Watch
FlixFling Cultpix FlixFling
Dr. Cyclops
Dr. Cyclops
Your probable score
?
Dr. Cyclops

Dr. Cyclops

1940
Sci-fi, Adventure
1h 17m
Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation. (imdb)

Dr. Cyclops

1940
Sci-fi, Adventure
1h 17m
Your probable score
Avg Percentile 45.18% from 76 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(76)
Compact view
Compact view
Rated 09 Jul 2021
6
55th
I saw this as a kid and for the most part it holds up. Dekker is entertaining as the mad scientist and while the rest of the cast does little more than show up, the effects are inventive and fun.
Rated 20 Sep 2020
75
57th
Hampered by a thoroughly doofy soundtrack. Still, it does have that bank examiner guy from IAWL (along with the Fernwood Flasher!). And yeah, the little horse was cool.
Rated 25 Aug 2016
60
89th
A cool and cheesy color horror where Ernest B. Schoedsack re-use a lot of the same special effect logics as he used for King Kong (1933). While this time the staging are a little simpler, it works just as excellent! Albert Dekker captures the imagination as the mad doctor, but the rest of the cast is bland and just there to be captured and minimized. With a bigger budget I'm sure they could have made it even more adventurous, but as far as 1940 horror films this one is unique.
Rated 06 Oct 2013
74
40th
The lead performance is pretty good and the visual effects are quite effective. The pacing is a bit uneven and the whole thing feels more ridiculous than scary some of the time, but it's a fun and pretty well executed ride.
Rated 09 Oct 2012
20
30th
Fun little Technicolor adventure. The special effects are pretty cool and Dr. Cyclops (or Thorkell, which is really the character's name) is an appropriately evil villain. The story and other characters are a bit lacking though, and it's maybe a bit too goofy at times, but definitely worth viewing. Especially children would enjoy this, I think.
Rated 30 Sep 2012
72
35th
Shows lots of ingenuity even compared to other more modern films. However the heroes are truly greedy and selfish individuals. They force themselves on the "villain" and then cry foul after the fact in a lawless jungle. But that makes it a very down and dirty human story. Surprisingly effective SFX and the fact that it's early color makes that even more impressive. Recommended.
Rated 18 May 2012
76
54th
It's a lot of fun, the heroine is one of the best in the genre, and it did more with the premise than most of the followups. I'd love to remake this one.
Rated 01 Oct 2007
60
47th
Not bad but not all that special either
Rated 25 Sep 2007
55
25th
The oversized props and effects are pretty impressive, and Albert Dekker is very good as the mad doctor, but it lacks in most other areas. Overall it's nice entertainment.

Collections

Loading ...

Similar Titles

Loading ...

Statistics

Loading ...

Trailer

Loading ...