Dr. Julian Blair is engaged in unconventional research on human brain waves when his wife is tragically killed in a freak auto accident. The grief-stricken scientist becomes obsessed with redirecting his work into making contact with the dead and is not deterred by dire warnings from his daughter, his research assistant, or his colleagues that he is delving into forbidden areas of knowledge. He moves his laboratory to an isolated New England mansion where he continues to try ... (Full plot summary below)
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Dr. Julian Blair is engaged in unconventional research on human brain waves when his wife is tragically killed in a freak auto accident. The grief-stricken scientist becomes obsessed with redirecting his work into making contact with the dead and is not deterred by dire warnings from his daughter, his research assistant, or his colleagues that he is delving into forbidden areas of knowledge. He moves his laboratory to an isolated New England mansion where he continues to try to reach out to his dead wife. He is aided by his mentally-challenged servant Karl and abetted by the obsessive Mrs. Walters, a phony medium, who seems to exert a sinister influence over him. When their overly curious housekeeper discovers the truth about their experiments, her death brings the local sheriff in to investigate.
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| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankePlayed for maximum spookiness (maybe a little too much so in some cases), it's one of the most memorable of all 1940s horrors. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzKarloff is allowed to act and shines in a frightingly sensitive and moving performance. |
| User ReviewJennifer BA good Karloff horror movie made at Columbia Studios. Interesting plot and special effects. |
| User ReviewDavid WOne of the best of Karloff's 'mad doctor' cycle made by Columbia in the late 30's/early '40's. |
| User ReviewKevin RTerrific mad-scientist flick economically directed by master of all genres Dmytryk. The setup takes up a good bit of the running time, but proves well worth it. Karloff's debunking of a fake seance pays off enormously when his technological seance table is revealed. This features seated, robotic corpses sporting enormous headpieces that resemble an iron maiden fitted with neon electrodes and glowing tubes. His romantic obsession drives him to seek beyond the grave, and even imperil his own daughter. |
| User ReviewBrett BAn atmospheric horror yarn in the vein of Universal's spook cycle but from rival Columbia Pictures. The pseudo-scientific backbone of the the mad scientist hokum is admittedly a little silly (okay, VERY silly), but there's an earnest charm to it that is very enjoyable. Plus, you've got a wonderful assortment of genre tropes: raging thunderstorms, eerie and mysterious houses, whizzing and buzzing laboratory equipment, angry mobs of townsfolk, seances, and a side helping of Gothic melodrama. It's kind of a strange mixture (what with its attempt to fuse science and the supernatural), but director Dmytryk holds it all together as best he can, and with a straight face. It's also a treat to see Boris Karloff begin the tale as a relatively normal and sincere guy, rather than a weirdo, which probably would have been the more expected route. THE DEVIL COMMANDS is a very slight film, and it's not even close to the level of the Universal greats, but as a cheap knockoff from a rival studio, it's definitely an entertaining (in an non-ironic way) little chiller. |
| User ReviewZoran SNot much to say about this one. Edward Dmtryk directs a Boris Karloff Mad Scientist film. The ending echoes Frankenstein in a strange way but this otherwise a generic movie. |
