Doctor X (1932)

Directed by

Michael Curtiz

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

15

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 85 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A series of gruesome murders happen during the full moon in New York City. The police suspect a doctor and his colleagues at a medical academy. Dr. Xavier is asked to help solve the crimes.

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What happens

Doctor X is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery horror film produced jointly by First National and Warner Bros. Pictures. Based on the 1931 play Doctor X (originally titled Terror) by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller, it was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray and Lee Tracy. Doctor X was produced before the Motion Picture Production Code was enforced. Themes such as murder, rape, cannibalism and prostitution are interwoven into the story. The film was one of the last produced, along with Warner Bros.' subsequent Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), in the early two-color Technicolor process. Separate black-and-white prints were shipped to small towns and foreign markets, while color prints were reserved for major cities. In the film, there are a series of murders in New York City. Each murder takes place under the full moon, and each body has been cannibalized post-mortem. Dr. Xavier is asked to provide his medical insight into the crimes, though the police actually suspect him and other people in Xavier's medical academy. The Moon Killer is conducting his own experiments, in an attempt to collect samples from his victims. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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