundane is unanswered. Phibes summons her from "The Other Side" after he emerges from a three-year coma, and a different actress plays her (because the original was pregnant). At the end Phibes tells Vulnavia to meet him on The Other Side. There are other instances of seemingly supernatural going-ons, such as Phibes and Vulnavia wearing white in Phibes' tomb, but instantaneously change to different, black clothing in the seconds it takes them to reach the surface by organ-elevator.
* NecRomantic

** Vulnavia is played by a different actress.

!!'''''Dr. Phibes Rises Again''''' contains examples of:

* BackFromTheDead: Phibes, of course, although to what extent he was really dead is a bit vague. Also, with no explanation, [[spoiler: Vulnavia. If she's a robot, maybe this one's another copy or something]].
** The rather trippy scene in which she reappears suggests that she is a supernatural being of some sort.

* TheCameo: Creator/TerryThomas (who plays a different role this time), and Hugh Griffith.

* {{Camp}}: Much more so than the first movie

** Hackett and his team actually come across as being rather shady, with it being implied they were planning to loot the site. Diana, on the other hand, was only guilty of going with Biederbeck and being his fiancee.

* NoImmortalInertia: After Phibes opens the gate and begins his journey down the River of Life with his beloved Victoria, Biederbeck dives in and tries to follow after them. Unforunately, [[spoiler: the gate had already closed and Biederbeck is left crying after Phibes as he degenerates into an ancient old man and likely dies soon afterwards.]]

** Vulnavia ia played by a different actress.

* NotSoDifferent: Phibes gives a damn fine argument why Biederbeck isn't really any better than he is.