Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Dr. Cyclops
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 79 minutes
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In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe consider yet another mad scientist in the form of Dr. Thorkel from 1940’s “Dr. Cyclops.” Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack of “King Kong” fame, it’s a special effects spectacle full of miniaturized people and animals. (originally published 03/12/2021)
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:08.7 | Hey, welcome to Weird House Cinema Rewind. |
| 0:11.3 | This is Rob Lamb. |
| 0:12.2 | We have another older episode of the show for you here today. |
| 0:14.7 | This is going to be one that published 312, 2021. |
| 0:18.0 | It is the 1940 special effects showcase Dr. Cyclops from the director of King Kong. This one's a lot of fun. It is a miniaturized people film. Let's jump right in. |
| 0:35.6 | Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:45.0 | Hey, welcome to Weird House Cinema. |
| 0:47.7 | This is Rob Lamb. |
| 0:48.8 | And I'm Joe McCormick, and today we're going to be talking about the 1940 size-related thriller, Dr. Cyclops. |
| 0:57.5 | You know that line, that classic Hollywood line about how I stayed big? |
| 1:01.9 | It's the pictures that got small. |
| 1:03.9 | Well, you can't say that about this movie because this movie is really, truly, about actors getting small. |
| 1:09.9 | That's right. |
| 1:13.5 | This is our first 1940s film, |
| 1:19.5 | I mean, barely since it's a 1940 release. But yeah, this is one I was I was not familiar with. I'd never heard of it, despite the fact that it has a pretty famous director, who we'll get into |
| 1:25.1 | more about in a second, but it's Ernest B. Shodzac, |
| 1:28.3 | who, if that name doesn't ring a bell, I think his most famous film will for you. It was, |
| 1:33.7 | of course, King Kong. Yeah, this movie, I thought was a real firecracker. Like, it looks great. It has |
| 1:41.7 | amazing special effects. The story isn't as complex as you might hope. |
| 1:47.8 | But then again, I mean, this was a, I don't know, a horror thriller of the 1930s and 40s of the Hayes Code era. |
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