Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Doctor X

Play trailer Poster for Doctor X 1932 1h 20m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
83% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 49% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
New York City reporter Lee Taylor (Lee Tracy) is doing a piece on a series of grisly, cannibalistic murders that have all been committed under a full moon. Police soon begin to suspect that the murderer works at the lab of Dr. Jerry Xavier (Lionel Atwill), a mysterious Long Island researcher who is doing an investigation of his own. Antsy for an inside story, Taylor breaks into the lab, where he meets and falls in love with Dr. Xavier's daughter Joan (Fay Wray).
Watch on Fandango at Home Stream Now

Where to Watch

Doctor X

Critics Reviews

View More
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 10/06/2024
2.5/4
...the picture benefits from an agreeably over-the-top final stretch... Go to Full Review Lee Jutton Film Inquiry 05/08/2021
Doctor X is often more silly than scary-but for classic film lovers, it's a must-see thanks to some groundbreaking Max Factor makeup, gorgeous cinematography, and a performance from one of the most iconic scream queens of all time, Fay Wray. Go to Full Review Raquel Stecher Out of the Past 05/06/2021
a wonderful mad scientist mystery with plenty spooks, a few laughs and some sex thrown in for good measure Go to Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row 05/04/2021
3/4
A gruesome little chiller, made even more lurid by the sickly green hues of its early Technicolor. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 04/23/2021
3/4
A pre-Code sensibility combined with the eerie look of early two-strip Technicolor add up to a rather grisly chiller. Go to Full Review Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena 11/22/2006
2/5
O technicolor de duas cores e a influncia clara do expressionismo alemo criam belas imagens e uma boa atmosfera, mas a trama ridcula e o personagem de Tracy irritante e parece ter sado de um cartoon. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
Abro A Sep 29 Very fun movie! Very silly, but has some really good special effects. I loved it! See more Blu B 09/06/2024 It's alright. 95% of this really isn't a horror movie but like a murder mystery comedy that leads up to a horror ending. The cinematography isn't bad here. The camerawork is good, the color is pretty cool to see for 1932 and the ending isn't bad. The problem is none of the settings are that memorable and it doesn't really have any mood or atmosphere because of no music. This doesn't feel that dry but you do notice it here and there. The romance subplot, investigating the murders with the reporter and doctor each looking into it, and the tone isn't anything special but it's not broken either. It defintely isn't obvious and the reveal is alright I guess. The acting is that classic early talkies style with some unneeded comedic moments. It's defintely gimmicky and dated more than scary or anything good. I can see audiences in 32' never seeing a horror movie in color or few talkies being more impressed with this than now. Besides the novelty of seeing one of the earliest color films of horror, most should skip this. See more S R @ScottR 07/15/2024 An important historic scary movie, but it was so dated. Regardless, it still kept my interest despite the melodrama and cheese. RUS. See more Steve D 04/04/2024 Nothing but pure cheese at this point. See more Alec B 01/10/2024 A great mad scientist movie (sort of proto Cronenberg in its plot) and one of the few horror films from this era that was often intentionally funny. See more Valerii Ege D 11/16/2023 Unfortunately, the story is disjointed within itself and cannot fill the path leading to the crescendo in the finale. And, of course, this disconnect makes the movie boring. See more Read all reviews
Doctor X

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

View All

Michael Curtiz

Director

Lionel Atwill

Dr. Jerry Xavier

Fay Wray

Joanne Xavier

Lee Tracy

Lee Taylor

Preston Foster

Dr. Wells

Robert Warwick

Police Commissioner Stevens

More Like This

View All
Mystery of the Wax Museum 93% 63% Mystery of the Wax Museum Watchlist Vampyr 98% 82% Vampyr Watchlist The Vampire Bat 67% 26% The Vampire Bat Watchlist The Most Dangerous Game 100% 73% The Most Dangerous Game Watchlist Murders in the Rue Morgue 79% 48% Murders in the Rue Morgue Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Doctor X

Doctor X (1932) Doctor X (1932) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis New York City reporter Lee Taylor (Lee Tracy) is doing a piece on a series of grisly, cannibalistic murders that have all been committed under a full moon. Police soon begin to suspect that the murderer works at the lab of Dr. Jerry Xavier (Lionel Atwill), a mysterious Long Island researcher who is doing an investigation of his own. Antsy for an inside story, Taylor breaks into the lab, where he meets and falls in love with Dr. Xavier's daughter Joan (Fay Wray).
Director
Michael Curtiz
Screenwriter
Robert Tasker, Earl Baldwin
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
First National Pictures
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 3, 1932, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 20m
Most Popular at Home Now