Summary In return for money and medical aid for his invalid mother, struggling author Robert Sandell agrees to subject himself to experiments by Dr. Lamb, who claims he is trying to extend the human lifespan. Despite warnings from the doctor's wife and a hunchbacked assistant, Robert allows himself to be strapped to an operating table, whereupon he learns the true nature of the surgeon's experiments: To prove the theory of evolution by devolving his human subjects into an approximation of their simian ancestors. However, before Dr. Lamb can proceed, the hunchback un-cages another victim, an ape-man, who crushes Dr. Lamb to death. View more details
Directed : Wallace Worsley
Written : J.G. Hawks Barry Pain
Stars : Lon Chaney Raymond McKee Virginia True Boardman Fontaine La Rue
Genres : Mystery Horror Sci-Fi Drama
Release date : Dec 2, 1922
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Production companies : Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Summary In return for money and medical aid for his invalid mother, struggling author Robert Sandell agrees to subject himself to experiments by Dr. Lamb, who claims he is trying to extend the human lifespan. Despite warnings from the doctor's wife and a hunchbacked assistant, Robert allows himself to be strapped to an operating table, whereupon he learns the true nature of the surgeon's experiments: To prove the theory of evolution by devolving his human subjects into an approximation of their simian ancestors. However, before Dr. Lamb can proceed, the hunchback un-cages another victim, an ape-man, who crushes Dr. Lamb to death. View more details
Genres : Mystery Horror Sci-Fi Drama
Release date : Dec 2, 1922
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Production companies : Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
