The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy (1958)

The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy (1958)

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 is…well, the same as always. He wants the breastplate and armband again. And

Alraune (1930)

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 shouldn’t be the next level, but hey, I’m not a mad scientist, so what do

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

In 1929, the eccentric Dr. Anton Phibes (Vincent Price), mutilated in an accident and now wearing an elaborate false face, seeks revenge on the medical team who failed to save his wife.  With the help of the beautiful and silent Vulnavia (Virginia North), Phibes carries out elaborate murders, modeled after the ancient plagues on Egypt. 

Beyond Re-Animator (2003)

Beyond Re-Animator (2003)

In this second sequel to Re-Animator, Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), in jail since the last film, is still secretly carrying out his research. He believes he has found a way to return reason to the corpses he re-animates. When a new prison doctor (Jason Barry) brings some of West’s old reagent into the prison, it’s time to

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

The Monster (Boris Karloff), having survived the fire at the mill, wanders the nearby forest, hunted by villagers, until he meets a blind hermit (O.P. Heggie), who treats him well and teaches him to speak. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) also survived the fire, but weakened, and is being nursed back to health, both physically and

 Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

Bride of Re-Animator (1990)

Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs) and Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott) are back, not just to re-animate the dead, but to create new life. As if there weren’t enough problems inherent in that, the evil Dr. Hill (David Gale) is also back, along with a pack of zombies. Quick Review: How did these boys get jobs at the

The Creature  Walks Among Us (1956)

The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

For the third time, a group of scientists capture a gill man, but burn him in the process.  While treating him, they activate his dormant lungs, and allow his skin and eyes to become more human. The scientists then show the creature what humanity is all about and it’s not all good. Quick Review: So

Curse of the Fly (1965)

Curse of the Fly (1965)

Beautiful escaped mental patient, Patricia Stanley (Carole Gray), is picked up by Martin (George Baker), a descendent of Andre Delambre, who first created the teleporter.  The two fall in love and marry.  But Patricia knows nothing of his accelerated aging, or the experiments he carries out with his father, Henri (Brian Donlevy), and brother, Albert. 

The Devil-Doll (1936)

The Devil-Doll (1936)

Unjustly imprisoned Paul Lavond (Lionel Barrymore), escapes from Devil’s Island with mad scientist, Marcel (Henry B. Walthall), who has discovered a way to reduce animals to one sixth their size. Marcel plans to use this to help humanity, but when he dies, Lavond teams up with Marcel’s wife, Malita (Rafaela Ottiano), supposedly to continue the work,

Doctor X (1932)

Doctor X (1932)

When the police inform Dr. Xavier (Lionel Atwill) that they suspect someone from his Academy of Surgical Research to be the cannibalistic Full Moon Killer, he requests time to do his own “scientific” inquiry, to avoid adverse publicity.  However, investigative reporter Lee Taylor (Lee Tracy) overhears the police, and writes a story, forcing Dr. Xavier

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

In the most Victorian of Victorian Englands, upstanding Dr. Jekyll (Fredric March) investigates the duel personality of man while waiting in frustration for his delayed wedding to Muriel Carew (Rose Hobart). Her father, Brigadier-General Danvers Carew (Halliwell Hobbes) insists they wait; he’s also not happy with Jekyll’s unorthodox theories. Jekyll’s attempt to separate man’s nature

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

Another telling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale of a scientist (Spencer Tracy) who makes a potion to split apart the good and evil sides of man, and ends up with the murderous Mr. Hyde. What is more fun than hearing, over and over, debates between a googly-eyed doctor who claims that we are all made