Did The Worst Movie Of All Time Come Out 75 Years Ago?

We talk about scenery - chewing insane scientists , but nobody does it like 1934 ’s Maniac any longer . Dr. Meirschultz is so excited about raising the dead , he ’s bellowing and rolling his eyes like a busload of Brian Blesseds .

Too regretful Maxwell , the Vaudeville impersonator whom Meirschultz has blackmailed into find a drained eubstance for him , has failed in his job . This leads Meirschultz to aim killing Maxwell , so the mad doctor can resurrect him immediately afterwards . Maxwell decides to kill Meirschultz instead , leading to one of the flick ’s numerous talk on unnatural psychology ( which were the reason this brazen exploitation flick was ever allowed in theaters . ) And then , to top it off , the murderous Maxwell picture eccentric visions , courtesy of an former 1920s celluloid lay over over Maniac ’s image – either Dante ’s Inferno or Haxan .

It all just sound downhill from here , into peradventure the bad movie in history – yes , nothing in the succeeding 75 years probably derive close . Maxwell decides to disguise himself as Dr. Meirschultz , and makes some statements about endeavor to repair the dead mad scientist at some gunpoint – but he ’s mostly too officious injecting dotty the great unwashed with water supply and scooping out bozo ’ eyes and eating them . And then the picture show cut , for foresightful stretch , to view of women standing around in their underclothes and suffer long conversation while doing the Charleston and pressing their clothes . unfeignedly a classic . [ Missing Link Classic Horror ]