Something I’ve always considered a little myopic about all those old “mad scientist” horror movies is that none of them ever thought to examine the real horror of mad science: what if the mad scientist’s latest invention came to be available to everybody? What if vials of Herbert West’s patented Re-Agent formula were available at bargain basement prices in every convenience store? Suppose Dr. Jekyll’s personality-splitting drug were mass-produced and marketed as an aphrodisiac?
Something I’ve always considered a little myopic about all those old “mad scientist” horror movies is that none of them ever thought to examine the real horror of mad science: what if the mad scientist’s latest invention came to be available to everybody? What if vials of Herbert West’s patented Re-Agent formula were available at bargain basement prices in every convenience store? Suppose Dr. Jekyll’s personality-splitting drug were mass-produced and marketed as an aphrodisiac?