Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Absolutely amazing

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Blistering performances.

This film is without a doubt the most frightening vampire movie that Humphrey Bogart ever made. Bogie is much more of a gangster then a vampire mad scientist in this opus. Supposedly given to Bogart because he had complained about the choice of roles he was being given, he plays it as though he were being punished. Intended for Karloff as a follow up to "The Walking Dead" Dr X was put in production with Vincent Sherman directing. It was Sherman's first directorial effort. Wayne Morris leads a cast of dependable Warner's regular's such as John Litel and Dennis Morgan. Beautiful Lya Lys has a memorable role as one of the vampire's victims, and Rosemary Lane is the film's scream queen.It's obvious that Dr X went through some heavy editing and retakes. Several actors credited don't appear in the final cut . Several have character name changes and there are scenes in the trailer that don't appear in the film.1939 was a golden year for Hollywood but certainly not for Bogart. Swing Your Lady ,Men are Such Fools ,The Oklahoma Kid and Return of Doctor X are the four least favorite films of Bogart and they were made in that 1938-39 periodReturn of Doctor X is not a horrible film but it's not a horror film either.It's a curio that Bogart fans should see at least one time.

The title character was supposed to be played by Boris Karlof, which would have actually made sense. Instead, they put in Humphrey Bogart, proving the old adage there are no bad actors, just bad casting.THis movie was also hawked as a sequel to 1932's "Doctor X", but really, it wasn't. Totally different character named Doctor Xaiver. But he did return (from the dead) and he was Dr. X, so let's go with that. Hollywood's assumption that we are all stupid didn't start in the modern era.The plot gets rolling when a reporter finds a dead actress in her hotel room, and then she vanishes. Then she turns up again alive. After losing his job, he goes to his doctor friend, and the investigation is afoot.And here's the problem. Bogey was best in character driven film noir. He just doesn't work here, he doesn't create the sense of either menace or sympathy Karlof would have created in the same character.

i am a huge fan of b movies,especially when they have good actors in them.i am also a fan of the old warner brothers gangster movies with James Cagney,Humphrey Bogart,and George Raft.well return of Dr x is the only horror film that Humphrey Bogart ever made.there's a rumor that he was being punished by warner brothers to do this movie.that might be.but i think it was one of his better movies,Bogart plays a zombie like creature named Dr Kane who must kill to get blood,now it sounds like a vampire.well Kane was brought back to life by another Dr after he was executed in the electric chair for being a child murderer.sort of like an early version of Freddy Krueger.the title is very misleading,it is not a sequel to 1932s Dr x.the early two tone color horror starring;Lionel Atwill,and Fay Wray.it is a very interesting rare gem of a b movie that could've starred Boris Karloff who I'm sure was intended for the role.but to see Humphrey Bogart as a zombie vampire walking dead guy its unusual to say the least.i was impressed with return of Dr x.

I'll admit it: I've got an affection for this somewhat silly film. O.K., so the title is a cheat -- it's not a sequel to the 1932 "Doctor X" (a genuinely chilling movie with excellent starring performances by Lionel Atwill, Preston Foster and Fay Wray) -- and some of the so-called "comedy" involving Wayne Morris is pretty dispensable. There's also Lya Lys, who looks positively spectral even before the script says she is and who holds a sheer scarf in front of her face as if thinking, "Well, this worked for Dietrich … " On the positive side, though, is Humphrey Bogart. Yes, his face looks like someone plastered it with cottage cheese, his hair looks like he got it done at the Bride of Frankenstein Salon and the role would have been far better suited for Boris Karloff (who'd already played a similar part for Warners in a much better film, "The Walking Dead," three years earlier), but Bogart acquits himself well like the true professional he was and makes us believe in the character's suffering as well as his unscrupulousness. It's not much of a role, but Bogart plays it well enough to prove his readiness for bigger and better things — and director Vincent Sherman, though hamstrung by a script that gives him too few opportunities for Gothic atmosphere (only the cemetery sequence even LOOKS like a horror film), also shows his capability for the more important films he got later. I even like the rather clever concept of the plot (though the blending of the Dracula and Frankenstein myths had been done better in Majestic's "The Vampire Bat" six years earlier) and the good-heartedness of the overall attempt by a Warners "B" team to graft a few sci-fi monster elements onto one of their typical newspaper comedies and call it a horror movie.