Talk:The Abominable Dr. Phibes

A plague of bats?
I don't remember bats being one of the plagues. The scene of the "attacking" bats is not only amusing, but downright charming. They're flying foxes -- benign, adorable animals. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 14:04, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

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Organ used…
The section about the music is slightly ambiguous, and may need clarification. The sentence beginning, “The music that Phibes plays on the organ at the beginning…”, is immediately followed by, “The organ used is the New York Paramount theater organ…”. I am presuming that the organ “played” by Phibes is a studio prop or mock up, on the set at Elstree, and the second sentence means that what the audience hears is the theatre organ, but I don’t know, and think it could be clearer. Jock123 (talk) 11:54, 30 June 2018 (UTC)
 * It's unsourced, so it's difficult to tell what might have been meant. It's possible this is discussed somewhere in a retrospective on 1970s horror films, but I'm not sure where to look.  I did a search on Google Books for a few different terms, but they didn't turn up anything except the box office gross.  That's useful, too, though.  If we can't find any sources for this, maybe we should just remove it.  There's probably something out there, though.  Some of Vincent Price's later work was a bit obscure, but not this one. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 02:32, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Hiya . I did some searching when I saw this post a couple years ago. The first thing that struck me was how unlikely it was that the production company would pay to move the organ from NY to Ellstree and back again. Pics of the NY organ look nothing like the the one used in the film. Since, like you, I couldn't find anything about the organ used for the soundtrack I removed that mention. BTW the UK bluray includes commentary by the members of The League of Gentlemen which is almost as fun as the film itself. Best regards. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 03:56, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I suppose there's always hope that more retrospectives will be written and the existing ones will be digitized. Check out Count Yorga if you liked this film; it's pretty similar.  I've had similar difficulty in finding good sources for that film, but both of these films are mentioned often as camp classics in reliable sources. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:49, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Gosh I haven't seen CY in decades. Thanks for spurring me on to watch it again . MarnetteD&#124;Talk 17:40, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Caroline Munro ...only in the photos?
I know ... every source known to man, claims her only appearance in the film, is in the series of projected photos, and one photo on Dr.Phibes organ phone rotary dial ... BUT ... if true, Who is that laying in the coffin with him during the final act? Methinks Ms.Munro is not getting her full due! 75.104.182.200 (talk) 23:39, 15 May 2022 (UTC)

Last plague
First I should say that I haven't seen the movie. Apparently, there were some liberties taken with the plagues on Egypt, as mentioned in the earlier comment about the bats/flying foxes. In the article, it says the last "curse" was darkness. In the Biblical account, darkness was second-to-last, with the death of the firstborn being the last, which was the plague that finally (though temporarily) convinced Pharaoh to let the Israelites go.

Upon reflection, it seems like the main liberty taken in this area was the order of plagues, since the doctor's son was threatened and almost died. --Cromwellt&#124;talk&#124;contribs 16:57, 17 May 2022 (UTC)