A beautiful girl shrunk to doll size… pitiful puppet of a madman’s desire!
Film Synopsis
Dr. Cyclops (1940) portrays a team of specialists summoned to an isolated South American laboratory by a reclusive scientist pursuing revolutionary research beyond the limits of accepted science. As the visitors uncover the true nature of his experiments, they must overcome impossible circumstances while facing a ruthless adversary determined to protect his work at any cost. Combining science fiction, adventure, and horror, the film explores scientific obsession, unchecked ambition, and the ethical consequences of knowledge pursued without restraint.
Critical Perspective
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King Kong co-director Ernest B. Schoedsack [gave] audiences the first American horror film in three-strip Technicolor … Like Charles Laughton’s Dr. Moreau in Erle C. Kenton’s 1932 Island of Lost Souls, the results of Thorkel’s researches are less science gone wrong and rather science gone right for the purpose of just being evil and wanting a bit of entertainment.
John Llewellyn Probert, FrightFest Guide: Mad Doctor Movies (FAB Press, 2023)
Dr. Cyclops Blu-ray & DVD editions
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Edition and Packaging Notes
- Kino’s Blu-ray includes trailers for The Undying Monster (1942), Cobra Woman (1944) and The Land Unknown (1957).
- Umbrella’s “Retro Horror Double Feature, Vol. 5” Blu-ray contains no extras. It also includes Cult of the Cobra (1955).
- Universal’s “Vault Series” DVD-R contains no extras.
- Universal’s DVD is included in “The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection, Volume 2” box set with Cult of the Cobra (1955), The Deadly Mantis (1957), The Land Unknown (1957) and The Leech Woman (1960).
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Collector’s guide
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Trailers from Hell with Jesús Treviño (2:27)
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| Extras | Audio Commentary by Richard Harland Smith Kino BD |
| Trailers from Hell with Jesús Treviño Kino BD | |
| Theatrical Trailer Kino BD |