A prescription for fright!is there a mad doctor in the house? Yes! Shrieks doctor x, filmed in rare two strip technicolor. An eminent scientist aims to solve a murder spree by re creating the crimes in a lab filled with all the dials, gizmos, bubbling beakers and crackling electrostatic charges essential to the genre. Lionel atwill is doctor xavier, pre king kong scream queen fay wray is a distressed damsel, and lee tracy snaps newshound patter, all under the direction of renowned michael curtiz.includes the separately filmed bw version, originally intended for small u.s. Markets and international distribution, which has been unavailable for over 30 years.featurette the horror films of michael curtiz ucla before after restoration reel.commentaries by author film historian alan k. Rode and scott macqueen, head of preservation ucla film television archive.theatrical trailer.