
A monster lurks as New York newspaperman Lee Taylor investigates one of the "Moon Killer" murders, in which the victims are strangled, cannibalized and surgically incised under the light of the full moon. The trail leads to the cliffside mansion of Dr. Xavier, where the doctor and his colleagues conduct a strange experiment.... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
A monster lurks as New York newspaperman Lee Taylor investigates one of the "Moon Killer" murders, in which the victims are strangled, cannibalized and surgically incised under the light of the full moon. The trail leads to the cliffside mansion of Dr. Xavier, where the doctor and his colleagues conduct a strange experiment.
Leave your thoughts about Doctor X.
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouMatt BaileyNot the most frightening or memorable horror film to come out of the 1930s, but inventive in its early and idiosyncratic use of color and in its remarkable set design. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaO technicolor de duas cores e a influência clara do expressionismo alemão criam belas imagens e uma boa atmosfera, mas a trama é ridícula e o personagem de Tracy é irritante e parece ter saído de um cartoon. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonDoctor X is notable for a number of reasons, including the use of early two-strip Technicolor and the impressive Max Factor makeup. |
| Movie MetropolisJohn J. Puccio...it is the film's dark, shadowy look, an obvious carryover from the German Expressionism of the previous decade, that contributes most to its effectiveness. |
| User ReviewMatthew CHighly rated by the public after its release in 1932, this movie is a real thriller to watch. |
| User ReviewD MThis Pre-Code film featured a masturbation joke early-on. This film is listed as the first color horror. There is a series of murders that lead the police to investigate a local medical research institute. A journalist is also secretly following this story, and learns that the police let the head of the academy do his own investigation before the officials are let to do their own investigation. The Dr is a able to deduce at least one of his colleagues is guilty, so he uses his super lie-detector machiney thing. There are some cool graphics with the creepy synthetic flesh which at part looks like the Grandpa in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. There is also a clitoris joke (or at least thats how I took it!). |
| User ReviewBrett BAn unusually macabre entry in the career of director Curtiz, I found this to be good fun. The set design is tremendous, and the plot is over-the-top in the best way possible. The restored two-color Technicolor cinematography adds a neat aspect to the proceedings, making the laboratory sequences quite eerie and appropriately mad scientist-ish. |
| User ReviewJeff BCreepy, but the problem is it has too many annoying characters. I thought the movie does get a bit creepy in atmosphere but the comic relief is annoying and the characters are a bit bland. But it's not particularialy a bad movie. I gave it a shot and thought it was pretty good. |
| User ReviewBrody MThis movie combines mad scientists and mystery movies, which makes for a very interesting movie. |
| User ReviewCitizen PBrilliantly directed by Curtiz, Doctor X is easily one of the most horrific films of the early 30s. True, some of the ideas are a bit sketchy but the moody visuals captured perfectly in two-strip technicolor are the stuff of nightmares. Nowhere is this more true than in the "synthetic flesh" climax. As for the cast, Tracy is a likeable hero, Wray is as beautiful as ever and Atwill steals the show with his sly delivery. |