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" For all of its baroque gore, Dr. Phibes is a fairly straightforward movie. Back from suspended animation, using biblical plagues, Phibes goes after the doctors who let his wife die. It’s not just murder. It’s the retribution of an angry god, making the unworthy pay for their sins. Naturally, he fails in the end and doesn’t kill all of the doctors. Even gods can’t be right all the time. Phibes’s sin was wrath, but he gets away by going back into suspended animation. And so the world waits to see if God will return and what sins we’ll be judged for down the line. Of course he does a year later in Dr. Phibes Rises Again. This time, after all the murders, he gets away with the secret to eternal life with his beloved wife. Us sinners should all be so lucky. "
― Richard Kadrey , King Bullet (Sandman Slim, #12)
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" Stop talking. It makes the bleeding worse. Also, I don’t want to hear your perverted farm animal fantasies.” “It wasn’t a fantasy, baby. The pig and me, we danced.” She puts a finger to my lips. “Hush. The doctors will be here soon with a straitjacket and, if you’re good, ice cream.” When I open my mouth to say “pistachio,” she clamps her hand over my mouth and yells, “How’s it coming, Kas? "
― Richard Kadrey , King Bullet (Sandman Slim, #12)