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Vulnavia's True Identity

posted 13 years ago by barryfleckmann
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According to Wikipedia ("Dr. Phibes Rises Again"), in a FAR, FAR, FAR distant sequel (to be entitled, "The Seven Fates of Dr. Phibes"), Vulnavia was to be revealed as being the Greek Goddess, Athena, Goddess of Wisdom. Vincent Price agreed to again appear as Dr. Phibes, but the movie (obviously) didn't get done.
I don't think "Dr. Phibes" is outdated. The treatment or screenplay must still exist, somewhere. Somebody ought to find it and send it to Goeffrey Rush, who played Vincent Price ,so well, in the remake of "House on Haunted Hill." Well, Rush WAS good, but the movie stunk.

"You can't HANDLE the truth!" Jack Nicholson, "A Few Good Men."

[–] mam13143 12 years ago

Well she looks very etherial (?) the way she slinks around Phibes when she is in his house. Definitely add something that makes the movie more than a simple horror story -- that and Price makes anything better.

[–] drxcreatures 10 years ago

I can buy that she is not human but, why would Athena do these evil acts?

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[–] TheFearmakers 7 years ago

She's FN hot is what she is. One shot in particular as she's playing her violin outside Terry-Thomas's place and she turns to the left and you see her face through the car window. I'm gonna get a snap of it and put it on a writeup, anyhow...

To me she seems more like an android he built... And I know that's dumb but I don't think she's some kind of angel or god... That would take away from... something here, I think....

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[–] ElectricWarlock 10 years ago

This may be way off base, but I decided when I watched this film today that I think she was the daughter of Anton and Victoria Phibes. I don't really have a basis for this assumption, I just think it is a possible reason she appeared so eager to help Dr. Phibes and seemed so enthusiastic about avenging Victoria's death.

Burn, witch! Burn, witch! Burn! Burn! Burn!

[–] bellatrix79 9 years ago

love vulnavia

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[–] pundit2006 (149) a year ago

You realized what happened to her at the end of the film? That would disprove her being some kind of Goddess. Unless she faked her death at the end. But then why would she do that? Btw dying by an acid shower is a pretty horrible way to go. Even an evil henchman like Vulnavia wouldn't have deserved something that horrifying.
Being hung or electrocuted along with Dr. Phibes would have been just punishment alone for their murders.