Mad scientist Dr. Henryk Savaard is obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. The police are alerted to Savaard's activities, however, and Savaard is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to hang. He vows revenge on the judge, jury, and district attorney. After the hanging, his assistant claims the corpse and uses Savaard's technique to bring the doctor back to life. Now the mad scientist can seek sweet revenge on his perceived "enemies".... (Full plot summary below)
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Mad scientist Dr. Henryk Savaard is obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. The police are alerted to Savaard's activities, however, and Savaard is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to hang. He vows revenge on the judge, jury, and district attorney. After the hanging, his assistant claims the corpse and uses Savaard's technique to bring the doctor back to life. Now the mad scientist can seek sweet revenge on his perceived "enemies".
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe B-film story might be weak, but Boris Karloff gives a strong performance. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeWorks quite well, even though the mayhem doesn't get all that far. |
| User ReviewJaymee CJust screened this over at Rob's tonight. The print looked great too. This picture was amazing! The writing and Karloff's delivery were right on the mark, I feel. Rob mentioned that at the time that he'd seen this or when it aired on tv, the competition was all monster movie pics from universal. Karloff, in my mind, was just stellar (as always). It was especially poignant because of the nod to dr. frankenstein. To my mind, it seems quite a nice reply to the questions and madness posed in Frankenstein. I was quite keen on the way the story played out and the way the Karloff's character followed through. It wasn't over the top, I didn't feel cheated at the end, zip, bang, boom! It was a nice old movie I could watch over and over again. |
| User ReviewBrett JMy favorite Karloff movie. The way he plays this role is beautiful. It may be a tad short in length, but still very enjoyable |
| User ReviewChuck TAn excellent mix of horror and science fiction where a scientist (Karloff) gets unfairly condemned to death, but thanks to his science returns from the grave to have his vengeance on those who condemned him. The movie may not be perfect, but Karloff gives one of his best performances |
| User ReviewTristan PHighly effective sci-fi horror with one of Karloff's most menacing performances. |
| User ReviewA. Ma beautifully written commentary on human sociology. devastation followed by vengeance, a hero driven to villainy. tragic and prescient, this is one for the ages. |
| User ReviewSanjid PThis is my first film on "Mad Doctor" series of Boris Karloff and it just straight blew me away! Karloff was magnificent as Dr. Henryk Savaard; along with the beautiful storyline & fantastic script...his character's transformation from kindly dedicated scientist to a madman bent on murder & revenge was simply brilliant to watch. |
| User ReviewAj VThis movie is unbelievable and kind of silly, but I liked it, it was a fun mad scientist movie with Karloff. There was really good suspense and a good actors. |
| User ReviewBheema DBoris Karloff is awesome as usual, even if some of his supporting cast isn't the best he's worked with. The script, especially the dialogue, is the shining star of this movie, though it seems to end far earlier than it should've. The aesthetics are classy and reminiscent of the wave of flicks that this film is grouped in. It's not a perfect film, but it IS the inspiration for Abominable Dr. Phibes, House on Haunted Hill, Saw, Psycho and more. Definitely give it a watch. B |
