A group of doctors in London are dying rather unusual deaths. One is stung to death by bees in his library and another is killed by bats in his bedroom. As the dead docs pile up, Detective Trout of Scotland Yard is trying to find any clue to help him solve these strange, mysterious deaths.

Filmed entirely in England and set in the early 1900's, this was a period piece. I'm sorry, what I meant to say was this movie was a piece of crap, period. I would be willing to bet my life that the writer and director who made this horrible film were both experimenting with some very potent hallucinatory drugs. There were several musical montages that had absolutely no connection to anything happening in the movie. Unfortunately, the crap doesn't stop there.

The effects were horrible, even for 1971. There was a point in the bat scene where you can clearly see a piece of string holding up a "flying" bat. And the blood in every scene looks like a thick Kool-Aid mix. And these were not even the biggest disappointments of the film.

The late Vincent Price, who plays the title character, is best known for his creepy deep voice. Once again the people in charge of this toxic waste dump of a movie show why they are unspeakably stupid by not giving Price a speaking line until 32 minutes into the film. In total, Dr. Phibes (rhymes with vibes) has about 10 minutes of actual speech in a movie that is about one hour and thirty minutes of intolerable garbage.

The one, and one is being generous, thing that is positive about this film is the creativity of the deaths.

Overall, this film did little to give me a feeling other than dismay, regret, and anger. Absolutely dreadful!!!

1 out of 10 Abominable Dr. TimeWasters