Indestructible Man (1955)

Stars Lon Chaney Jr.

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This item is part of the collection: Feature Films

Production Company: C.G.K. Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
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Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: flapfrog - - February 2, 2008
Subject: classic horror

creepy little flick about a man who gets killed and comes back to life as a super strong madman to seek revenge on the man who ratted him out.

genius!

Reviewer: SilverScreen89 - - January 12, 2008
Subject: You're not suppesed to say no to a detective!

Did anyone else feel sorry for 'the monster'? Because I did, all throughout the movie. He had that sad look in his eyes. But I did find the close ups extremely cheesy.

As the love story. First, the dame is so sorry for the death of her man that she feels so emotional about opening the envelope, then she goes out with the detective after saying no to the lawyer. Some bad plotting. In fact, it's a bad movie altogether.

Reviewer: Sixbluemonkeys - - March 18, 2007
Subject: The Indestructible Shirt!

First, in my opinion, there is nothing Noir about this film. The L.A. locations, budget lighting, and detective story elements hardly qualify this Z-grade horror/shocker as such.
That aside, this is a wonderfully bad movie with some choice moments. The film is loaded to the gills with stars that would later appear on television. Spotting them makes for half the fun. Max Showalter (billed as Casey Adams) would later play Grandpa Fred in Sixteen Candles.["I'd better get my magnifying glass..."]
Lon Chaney, Jr. does a good job, considering his character is mute, although the repeated close-ups of his twitching face will make you laugh more than terrify you. [To those that say Chaney was at the end of his career have obviously not seen any of the twenty or more films he made after this. "Spider Baby" from 1968 is a fantastic piece with this under-rated actor.But, yes, he made his fair share of schlock.]
This is the kind of film that will make you want to paste a silouette of a guy and two robots to the bottom of the screen and invite all your wisecracking friends over to see.

Reviewer: gratefulviewer - - March 17, 2007
Subject: Entertaining enough- this "review" contians spoilers.

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Mild suspense, and a couple of interesting locations. A story about a man who is brought back to life and is "indestructible," and out for revenge against those who double-crossed him.

The "honest" and "dedicated" cops are a bit revolting, and the movie features yet another example of how "men" have only one solution to anything: death, shooting, etc. So many movies (and programs and most regrettably real life) have "men" faced with a problem of any size, and "solving" it through death.

Reviewer: movieguy420 - - December 26, 2006
Subject: Underated

Very good movie interesting filming locations in downtown Los Angeles Lon Chaney Jr is very good in this one.

Reviewer: prmtrx - - October 3, 2006
Subject: little error

very good (bad ;-) movie, but there is a little interrupt from 54min:21sec till 54min:48sec.

Reviewer: Spuzz - - April 10, 2006
Subject: Obviously not The Third Man

I just wonder if the Indestructable Man was somewhat of a different movie at one time or another. This movie seems far too muddled in unnecceary voice-overs and the fact that Chaney doesnÃÂt speak for the majority of the movie (because of course the drug that made him the Indestructable man affected his vocal cords, but strangely, nothing else). Karloff doesnÃÂt really make a convincing villain because heÃÂs going, uh, rather slow and not necessarily menacing, lumbering from one victim to the next, Of course, everyone else thinks heÃÂs terrifying, what with his quivering eyes and what not. This tries to mix the film noir with the monster movie, and fails somewhat because it seems to have too much film noir and not enough monster, in the literal sense

Reviewer: bobsluckycat - - May 29, 2005
Subject: Superior Of Kind

Lon Chaney Jr. except for the opening sequence has no dialogue and yet he carries the film as only he can with just mannerisms and facial features and a minimal amount of make-up towards the end as well as doing his own stunts. This is his picture and he's in total control.
Max Showalter (billed as Casey Adams) also quite effective as is the entire cast. Great on location filming at old L.A. sites also blended in well with studio footage. The final minature scene appears to be by the Lydecker Brothers. Albert Glasser's score is perfect for the mood and adds to the tension and the deliberate pace of the piece.

Reviewer: moxey - - May 27, 2005
Subject: so bad its good

this is one of those films that can be put in the same category as the film"from hell it came".
poor Lon looks like he just got finnished with a few quarts of gin when he filmed this little gem.
it is vintage horror of that era.
a must see for those who love horrible movies.

Reviewer: Jah Gussi - - March 10, 2005
Subject: gmm

gmm

Reviewer: kjpweb - - February 16, 2005
Subject: It very well can be fun...

Technical Side upfront: Good Quality - just the cut inserted in 1985 seems quite odd.
The Movie itsself is fun to watch. A "Sam Spade" Detective narrates the background story and is lead by his hunch, that a case, a murderer is going to be prosecuted for, is not quite closed.
And all comes to play and everyone gets a piece of his favorite genre - from science fiction to romance, from action to film noire - bits and pieces of it are all there.
Although some of the scenes look odd today, they have charme and that makes the movie worthwile
entertainment.
And - for a low budget B-Movie it hides the restrains of little funding quite well.

Reviewer: Bob D Lamer - - January 29, 2005
Subject: Revenge of the Chair Man

I swear this movie was the inspiration for a couple others of recent vintage. I recall one called "Shocker" '89 or '90 if fading memory serves. It was nice to see Lon Chaney work his magic. (Yeah, I like Lon Chaney!)

The quality of the mpeg2 transfer is quite good compared to many I have sampled from the archive. I would call this one a gem among the films available. I did some editing with Tmpgenc about halfway through as they apparently joined two dumps (you'll see it unless they have replaced it) and it wasn't a real pretty marriage. The editing proved very successful and the film turned into a real keeper. I rated it down 1 star because of this imperfection.

Reviewer: FP - - January 26, 2005
Subject: Great, but for different reasons than when I was a kid

When I was 6 years old, this movie thrilled me. Now, it's still very entertaining - not as the overwhelming epic it seemed way back when, but as a great example of the wise use of a microsopic budget. The dated pacing, dialogue, and narration add to the enjoyment. Transfer and encoding are very good.

Reviewer: Bob Noxious - - June 25, 2004
Subject: Reanimated Revenge!

Crime doesn't pay... especially when you set up a violent big guy to take the fall for a murder that happened during a robbery... and he comes back from the dead for revenge. Lon Chaney Jr is "The Butcher"- the big guy that takes the fall, rides ol' sparky to the other side, and has his still toasty body highjacked to the reanimation research kitchens of a megalomaniac doctor where he is brought back to "life". His vocal cords damaged, he sets out to kill the entire all star cast, sans the babe, and clear his name. The acting is great, production is above average for a b-movie of the time and the print/digitizing quality looks and sounds great. Look for a few hilarious mispronunciations of medical terms (like syringe) during the reanimation scene.