Enjoying schlocky movie Saturday nite watching Dr. Cyclops (1940). It rates 5 Rotten Tomatoes-- totally my kind of movie. It is a mad scientist, Technicolor B horror film directed with delirious charm by Ernest B. Schoedsak who was codirector of King Kong. Albert Dekker is marvelous as the eccentric biologist,Dr. Thorkel aka Dr. Cyclops, who is in the Amazon jungle, in Peru, doing research. The film is enlivened by the brilliant performance of Albert Dekker, even though the supporting cast offers little support. Its one of those bad films that is good because its so much fun, and its noteworthy trick photography is effectively used for dazzling special effects--way before the use of CGI. It serves as a minor horror/sci-fi classic.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 02:42:23 +0000
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