Happy 52nd to THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES (1971) — one of the creepiest and most inventive horror films of its era.

#VincentPrice #OnThisDay #DrPhibes

The BBC today published Ralph Jones' in-depth and very enlightening article on the #writing trope "#fridging." The "phrase was inspired by a 1994 #GreenLantern story, in which the Green Lantern discovers that his girlfriend has been killed and stuffed into a fridge and, as [#film writer Izzie] Austin puts it, 'Dead wife make man sad; man process sad by doing #violence'." #DrPhibes anyone? https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230315-how-shrinking-perpetuates-hollywoods-most-sexist-clich

@BigJackBrass But not for #DrPhibes, taken too soon.