Long think dead, the victim of a atrocious accident, Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent monetary value) still populate, surround by art-deco knickknack and attend by tongueless beauty Vulnavia (Old Dominion North). externally normal in visual aspect, Phibes really wear a natural rubber mask, cover his hideously deform visage; give away the ruse is the fact that, when he dine, he take his nutrient through his cervix instead than his oral cavity.