About This Book:
Year Published:
1972
Publisher:
Award Books
Genre:
Horror
Author:
William Goldstein
Screenplay Writer:
Robert Fuest & Robert Blees
Type:
Faithful Movie Novelization
Number of Pages:
187
Summary:
Half-man, half-monster, Anton Phibes returns for another orgy of bloodletting, this time seeking the Key to Eternal Life. Those who stand in his way must die.
The first victim is removed by a jeweled serpent, which pierces his brain. The second is torn to bits by a ferocious hawk. The third is eaten to the bone by a swarm of scorpions.
Only one man remains – Jonathan Biderback, a mysterious scientist, equally determined to find Eternal Life. But first he must meet Phibes!
In a subterranean cave deep within the Mountains of the Dead, Phibes awaits his last enemy, a grin of triumph twisting his satanic mouth…