Dr. Cyclops (1940)
Country: US
Technical: col 76m
Director: Ernest Schoedsack
Cast: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan
Synopsis:
A physicist in Peru who has lost his mind through his experiments with radium, imprisons and shrinks the four explorers he has invited to share in his findings.
Review:
This bizarre premise was clearly a pretext for its director to experiment with a new form of special effects work - miniaturization, and colour. The visuals remain striking but its chief interest contextually is in providing a taste of pre-atomic age superstition about the effects of radiation.
Country: US
Technical: col 76m
Director: Ernest Schoedsack
Cast: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan
Synopsis:
A physicist in Peru who has lost his mind through his experiments with radium, imprisons and shrinks the four explorers he has invited to share in his findings.
Review:
This bizarre premise was clearly a pretext for its director to experiment with a new form of special effects work - miniaturization, and colour. The visuals remain striking but its chief interest contextually is in providing a taste of pre-atomic age superstition about the effects of radiation.
Country: US
Technical: col 76m
Director: Ernest Schoedsack
Cast: Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley, Janice Logan
Synopsis:
A physicist in Peru who has lost his mind through his experiments with radium, imprisons and shrinks the four explorers he has invited to share in his findings.
Review:
This bizarre premise was clearly a pretext for its director to experiment with a new form of special effects work - miniaturization, and colour. The visuals remain striking but its chief interest contextually is in providing a taste of pre-atomic age superstition about the effects of radiation.