Murder Wears a Lab Coat

Tonight on The Introverted Obelisk, we slip into a laboratory where the lights are low, the morals are flexible, and science has absolutely lost the plot.

This is a pre-Code nightmare where mad doctors wear tuxedos, murder investigations are interrupted by flirtation, and every solution somehow involves more experiments on human beings.

A string of grisly killings leads to a secret medical symposium, where a group of scientists insist they’re innocent… while behaving in ways that suggest otherwise. There are glowing machines, suspicious alibis, and enough unethical research to get an entire department shut down twice.

And then there’s Lionel Atwill — charming, sinister, and smiling like a man who knows exactly what’s going to happen next.

Dr X is lurid, stylish, and deliciously unhinged — a film that reminds us the real horror of the early 1930s wasn’t monsters in the shadows, but professionals who thought rules were optional.

So grab your lab coat, lock the door behind you, and don’t trust anyone holding a clipboard.

Because tonight, the experiment isn’t over… it’s just getting started.