   dr. phibes rises again! (1972) is a sequel to the abominable dr. phibes. it was directed by robert fuest, and stars vincent price as dr. anton phibes. ==plot== in 1928, three years after his murderous quest for vengeance, dr. phibes has arisen from the sarcophagus where he lay with the body of his deceased wife, victoria. calling upon his silent assistant vulnavia (valli kemp, replacing virginia north), phibes prepares to take victoria to egypt; in a safe upstairs in his house, he has a scroll of papyrus showing the way to a hidden temple that contains the river of life, to resurrect her and achieve eternal life for them both. however, as his organ rises from the basement, he discovers his house has been demolished, and the safe broken into. phibes realizes that only one person could be seeking the same goal: darius biederbeck (robert quarry), a man who has lived for centuries through the use of a special elixir. translating the papyrus, biederbeck prepares to set out for egypt, in order to find the river of life for both himself and his lover diana (fiona lewis). however, phibes and vulnavia enter biederbeck's house, kill his manservant and reclaim the papyrus, before leaving for southampton to sail to egypt. biederbeck travels with diana and his assistant ambrose (hugh griffith) on the same boat; ambrose is killed by phibes when he finds victoria's body in the hold, his body stuffed in a giant bottle and thrown overboard. washing up near southampton, ambrose's body is discovered by inspector trout (peter jeffrey). he and superintendent waverley (john cater) question the shipping agent for the boat; upon hearing the descriptions of the tall woman (vulnavia) and a clockwork band being brought aboard, both men realize that phibes has returned. trout and waverley give chase, catching up to biederbeck's archaeological party near the mountain where the hidden temple is located. phibes, having set up residence inside the temple, locates an empty sarcophagus with a hidden compartment to hide victoria's b
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