Two journalists traveling by train get stranded in a small European country where terrible things are happening. A scientist performing some problematic experiments seems to be the man behind all the evil occurrences.
Poor sci-fi which at least allows some humor into it, in the first half of the movie anyway. As usual in the genre, science has very little to do with it except lending it some fancy words and visuals. Also as usual, it is a reflection of some deep-seated fears which were prevalent at the time of production (and maybe later on, too): fear of children, fear of nazism, fear of communism, fear of science, fear of foreign countries, fear of blond-haired people, fear of Eastern Europe, fear of excessively intelligent people, fear of excessively stupid people... I think I have covered all or most of it.
Rating: 33
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