A not quite so mad scientist as played by Eric Von Stroheim is fascinated with the possibility of keeping the human brain alive after death and when the opportunity arrives for him […]
A Will Beyond Death – The Lady and the Monster (1944)
Out of Control – The Neanderthal Man (1953)
While The Neanderthal Man is a horror film in the vein of those Universal monster movies, it is more melodrama than anything else as poor Professor Groves is tormented by the fact […]
Only Nightmares Emerge From… – The Black Sleep (1956)
After the Universal Monsters were put to sleep and horror was seemingly taking a back-step to different genres of film in the nineteen fifties, it did not necessarily mean that it would […]
Madness Made Flesh – Terror Is a Man (1959)
Merging man with animal has always seemed to be an obsession for many a mad scientist, trying to graft together the best parts of both species. While certain traits from certain creatures […]
Graduation Day – School of Death (1975)
School of Death is an intriguing watch for the simple fact that it seems to have something of an identity problem. Ultimately, it is a horror film, but it plays around with […]
Simply Misunderstood – Blood of Dracula (1957)
Blood of Dracula was an American International Pictures release sandwiched between I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein. For all intents and purposes, they could have called this […]
Experimented Upon, They Were… – The Unearthly (1957)
Once again, John Carradine has stepped into the role of the mad doctor with 1957’s The Unearthly, a strange title to be sure, but one that does immediately call forth images of […]
Born by Science – The Mad Monster (1942)
During the past hundred years of cinema, there have been numerous films about werewolves. Some were good, some were bad and some managed to be iconic. The Mad Monster falls into that […]
Not King Kong, But… – Konga (1961)
Poor Konga. He only wanted to play in the jungle with his friends, eat bananas and other yummy fruits and just have a good time. He never expected botanist and scientist Charles […]
Only Good Intentions – Before I Hang (1940)
Before I Hang finds poor Boris Karloff ready to go to jail, sentenced to death for a murder which he did commit, but one he deemed merciful and without malice. How did […]
The Telltale Mind 