The Man with Nine Lives

The Man with Nine Lives

1940 · 74 min · EN · NR · 6.2 (22 votes)
Dir. Nick Grindé · Starring Boris Karloff, Roger Pryor, Jo Ann Sayers, Stanley Brown, John Dilson, Hal Taliaferro

He kills in the name of science...Tombs of ice for the living...Chambers of horror for the dead!

Science Fiction

Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.

VIBE

A stark, chilling vision of scientific hubris and isolation. The film feels frozen in time, a slow-burn descent into a glacial, suspenseful mystery where ambition clashes with the unforgiving elements and human frailty.

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