Five years have passed (even though the film was released seven months later). After an exceptionally long synopsis of the events so far, we find out that The Bat is still at large, and still has hypnotic power over Flor. His plan isâŠwell, the same as always. He wants the breastplate and armband again. And
Alraune (1930)
Crooked Privy Councillor ten Brinken (Albert Bassermann) has had some success with his experiments with artificially inseminating rats, and wants to take it to the next level: inseminating a prostitute with the sperm from a dead murderer. Seems like that shouldnât be the next level, but hey, Iâm not a mad scientist, so what do
A Cure for Wellness (2017)
Lockhart (Dane DeHaan), a young, unethical businessman, is sent to a mysterious Swiss wellness center to retrieve his companyâs CEO, but a car accident lands him as a patient. While the instituteâs director (Jason Isaacs) expounds on the wonders of his water cures, Lockhart finds that everything about the place is a little off and
Get That Girl (1932)
Ruth Dale (Shirley Grey) is on her way to collect her inheritance, followed by three thugs, two of whom arenât even given names because in a movie of this quality, names are an unnecessary indulgence. They plan to stop her. By chance she runs into tractor salesman Dick Bartlett (Richard Talmadge) on a train, but
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Edward Parker (Richard Arlen) is tossed overboard by a surly and drunken sea captain at the first port-of-call, the Island of Dr. Moreau. The mysterious doctor (Charles Laughton) isnât happy with his uninvited guest, but soon changes his mind. The island is inhabited by beast-men created by Moreau and his assistant Montgomery (Arthur Hohl) via
The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
Dr. Tim Mason (Roger Pryor) is at the forefront of frozen therapy, but his demonstration promised more than it could deliver, so he and his nurse/fiancée Judith Blair (Jo Ann Sayers) head to the long abandoned, secluded home of the inventor of frozen therapy, Dr. Leon Kravaal (Boris Karloff). There, in a hidden underground camber
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
Secretive professor Norman Boyle (Paolo Malco) and his unstable wife Lucy (Katherine MacColl) move into a strange old house, along with their deeply annoying son (Giovanni Frezza) who sees a ghost girl that tells him not to go. The house had been inhabited by a colleague who was doing some unusual research when he killed
Man Made Monster (1941)
Dan the Electrical Man (Lon Chaney Jr.) is the sole survivor of an electrical accident. He is taken in for study by Dr John Lawrence (Samuel S. Hinds), who has some pretty odd views on electricity. His partner, Dr Paul Rigas (Lionel Atwill), has even stranger views, thinking he can turn people into zombies with
Alraune (1952)
Years ago, Professor ten Brinker (Erick von Stroheim) artificially inseminated a prostitute with the sperm of a hanged murderer in order to test his theories on heredity. He figured that by using the dregs of society, it would be easier to spot their degenerate traits when they are passed down, and besides, evil people are
Mad Love (1935)
Dr. Gogol (Peter Lorre), perhaps the greatest surgeon in France, is obsessed with goth actress Yvonne Orlac (Frances Drake). Her husband (Colin Clive), a concert pianist, has his hands mangled in a train wreck and although Yvonne is frightened by Gogol, goes to him to try and save her husbandâs hands. Thatâs impossible, so Gogol transplants the
The Phantom (1931)
Vaguely sinister stuff happens. Not enough of a synopsis? OK, Iâll write more, but âstuff happensâ really covers it. So, master criminal The Phantom escapes from jail before his execution, using a train and a plane. He seems to want revenge on DA John Hampton (Wilfred Lucas), and then⊠Heâs out of the picture. Reporter
El misterio del rostro pĂĄlido {Mystery of the Ghastly Face} (1935)
Forceful and obsessed Doctor Forti (Carlos VillarĂas ) carries out strange medical experiments in his home, aided by his weak-willed son, Pablo (JoaquĂn Busquets). Pablo wanted only to play the violin and marry Fortiâs beautiful ward AngĂ©lica (Beatriz Ramos) but instead does what Forti commands. Both Pabloâs Aunt Doña Engracia (Natalia Ortiz) and the butler