Doctor Mordrid

Director(s) - Albert Band (Prehysteria) & Charles Band (The Gingerdead Man)

Starring - Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, Castle Freak), Yvette Nipar (Phantoms), and Brian Thompson (Mortal Kombat: Annihilation)

Release Date - 1992

Genre - Adventure/Fantasy

Tagline - "Man has ancient enemies"

Rating (out of 5):

 

     I have a deep love for Full Moon flicks.  They're cheap but very entertaining...kinda like a stripper if you really think about it.  With movies like the Puppet Master series, Evil Bong trilogy, Gingerdead Man trilogy and countless others many people have become die hard fans of this small production couple.  However, other films made by Full Moon go unnoticed by the masses while other films steal all the glory.  I had never heard of this one till one day I was at the local rental store when it was going out of business.  Most of the people ahead of me had picked out all the good dvds but left the vhs section untouched.  It was here where I grabbed this little gem for $.25 along with Frankenhooker, May, and Uncle Sam to name a few.  Best money I ever spent.

     The movie follows wizard Doctor Anton Mordrid (Combs)  who is sent to earth by two glowing eyes floating in space called The Monitor.  Mordrid has to watch over earth for the return of an evil wizard named Kabal.  While watching over earth  Mordrid has become an expert in the macabre and supernatural and works as a criminal psychologist.  This is how he meets a research consultant Samatha (Nipar) who works with the police.  A string of heist begin to occur all over the world where radioactive substances are being stolen by a trusted employee.  Then that employee kills himself before the police can arrest him.  While the police frantically search for the people behind the heists Doctor Mordrid follows the news in order to know where the heist will happen next.  He knows it is Kabal gathering what he needs to open the door to the fourth dimension and unleash his follows onto the world.  Kabal then kills some people in a ritualistic manner and the police then suspect Mordrid due to his knowledge of the occult.  Mordrid escapes from jail using his magical amulet.  Kabal and Mordrid then have a showdown in the Cosmopolitan Museum.

      This movie is pretty damn good if you go into it with the mind set your watching a Full Moon movie and not a big budget epic like Lord of the Rings.  The movie was originally set to be the film adaptation of Dr. Strange but Full Moon lost the movie rights and still wanted to make a fantasy film about wizards.  The film has a good amount of cheese to keep you entertained from the beginning to end.  However, besides Combs and Thompson the acting kinda sucks.  Some scenes kind of remind me of blockbuster porn parodies.  The effects are awesome 90's lighting and laser blasts.  By awesome I mean shitty but that doesn't take away from the fun of the film.  I recommend this cheesy flick if your looking to get away from new shitty films.