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* InstantDeathStab: [[spoiler: At the end of the movie Harry Jethro stabs Professor Conway in the abdomen]], who instantly falls dead without uttering a sound.
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* OminousPipeOrgan: Conway treats his guests to the Toccata and Fugue on his living room Hammond.

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* OminousPipeOrgan: Conway treats his guests to the [[StandardSnippet/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor Toccata and Fugue Fugue]] on his living room Hammond.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/TorJohnson's character being named Lobo is probably a reference to his similiar role in ''Film/BrideOfTheMonster''. It's unclear whether he's supposed to be the same character or not.

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* HulkSpeak: [[TheIgor Lobo]], as portrayed by Creator/TorJohnson. His line "Time for go to bed!" in particular underwent MemeticMutation.



* OminousPipeOrgan: Conway treats his guest to the Toccata and Fugue on his living room Hammond.

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* OminousPipeOrgan: Conway treats his guest guests to the Toccata and Fugue on his living room Hammond.


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* UndercoverCopReveal: Mark enters the plot as a drifter who Professor Conway suspects of being a murderer, and gets blackmailed into joining the Professor's current group of test subjects. Conway and the audience soon learn that Mark is actually a cop sent to investigate the Professor's operation.
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%%* * MadScientist: Professor Conway.Conway is obsessed with making people immortal, and won't let little setbacks like his experiments leaving them disfigured or catatonic stop him from trying again and again.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Discussed by Mark and Conway when Conway offers to turn Mark into a test subject and grant him eternal life.

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* MadScientist: Professor Conway, of course.

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* %%* MadScientist: Professor Conway, of course.Conway.



* SignatureScene: Tor Johnson saying "Time for go to bed" is easily one of the most iconic moments for both the film and the actor.
** Podcast/RiffTrax even gave this scene a ShoutOut while riffing [[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace another Tor Johnson movie]].
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** Creator/RiffTrax even gave this scene a ShoutOut while riffing [[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace another Tor Johnson movie]].

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** Creator/RiffTrax Podcast/RiffTrax even gave this scene a ShoutOut while riffing [[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace another Tor Johnson movie]].
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** RiffTrax even gave this scene a ShoutOut while riffing [[film/Plan9FromOuterSpace another Tor Johnson movie]].

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** RiffTrax Creator/RiffTrax even gave this scene a ShoutOut while riffing [[film/Plan9FromOuterSpace [[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace another Tor Johnson movie]].

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* MemeticMutation: "Time for go to bed," as said by Tor Johnson, is easily the most iconic line in the film.


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* SignatureScene: Tor Johnson saying "Time for go to bed" is easily one of the most iconic moments for both the film and the actor.
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* MemeticMutation: "Time for go to bed," as said by Tor Johnson, is easily the most iconic line in the film.
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* ThisCannotBe: Conway's response on seeing [[spoiler:Harry Jethro coming to kill him]] is a [[OhCrap horrified]], "No! You're ''dead!'' I had you ''buried!''"

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A NoBudget BMovie thriller from 1957.

Professor Charles Conway (Creator/JohnCarradine) is a MadScientist attempting to develop the proverbial FountainOfYouth by creating "the 17th gland". Ignoring all aspects of scientific ethics, his research subjects are people who have no family and are under the impression that Conway can cure their depression. However, his research hasn't been successful and his subjects are turned into grotesque zombies. Some of Conway's patients begin to catch on to his scheme and intend to stop him.

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A NoBudget BMovie thriller from 1957.

1957, directed by Boris Petroff and starring Creator/JohnCarradine, Allison Hayes, Myron Healey, and Creator/TorJohnson.

Professor Charles Conway (Creator/JohnCarradine) (Carradine) is a MadScientist attempting to develop the proverbial FountainOfYouth by creating "the 17th gland". Ignoring all aspects of scientific ethics, Conway uses as his research subjects are people who have no family and are under the impression that Conway he can cure their depression. However, his The research hasn't has been successful unsuccessful, however, and his subjects are turned into have all wound up as grotesque zombies. Some of Conway's patients begin to catch on to his scheme and intend to stop him.



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* ImmortalityImmorality: He hasn't actually achieved it yet, but Conway keeps up his gruesome glandular experiments trying to figure it out.
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[[caption-width-right:348:Lured into the house of monsters...[[FanService and butts.]]]]

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Professor Charles Conway (JohnCarradine) is a MadScientist attempting to develop the proverbial FountainOfYouth by creating "the 17th gland". Ignoring all aspects of scientific ethics, his research subjects are people who have no family and are under the impression that Conway can cure their depression. However, his research hasn't been successful and his subjects are turned into grotesque zombies. Some of Conway's patients begin to catch on to his scheme and intend to stop him.

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Professor Charles Conway (JohnCarradine) (Creator/JohnCarradine) is a MadScientist attempting to develop the proverbial FountainOfYouth by creating "the 17th gland". Ignoring all aspects of scientific ethics, his research subjects are people who have no family and are under the impression that Conway can cure their depression. However, his research hasn't been successful and his subjects are turned into grotesque zombies. Some of Conway's patients begin to catch on to his scheme and intend to stop him.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Conway is strangled to death by his earlier test subject Harry Jethro, who turns out to be NotQuiteDead.]]

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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Conway is strangled stabbed to death by his earlier test subject Harry Jethro, who turns out to be NotQuiteDead.]]

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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Several of the musical cues in this film would reappear in ''[[Film/Bloodlust Bloodlust]]''.

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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Several of the musical cues in this film would reappear in ''[[Film/Bloodlust Bloodlust]]''.''Film/{{Bloodlust}}''.
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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Several of the musical cues in this film would reappear in ''Film/Bloodlust''.

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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Several of the musical cues in this film would reappear in ''Film/Bloodlust''.''[[Film/Bloodlust Bloodlust]]''.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Conway is strangled to death by his earlier test subject Harry Jethro, who turns out to be NotQuiteDead.]]



* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: Conway has a bunch of cavemen in his basement, turning some sort of power turbine to keep his machines running.

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* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: Conway has a bunch of cavemen in his basement, turning some sort of power turbine to keep his machines running. It's not made clear if they were his first failures or the source of his glands.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Subverted, in that Joel and the Bots get their initial guesses for JohnCarradine movies confused with other works by members of his family.
--> '''Joel:''' Starring, uh, JohnCarradine; that was ''KungFu'', right? [[hottip:*: Wrong; that's ''David'' Carradine]]
--> '''Tom:''' No, no, he was the guy in ''RevengeOfTheNerds''! [[hottip:*: Wrong again; that's ''Robert'' Carradine!]]
--> '''Crow:''' Maybe he's the guy that does all those Alan Rudolph films. [[hottip:*: 0 for 3; that's ''Keith'' Carradine!]]
--> '''Joel and Tom:''' Oh, yeah, that must be it...
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--> '''Crow:''' Maybe he's the guy that does all those Alan Rudolph films. [[hittip:*: 0 for 3; that's ''Keith'' Carradine!]]

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--> '''Crow:''' Maybe he's the guy that does all those Alan Rudolph films. [[hittip:*: [[hottip:*: 0 for 3; that's ''Keith'' Carradine!]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Subverted, in that Joel and the Bots get their initial guesses for JohnCarradine movies confused with other works by members of his family.
--> '''Joel:''' Starring, uh, JohnCarradine; that was ''KungFu'', right? [[hottip:*: Wrong; that's ''David'' Carradine]]
--> '''Tom:''' No, no, he was the guy in ''RevengeOfTheNerds''! [[hottip:*: Wrong again; that's ''Robert'' Carradine!]]
--> '''Crow:''' Maybe he's the guy that does all those Alan Rudolph films. [[hittip:*: 0 for 3; that's ''Keith'' Carradine!]]
--> '''Joel and Tom:''' Oh, yeah, that must be it...
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A NoBudget BMovie thriller from 1957.

Professor Charles Conway (JohnCarradine) is a MadScientist attempting to develop the proverbial FountainOfYouth by creating "the 17th gland". Ignoring all aspects of scientific ethics, his research subjects are people who have no family and are under the impression that Conway can cure their depression. However, his research hasn't been successful and his subjects are turned into grotesque zombies. Some of Conway's patients begin to catch on to his scheme and intend to stop him.

For the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' version, please go to the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E20TheUnearthly episode recap page]].

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* ImmortalityImmorality: He hasn't actually achieved it yet, but Conway keeps up his gruesome glandular experiments trying to figure it out.
* MadScientist: Professor Conway, of course.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Danny Green's first appearance is a temperamental one, abusing the other patients and Lobo. He only becomes truly sympathetic when he sacrifices himself in helping Mark escape.
* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: Conway has a bunch of cavemen in his basement, turning some sort of power turbine to keep his machines running.
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