Following Blacula and Dr Black Mr Hyde, another public domain horror title gets the Blaxploitation treatment, only this time the results are much less interesting. Dr Stein, an evil genius who has just won the Noble Prize for solving the DNA genetic code, is puttering around his lab when a former student arrives with some news her boyfriend Eddie, who lost his arms and legs in Vietnam, is coming home. Knowing that the Doc is an expert at limb reattachment, she requests his help, and you know what that means. Dont get excited, because half the movie is over before Eddie gets off his slab and begins lumbering about, punishing those that tormented him. In fact, theres no reason to bother at all with this time waster, which looks cheap, is full of uninteresting characters and worst of all, doesnt have the decency to be funny.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
