They want to investigate Xavier's medical academy, as the scalpel used to cannibalize the bodies of the victims is exclusive to that institution. Witnesses describe a horribly disfigured 'monster' as the killer.ĭoctor Xavier is called in for his medical opinion, but the police have an ulterior motive.
The murders always take place at night, under the glow of a full moon, and each body has been cannibalized after the murder. Plot ĭaily World newshawk Lee Taylor is investigating a series of pathological murders that have taken place over a series of months in New York City. Separate black-and-white prints were shipped to small towns and foreign markets, while color prints were reserved for major cities. The film was one of the last produced, along with Warner Bros.' subsequent Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), in the early two-color Technicolor process.
Themes such as murder, rape, cannibalism and prostitution are interwoven into the story. Miller, it was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray and Lee Tracy.ĭoctor X was produced before the Motion Picture Production Code was enforced. Based on the 1931 play originally titled The Terror by Howard W. Doctor X is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery horror film produced jointly by First National and Warner Bros.
