Yep, mad scientist. Or Henry Kissinger, whichever. Image from 366weirdmovies.com
This is one of those cheapie “horror” movies that can be good for a few laughs, but nothing more. It’s another Frankenstein-esque plot, with stereotypical mad scientist Dr. Meirschultz (Horace B. Carpenter) claiming to be able to revive recently dead folks with a mere injection. Yes, no more of waiting for a huge thunderstorm to get enough electricity to jolt a corpse! Just one hypo is all you need.
The good doctor is assisted by a former vaudevillian named Don Maxwell (William Woods) who does impressions. Not of famous people, mind you, but of people like the guards at a mortuary – the better for the duo to sneak in an snag themselves a body. They grab an alluring young woman who just committed suicide and revive her, but the woman spends most of the rest of the movie offscreen, for some reason.
Maxwell, who’s also on the lam from the cops, decides to impersonate the doctor and take over the experiments, at which point wacky hijinks ensue. At least I assume they did, given the poor lighting and unintelligible voices.
Interestingly enough, there’s brief nudity. This would be before the infamous Hays Code that prohibited just about everything – at least until the sixties or so.
Maniac, also known as Sex Maniac, isn’t worth your time. Also, if spot the name “Phyllis Diller” in the cast, rest assured that it’s not that Phyllis Diller.
