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MAN MADE MONSTER is a 1941 release from Universal Pictures. It is also LON CHANEY JR's horror-acting debut. The film was actually an old property, THE ELECTRIC MAN (originally meant for Karloff and Lugosi). The central theme is of the mad-doctor (LIONEL ATWILL) trying to create a race of zombies through electrobiology. Dan McCormick (LON CHANEY JR.) is his break through subject as he has a resistance to high doses of electricity. Dr. Rigas (LIONEL ATWILL) continues to give him higher and higher doses until Dan is changed into an electric man with no will of his own, only to be controlled by the quite mad-doctor. Dan has only to touch someone in order to kill them. The film also stars SAMUEL S. HINDS, ANNE NAGER and FRANK ALBERTSON. June Lawrence (ANNE NAGER) is the beautiful and quite concerned friend who notices changes in Dan's personality and fears something is not quite right with him and what may be going on behind closed doors. The special effects are quite good for the day as the glowing appearence of Dan's body parts are quite realistic and scary. I will not give away how the film ends in case someone wants to watch it. This film provides CHANEY with a pretty good starting point for what was to become a very successful horror film career. Now turn out the lights and check it out, I think you will enjoy it!Vollständige Rezension lesen
Unfortunately only available on DVD as part of a set containing a lot of later lamer movies, for those of you who only want this fabulous forgotten fright flick by itself the VHS version is well worth checking out for anyone who still owns a video player. Lon Chaney Jr. gives a great performance in his first horror film for Universal, extremely likable as sideshow performer turned lab rat 'Dynamo Dan' McCormick and then both spooky & sympathetic when transformed into an electrically-charged zombie by mad scientist Dr. Rigas (Lionel Atwill). Great special effects for the time period too, with Chaney's body literally glowing with power when he is fully charged and able to electrocute his victims with a single touch. Well worth checking checking out for fans of old-fashioned thrills & chills.
The item is now on DVD. For the longest time this title was out of print and VHS was the only way to get it. I bought it because the price was very low and I took a chance and bid on it. The art work also on this series of tapes from Universal is very nicely done. The art work on the DVD is awful. This was Chaney's first horror film for Universal.
I saw this film in 1944 when I was 11years old it stuck in my mind.Looking at it again in 2008 brought back lots of happy memorys from my youth in the war time years