American International Pictures
Directed by Robert Fuest
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Shout! Factory)
Vincent Price, believed killed in a car wreck years earlier, is actually living in a London mansion where he is systematically murdering the surgical team he believes responsible for the death of his wife. The deaths mimic the curse of the Pharaohs from the old testament: plagues such as bats, locusts, frogs and hail are incorporated. Price is good in a mostly silent performance, enhanced by exaggerated gestures and heavy makeup. While the killings are imaginative, there is almost no suspense. Scotland Yard inspectors are not very smart and provide mainly comic relief. In the final scene, they know exactly where Price is living and rush over to save the final victim, but for some reason never acted on that information earlier.
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