The Abominible Dr. Phibes (1972)
Directed by Robert Fuest · Cinematography by Norman Warwick
PG-1394 min60 frames
HorrorComedy
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What is The Abominible Dr. Phibes about?
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
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What does the cinematography of The Abominible Dr. Phibes look like?
Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of The Abominible Dr. Phibes leans on close-ups (35% of the sample) and medium shots (30%). Cinematographer Norman Warwick keeps 47% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 52% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 55% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Abominible Dr. Phibes?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Abominible Dr. Phibes (1972) are #0c090a, #322c2d, #261313, #514f50, #d4d1cd, #f9f9f7 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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