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Dwain EsperManiac (1934)

A failed actor, after killing the mad scientist he works for, decides to take over the scientist's life and continue his work.

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This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Director: Dwain Esper
Producer: Dwain Esper
Production Company: Roadshow Attractions Inc.
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Keywords: mad scientist; exploitation; mental illness; abnormal psychology

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Dr Feel Rotten - - December 16, 2010
Subject: Phyllis Diller was in this one as Mrs Buckley
Nobody seems to have noticed the opening credits I guess..Her comedy was a whole lot better than her acting in this one and she got skinnier too. I nodded a bit during the cat fight so i didn't notice if there was any Diller boobage..Now THAT would have made it a REAL horror flick! The real horror in this movie was the acting and the droning on guessing about psychology, but it might have been the origins of the so well known screaming, hysterically laughing mad scientist..Muhahahaha

Reviewer: BoloResartus - - December 16, 2010
Subject: Son of Re-animator
This is an absolutely hilarious epic.
The whole beginning is priceless movie magic.
If you don't do anything else watch it up to
the girl twitching back to life, for a rare
comedy style horror.

Reviewer: EJEFFREY - - December 4, 2010
Subject: Bare Breasted Scene
It's the "Hays Office" that cleared major stidio films but since this was an independent cheapie there was no need for such clearance. Of course a great majority of U.S. theaters would never touch a film without a seal of approval.

Reviewer: gl1200phil - - December 4, 2010
Subject: First Slasher Flick ?
Interesting old flick. Often claimed to be first "slasher" flick. Compared to the "prudery" of fifties, multiple bare breast scenes interesting. Make note of how when actor impersonates mad scientist, the actor actually impersonates mad scientist and does great job of make up to look like him. Usually in flicks like this, they just use original actor to play impersonated actor, as opposed to having genuine impersonation. Very transparently phony pretense of mental illness for exploitation film. Historically interesting, cinematically disjointed and some seemingly unrelated scenes and poor continuity. As being allegedly first of the "slasher" genre, I'm going to rate this one or two star flick generously at three stars. Fun for those into exploitation flicks, "historical" and one of the first.

Reviewer: nigeldavahah - - December 30, 2009
Subject: nice
nice

Reviewer: pramydue - - July 9, 2008
Subject: How did this get past the Hayes Commission???
Bare breasts??? (27:30 and later) Not unheard of in its day, but quite surprising in this combination of Abnormal Psych 101 primer and bad 30's horror flick. Interesting...

Reviewer: flickfdude - - May 14, 2008
Subject: weird
An interestin old time movie.
Funny situations.
A lesson in abnormal psychology.