Chapter 10: When Mad Scientists Go Bad
by Hoekkie | created - 17 Feb 2020 | updated - 05 Mar 2020 | Public'When Mad Scientists Go Bad' is the tenth chapter from John Wilson's book: 'The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood’s Worst'. The book was released in 2005 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ceremony. In eleven chapters it lists what Wilson considers the 100 most enjoyable bad movies ever made. The book is used as source for this poll.
Which movie is your favorite or which one would you like to see?
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Previous chapters:
Chapter 1: All God’s Creatures, Large & Lame
Chapter 2: Can't Stop the Musicals
Chapter 3: Disasters ...in Every Sense
Chapter 4: Doofy Twosomes
Chapter 5: Now That's a Dumb Idea!
Chapter 6: The Roles That Made Them Shameless
Chapter 7: Showbiz Laid Bare...
Chapter 8: They Came From Planet Razzie
Chapter 9: Well, Someone Thought It Was Sexy!
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1. The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Approved | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriend's head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body.
Director: Joseph Green | Stars: Jason Evers, Virginia Leith, Anthony La Penna, Adele Lamont
Votes: 7,578
2. Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Dr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern-day L.A.
Director: Richard E. Cunha | Stars: John Ashley, Sandra Knight, Donald Murphy, Sally Todd
Votes: 1,262
3. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
PG-13 | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange-looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor.
Directors: John Frankenheimer, Richard Stanley | Stars: David Thewlis, Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk
Votes: 35,501 | Gross: $27.66M
4. Maniac (1934)
Not Rated | 51 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.
Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Bill Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Edwards, Phyllis Diller
Votes: 2,706
5. The Tingler (1959)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts
Votes: 9,472
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