100 Years of Horror (TV Series) Mad Doctors (1996) User Reviews

Mad Doctors

[Leofwine_draca · 8/10 · 13 April 2017]

100 YEARS OF HORROR is a 26-episode TV series made in 1996 and featuring the delightful Christopher Lee as host, his sonorous narration exploring the history of horror cinema in the 20th century. Each themed episode contains plentiful clips from the films mentioned along with brief interview footage seemingly culled from other documentaries as well as TV shows and the like.

MAD DOCTORS takes a look at all of the non-FRANKENSTEIN mad doctors to appear in horror and sci-fi movies over the years. Classy material like DOCTOR X is featured alongside pure trash such as THE MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND. The usual mix of clips and interviews plays out at speed, with useful insights including director Gordon Hessler on SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN and other delights such as THE HUMAN MONSTER and THE ABOMINABLE DR PHIBES mentioned.

Mad Doctors

[Michael_Elliott · 3 January 2011]

100 Years of Horror: Mad Doctors (1996)

*** (out of 4)

This entry in the series takes a look at the actors who played mad doctors who created the monsters we loved. We take a look at Lionel Atwill, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and George Zucco. Or, in other words, every major horror star out there. As usual we get a ton of film clips including THE APE MAN, THE HUMAN MONSTER, THE Abominable DR. PHIBES, THE HANDS OR ORLAC, THE DEVIL COMMANDS and countless others.

If you're familiar with the series then you probably already know that you're not going to learn anything you didn't already know. Pretty much we get basic information but I think this series would be terrific for those who don't know the history of horror and want to get some nice clips showing some of the more popular movies. Interviews include Hazel Court talking about Cushing, Turhan Bey talking about Zucco and we get Bela Lugosi, Jr. talking about his father for a brief second. Gordon Hessler also discusses SHE DEMONS and Hugh Hefner discusses why he loved Boris Karloff.