Flesh crawls! Blood curdles! Phibes lives!
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.
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Short watch · 1h 29m
At 1h 29m it runs under 90 minutes.
More horror under 90 minutesComedy · Horror
TMDB files it under comedy and horror.
7 subscriptions · 2 free · 3 to rent · 3 to buy
Included with 7 subscription services: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and 4 more. Free or ad-supported on YouTube Free and Tubi TV. Listed to rent from 3 stores. Listed to buy from 3 stores.
6.3 / 10 on TMDB
TMDB users rate it 6.3 out of 10 across 163 votes, a positive audience score. That is a moderate sample of voters.
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