Tag Archives: mad science

The Devil-Doll (1936)

Posted on April 12, 2021 by lyzmadness

“I may not look it, Madame, but I was once a very successful banker. Three men – my partners – lied and tricked me into prison. Well—three lives are going to pay for it…”   Director:  Tod Browning Starring:  Lionel … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)

Posted on February 26, 2019 by lyzmadness

“I shall show you strange things about the mind of man…”   [aka The Man Who Lived Again aka The Brainsnatcher aka Body Switch aka Dr Maniac] Director:  Robert Stevenson Starring: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, John Loder, Frank Cellier, Donald … Continue reading →

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The Snake Woman (1961)

Posted on November 13, 2018 by lyzmadness

“Life is such a miraculous, delicate thing. What if this poison were to upset the balance? – and instead of a normal, healthy child, ours were to be born a—a—“   [Also known as: Terror Of The Snake Woman] Director:  … Continue reading →

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Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (1931)

Posted on May 11, 2018 by lyzmadness

“Free! Free at last!”   Director:  Rouben Mamoulian Starring:  Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Halliwell Hobbes, Holmes Herbert, Edgar Norton Screenplay:  Samuel Hofferstein and Percy Heath, based upon the novel  by Robert Louis Stevenson       Synopsis:  Dr … Continue reading →

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Supernatural (1933)

Posted on February 26, 2018 by lyzmadness

“I wonder if they are imitators? Perhaps their will has been subdued; perhaps they’ve been possessed by another personality, a powerful, malignant personality without – well – without a body of its own…”   Director:  Victor Halperin Starring:  Carole Lombard, … Continue reading →

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The Creeping Flesh (1973)

Posted on June 2, 2017 by lyzmadness

“Do you believe in Evil, Doctor? I do not mean Evil as it is commonly understood. I mean Evil as a living organism; as a plague, a disease, which infects humanity…”   Director:  Freddie Francis Starring:  Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, … Continue reading →

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Project X (1968)

Posted on February 28, 2017 by lyzmadness

“We were waiting for you, Hagan. You’re a living, breathing bomb of death—set to go off in fourteen days…”   Director:  William Castle Starring:  Henry Jones, Christopher George, Harold Gould, Phillip Pine, Monte Markham, Lee Delano, Ivan Bonar, Robert Cleaves, … Continue reading →

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The Walking Dead (1936)

Posted on December 3, 2016 by lyzmadness

“You can’t kill me again…”   Director:  Michael Curtiz Starring:  Boris Karloff, Marguerite Churchill, Edmund Gwenn, Ricardo Cortez, Henry O’Neill, Barton MacLane, Warren Hull, Joseph King, Joe Sawyer, Addison Richards, Paul Harvey, Robert Strange, Kenneth Harlan, Ruth Robinson Screenplay:  Ewart … Continue reading →

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Frankenstein (1931)

Posted on December 1, 2016 by lyzmadness

“It’s alive! It’s alive! In the name of God! Now I know what it feels like to be God!”   Director:  James Whale Starring:  Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Edward Van Sloan, Mae Clarke, Dwight Frye, John Boles, Frederick Kerr, Marilyn … Continue reading →

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Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge (1991)

Posted on November 15, 2016 by lyzmadness

“Herr Toulon has developed a method of animating his puppets without strings. He said they were motorised, but it’s much more than that. I’ve seen them walk; react to sound as if they could hear. It’s as if they were … Continue reading →

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