The Abominable Dr. Phibes
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a 1971 British horror film blending dark comedy and elaborate, art-deco-styled revenge plots, starring Vincent Price as a vengeful, disfigured genius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Abominable Dr. Phibes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5500318 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Abominable Dr. Phibes Context triple: [Vincent Price, notableWork, The Abominable Dr. Phibes]
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A.
Ghoulies
Ghoulies is a 1985 horror-comedy film about mischievous demonic creatures that became a cult favorite in the home-video era.
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B.
13 Ghosts
13 Ghosts is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by William Castle, known for its gimmicky "Illusion-O" ghost viewer and its story of a family inheriting a haunted house filled with twelve malevolent spirits.
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C.
Creepshow
Creepshow is a 1982 horror-comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, paying homage to 1950s EC horror comics through a series of macabre, darkly humorous stories.
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D.
The Phantom Creeps
The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 science-fiction movie serial featuring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist who unleashes deadly inventions in a bid for world domination.
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E.
Son of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein is a 1939 Universal horror film that continues the Frankenstein saga, following the son of the original doctor as he revives the Monster with disastrous results.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Abominable Dr. Phibes Target entity description: The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a 1971 British horror film blending dark comedy and elaborate, art-deco-styled revenge plots, starring Vincent Price as a vengeful, disfigured genius.
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A.
Ghoulies
Ghoulies is a 1985 horror-comedy film about mischievous demonic creatures that became a cult favorite in the home-video era.
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B.
13 Ghosts
13 Ghosts is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by William Castle, known for its gimmicky "Illusion-O" ghost viewer and its story of a family inheriting a haunted house filled with twelve malevolent spirits.
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C.
Creepshow
Creepshow is a 1982 horror-comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, paying homage to 1950s EC horror comics through a series of macabre, darkly humorous stories.
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D.
The Phantom Creeps
The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 science-fiction movie serial featuring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist who unleashes deadly inventions in a bid for world domination.
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E.
Son of Frankenstein
Son of Frankenstein is a 1939 Universal horror film that continues the Frankenstein saga, following the son of the original doctor as he revives the Monster with disastrous results.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| antagonist | group of surgeons ⓘ |
| artStyle | Art Deco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematography | Norman Warwick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Robert Fuest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| editedBy | Tristan de Vere Cole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRating | PG ⓘ |
| follows | murders inspired by the Ten Plagues of Egypt ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ revenge film ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Dr. Phibes Rises Again NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation |
organist
ⓘ
theologian ⓘ |
| leadCharacterTrait |
disfigured
ⓘ
vengeful genius ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Dr. Anton Phibes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Basil Kirchin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
darkly comic tone
ⓘ
elaborate death scenes ⓘ stylized production design ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotFocus | elaborate revenge murders ⓘ |
| producer |
Louis M. Heyward
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ronald S. Dunas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | American International Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateUK | 1971-05-18 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| runningTime | 94 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
James Whiton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Fuest NERFINISHED ⓘ William Goldstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequelReleaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| setting | 1920s ⓘ |
| starring |
Hugh Griffith
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Cotten NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry-Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Abominable Dr. Phibes Description of subject: The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a 1971 British horror film blending dark comedy and elaborate, art-deco-styled revenge plots, starring Vincent Price as a vengeful, disfigured genius.
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