Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls

1973
X
1h 29m

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An evil immortal magician on a killing spree targets one specific couple in an attempt to prolong his life through soul transference.An evil immortal magician on a killing spree targets one specific couple in an attempt to prolong his life through soul transference.An evil immortal magician on a killing spree targets one specific couple in an attempt to prolong his life through soul transference.

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5.6/10

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Trivia
The final film of Moe Howard, the leader of The Three Stooges. It was one of his only appearances outside of the trio since the days of silent films.

Goofs
About 52:00 into the film, a knife is thrown toward the right side of Tana's chin. In the next close-up scene, the knife is gone, then it reappears when a second knife hits her breast.

Quotes
Dr. Death: Now, would you listen to see if there is any heartbeat?
Volunteer in the Audience: Oh, why, certainly!
[Dr. Death holds out a stethoscope, but the volunteer instead puts his ear directly against the dead girl's chest]
Volunteer in the Audience: She's dead, all right. I couldn't feel - uh, I couldn't hear a thing.

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5/10

Ambitious But Not Quite There

Soap actor John Considine is a bit too pretty and lightweight for the title role, and it's quite surreal to see Moe Howard appear in the first act of the movie, but DOCTOR DEATH is actually an interesting little movie that might have been better. It's very, very much of its time -- not just in terms of the production design but also its treatment of the occult and of horror stories -- but they really try to do a big story on a little budget. And that's nearly always a respectable thing.

For me, one of the highlights of the film is the brief (and silent) appearance of Larry "Seymour" Vincent, the premier Los Angeles horror host of the 1970s. He is part of an amusing movie-within-the-movie that actually makes you wish that you could see *that* movie instead of the one you're actually watching (DOCTOR DEATH)!