Determined and persistent mad scientist Dr. Norberg (a respectable performance by Dana Andrews) tries to reanimate the frozen bodies of various Nazi officers and soldiers so the Third Reich can once again rule over the world.
Writer/director Herbert J. Leder relates the enjoyable and engrossing story at a steady pace, treats the rather absurd and farfetched premise with admirable seriousness, and offers some genuinely creepy and unnerving bits of business that include a wall of sentient disembodied arms on a wall, a hulking mute butler (the imposing Oliver MacGreevy), and, most memorably, an angry and wretched living head (well played with snarling aplomb by Kathleen Breck) imprisoned in a box. This film further benefits from solid acting from Anna Palk as Norberg's sweet niece Jean, Philip Gilbert as dashing nice guy Dr. Ted Roberts, Karel Stephanek as the austere General Lubeck, and Alan Tilvern as loyal assistant Karl Essen. Although a bit on the slow and talky side, this movie overall still rates as a perfectly satisfying B-grade affair.
Writer/director Herbert J. Leder relates the enjoyable and engrossing story at a steady pace, treats the rather absurd and farfetched premise with admirable seriousness, and offers some genuinely creepy and unnerving bits of business that include a wall of sentient disembodied arms on a wall, a hulking mute butler (the imposing Oliver MacGreevy), and, most memorably, an angry and wretched living head (well played with snarling aplomb by Kathleen Breck) imprisoned in a box. This film further benefits from solid acting from Anna Palk as Norberg's sweet niece Jean, Philip Gilbert as dashing nice guy Dr. Ted Roberts, Karel Stephanek as the austere General Lubeck, and Alan Tilvern as loyal assistant Karl Essen. Although a bit on the slow and talky side, this movie overall still rates as a perfectly satisfying B-grade affair.