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Tuesday 1 November 2011

'IT'S ALIVE!!'. Mad Scientists of the Screen #5 'Dr Pretorius' (From 'The Bride of Frankenstein')

Now that the show's up and running, we can finally bring you the latest instalment in Ian Champion's history of medical deviates!

That old 'Black magic'...

Today's clinical cuckoo takes us back to Golden Era black and white Universal and the urbane perversions of Dr Pretorius from the classic The Bride of Frankenstein, James Whale's imaginative sequel to the film inspired by Mary Shelley's original novel.