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Mad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls, with disastrous r... Read allMad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls, with disastrous results.Mad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls, with disastrous results.
Myron Healey
- Mark Houston
- (as Myron Healy)
Marilyn Buferd
- Dr. Sharon Gilchrist
- (as Marylyn Buferd)
Raymond Guth
- Police Officer Miller
- (as Raymond Guta)
John George
- Monster in the Basement
- (uncredited)
Karl Johnson
- Monster in Basement
- (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
- Monster in the basement
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was distributed in the United States as part of a pre-packaged double feature with Beginning of the End (1957).
- GoofsWhen Natalie's surgery fails, her facial injuries - burns or decomposition, whatever they may be - are sellotaped to her neck.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Unearthly (1991)
Featured review
1957's "The Unearthly" was a six day wonder that echoes "The Black Sleep" from a year earlier, a throwback to previous decades as its scientist is primarily interested in personal glory and not aiding mankind (despite statements to the contrary), only now (in place of Basil Rathbone) John Carradine stars as the mad doctor rather than one of the failed experiments. Dr. Charles Conway offers up a multitude of scenery chewing lines for the actor to delve into, and comes off as perhaps the best such role in his lengthy career, spoofing himself magnificently in Woody Allen's 1972 "Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask," as a crazed sexual researcher whose creation is a giant female breast that attacks with both cream and milk! Like "Sleep" we again have a dungeon full of beasts (the shooting title was "House of Monsters"), with Conway in need of 'volunteers' for his glandular treatment center, in a never ending search for immortality (filming at the former home of actress Mary Pickford, subsequently used in "Terror in the Haunted House" aka "My World Dies Screaming"). Alluring Allison Hayes ("Attack of the 50 Foot Woman") plays the new arrival, followed by escaped killer Myron Healey ("Varan the Unbelievable"), who gradually learn what exactly is going on with their host and his love starved nurse (Marilyn Buferd, Miss America of 1946). The small but capable cast includes Tor Johnson, also retained from "The Black Sleep," given the same name (Lobo) that he had as Lugosi's mute assistant in Ed Wood's "Bride of the Monster" (he at least has dialogue here, such as it is). By the late 50s, a period after he turned down the lead in "The She-Creature" for artistic reasons, Carradine virtually attacked each role with relish, providing a sharp contrast with underplayed performances in "Revenge of the Zombies" or "The Face of Marble," going all out for this low budget Republic success, effortlessly carrying the picture with a larger than life rendition that makes the clichés part of the fun. In sharing this he proved himself to be the equal of Vincent Price in winking to the audience, and flourished in the genre for another 30 years.
- kevinolzak
- Mar 30, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 13 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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