{
  "id": 16461896,
  "title": "Vincent Price Is the Weirdest Serial Killer Ever in this '70s Cult Classic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/vincent-price-is-the-weirdest-serial-killer-ever-in-this-70s-cult",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-25T10:00:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/halloween-horror-what-to-watch-vincent-price-abominable-dr-phibes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the 1971 cult classic The Abominable Dr. Phibes, the eerie and bizarre Vincent Price emerges from a cavernous art deco space, dramatically playing an organ mounted on a hydraulic platform, accompanied by a sinister clockwork jazz band. The hooded figure sets the band in motion and a beautiful young woman in a white gown appears, with whom he performs courtly dances, only to murder a man by lowering a cage of ravenous bats through a skylight. Price, playing Dr. Anton Phibes, is a concert musician and theologian who sought to avenge his wife's death by murdering members of the medical team involved in her botched surgery. Disfigured in a car accident, Phibes wears a prosthetic head and uses an organ and gramophone contraption to communicate. The film, directed by Robert Fuest, is a surreal and kitschy murder-museum, filled with elaborate traps and bizarre rituals that blend elements of horror and black comedy. The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a deeply strange and haunting character study, with Price's mournful solemnity and haunting voice creating an unforgettable and unforgettable character.",
  "summary": "The Abominable Dr. Phibes is a campy horror movie about an organist who murders surgeons",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}