The Return of Doctor X (1939)

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Humphrey Bogart makes his first and last appearance in a horror movie in this film. Though the title implies that it is a sequel to the classic 1932 chiller Dr. X it is not. The terror begins when an eager-beaver reporter stumbles across the corpse of a popular actress who turns up, after much media… More Humphrey Bogart makes his first and last appearance in a horror movie in this film. Though the title implies that it is a sequel to the classic 1932 chiller Dr. X it is not. The terror begins when an eager-beaver reporter stumbles across the corpse of a popular actress who turns up, after much media hoopla, not to be dead at all. At least she seems to be alive on a surface level and is eager to sue the reporter's paper. The reporter can't help but notice that here skin is unnaturally pale and that she keeps her face concealed beneath a long-black veil. Suspecting that evil is afoot, he--who by now is unemployed--launches a private investigation to prove that she really was the corpse he saw. His search leads him into the terrifying world of a psycho blood doctor, and into a series of unsolved murders in which all the victims were found with no blood in their veins. Ultimately, the reporter finds himself face-to-face with the nefarious Dr. Maurice Xavier (Bogart), a man executed several years ago for murdering patients while performing Frankensteinian experiments. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 2 min.
Directed By: Vincent Sherman
Genres: Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy

In Theaters: Dec 2, 1939 Wide

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A minor vampire thriller that's in need of a blood transfusion.
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Embora superior ao original (o que não é difícil) e mantenha um bom ritmo ao longo de seus 62 minutos, o filme vale mais como curiosidade por trazer Bogart em um dos desempenhos mais absurdos de sua carreira.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
The Return of Doctor X is simply twaddle, albeit mildly pleasant twaddle.
John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
It is only the charm of its two leading men (Dennis Morgan and Wayne Morris) that keeps it afloat.

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AJ V

This movie is supposed to be the sequel to Dr. x, but it strays so far away from the original that it's a different story altogether. Bogart, who wasn't in the first movie plays an evil scientist, and it's not his best performance. I didn't like this movie.