History Trivia / DrPhibesRisesAgain

* RealitySubtext: This was the last film Creator/VincentPrice did for American International Pictures, who were planning on replacing him with Robert Quarry as their main horror star. (It didn't go too well. You've barely ever heard of Quarry, right?) As a result, some of the dislike between their characters is genuine. (Even more uncomfortable was in another film, ''Madhouse'', where Price plays an iconic horror actor, and Quarry plays an exec who is deliberately trying to ruin his career.)
** In fairness, Quarry was in a major automobile accident in the late 70s that caused severe facial injuries and required a long recovery period. In the early 1980s, he was mugged, and the attackers broke his knees, ribs, and cheekbone, leading to a long recovery period. Both instances had a damaging effect on his career, (You can't act if recovering from injuries) probably equal to any damage the folding of AIP did to it.
*** Quarry accident wasn't till the 1980. While his health issues certainly probably didn't help, by that point prior to his accident, he was already getting relegated to TV appearances and b movies.

* DeletedScene: Scenes involving Beryl Reid and Creator/TerryThomas were cut from the original print due to arguments between the producers. Creator/VincentPrice had to be recalled to record additional dialogue to cover the gaps this created in the plot. This is the reason why Phibes says so many lines while not wired up to his speaker.

* TheOtherDarrin: Vulnavia. Virginia North was pregnant and therefore unable to reprise the role. Valli Kemp was cast instead.
* RealitySubtext: This was the last film Creator/VincentPrice did for American International Pictures, who were planning on replacing him with Robert Quarry as their main horror star. (It didn't go too well. You've barely ever heard of Quarry, right?) Some of the dislike between their characters is genuine.
** Even more uncomfortable in ''Madhouse'', where Price plays an iconic horror actor, and Quarry plays an exec who is deliberately trying to ruin his career.

* DeletedScene: Scenes involving Beryl Reid and Terry-Thomas were cut from the original print due to arguments between the producers. Creator/VincentPrice had to be recalled to record additional dialogue to cover the gaps this created in the plot. This is the reason why Phibes says so many lines while not wired up to his speaker.

* YouLookFamiliar: Hugh Griffith and Creator/TerryThomas, who'd appeared in the original film, return here as different characters.

* RealitySubtext: This was the last film Price did for American International Pictures, who were planning on replacing him with Robert Quarry as their main horror star. (It didn't go too well. You've barely ever heard of Quarry, right?) Some of the dislike between their characters is genuine.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Various ideas for a third film were discussed, including protecting the eternal life secret from Nazis, Phibes fighting a group of Satanists led by the grandson of Vesalius, Phibes fighting another Satanist (Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/DonaldPleasence were considered for the part, and there would have been a scene where Phibes puts butter on one guy and boils him like a lobster) in Greece and eventually [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascending to a higher plane of existence]]. Victoria would be an active character in the third movie, and serve as her husband's MoralityPet. At least one of the scripts was to have given the Clockwork Wizards mechanical band the power of full movement, and have them engage in a street battle with a squad of armed policemen. Several scripts were written (including one titled ''Brides of Phibes'', which was planned to co-star Roddy [=McDowall=] as Phibes' adversary), and a few of these met Price's approval, but his ailing health prevented their production.
* YouLookFamiliar: Hugh Griffith and Terry-Thomas, who'd appeared in the original film, return here as different characters.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Various ideas for a third film were discussed, including protecting the eternal life secret from Nazis, Phibes fighting a group of Satanists led by the grandson of Vesalius, Phibes fighting another Satanist (Creator/ChristopherLee and Creator/DonaldPleasance were considered for the part, and there would have been a scene where Phibes puts butter on one guy and boils him like a lobster) in Greece and eventually [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascending to a higher plane of existence]]. Victoria would be an active character in the third movie, and serve as her husband's MoralityPet. At least one of the scripts was to have given the Clockwork Wizards mechanical band the power of full movement, and have them engage in a street battle with a squad of armed policemen. Several scripts were written (including one titled ''Brides of Phibes'', which was planned to co-star Roddy [=McDowall=] as Phibes' adversary), and a few of these met Price's approval, but his ailing health prevented their production.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Various ideas for a third film were discussed, including protecting the eternal life secret from Nazis, Phibes fighting a group of Satanists led by the grandson of Vesalius, Phibes fighting another Satanist (Creator/ChristopherLee and Donald Pleasance were considered for the part, and there would have been a scene where Phibes puts butter on one guy and boils him like a lobster) in Greece and eventually [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascending to a higher plane of existence]]. Victoria would be an active character in the third movie, and serve as her husband's MoralityPet. At least one of the scripts was to have given the Clockwork Wizards mechanical band the power of full movement, and have them engage in a street battle with a squad of armed policemen. Several scripts were written (including one titled Brides Of Phibes, which was planned to co-star Roddy Mc Dowall as Phibes' adversary), and a few of these met Price's approval, but his ailing health prevented their production.

* RealitySubtext: This was the last film Price did for American International Pictures, who were planning on replacing him with Robert Quarry as their main horror star (it didn't go too well. You've barely ever heard of Quarry, right?). Some of the dislike between their characters is genuine.