DOCTOR CYCLOPS Castle Films

[manhunter86]

I think it's great that you're putting up these old Castle Films. I remember seeing them in the back of Creepy magazine and wishing I could see them. Now I can!

[Oty3d]

The movie was OK for a short film.

[DTevr89]

The guy with the Giant Knife, @ 3:15 Frank Yaconelli is my Great Grand Father! :D

[gusisgr]

I wonder if Thorkel's death was done using stopmotion cause when you see that shot of him falling he looks animated!

[suttonguy]

great to see this - have never seen this film before in any form.i have many happy memories of excitedly reading the ads for these movies on super 8,in famous monsters magazine.i finally got a projector some years later,and bought many universal monster movies on super 8.and thought it so cool to be able to watch these movies in my bedroom(projected onto the wall!)....ahhh...happy days!

[tomkes100]

superb film what an ending and in color DR CYCLOPS was supreme. ALBERT DEKKER at his best i knew this man he was a gentle soul, this 1940 film will endure for the ages. the ending is gripping. **** all the way. TOMK

[kidcoast777]

I grew up on these films and I think they were great, you paid your 25 cents and enjoy a good movie that was scary at the time the artists that put this together were very talented and two of these people were Disney employees on least to the movie companly that made this film. I am quite up in my years but I still enjoy these films from the late 40s and early 50s. So have a little respect and don't call them stupid.

[5inchreel]

Great films. You have to hand it to the people at castle films. Take an hour movie and try to condense it into 8 minutes and accomplish what these guys did. Not to easy I suspect. Thumbs up fellows.

[ventues97]

Why isn't anybody else posting Castle Films ? I have a hundred of these !! I wish I could post some..but don't how!! How is it done???

[2reelers]

The films have to be transferred to either vhs or dvd first. I use a mini DVR camcorder and a telecine projector and transfer the films to DVD-R discs. The projector I use has a 5-blade shutter to eliminate any flicker. Some cameras have shutter buttons that will lessen the flicker.

Give it a whirl!

[jazzxb2]

Thanks for posting this. I remember seeing this Super 8mm film in the Castle catalog when I was young and wishing I could afford it. It's so cool to see the abridged Castle Film after all these years. How do you do your transfer process? Thanks again!

[2reelers]

This was transferred from a 16mm print to VHS about 15 years ago. I use a 16mm telecine projector from a television station.