The Doctor Dossier - Part 2
Dec 12th, 2007
We continue this week with Jeff’s impressive catalogue of medical professionals.
Speaking of doctors, the boxset that includes Jeff’s wonderful movie, Doctor Mordrid, which was the Combs Cinema for last month, is half-price at Full Moon Direct until the end of the year! (Add it to your cart to get the discount). The Stuart Gordon boxset is also on sale and includes Jeff’s films, Castle Freak and The Pit and the Pendulum as well as a hilarious interview with Jeff, Barbara Crampton, and Stuart Gordon conducted by William Shatner! 
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THE DOCTOR DOSSIER - Part Two
compiled by Elisa
Missed out on Part 1? Read it here
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NAME: Dr. Preston King (Hammerhead)
LAST KNOWN LOCATION: Uncharted island in the Western Pacific
SPECIALTIES/FIELD OF STUDY: Cross-species insemination (a.k.a. “happy accidents”); stem-cell research
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Refined mustache, dark, round glasses, leather-elbowed suits with vests, slicked back hair.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Once worked for the government before being banished from the scientific community for his radical experimentation. Cracked genetic code of stem cells. Successfully crossed shark and human DNA to create “sferna sapien.” Beta tested on his son with somewhat disastrous results.
CURRENT STATUS: Deceased. Injured by son, then shot by bad actor.
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NAME: Dr. Ek (The Attic Expeditions)
LAST KNOWN LOCATION: Private sanitarium/hospice for the criminally insane
SPECIALTIES/FIELD OF STUDY: Personal therapy (a.k.a. screwing with people’s minds)
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Ice cream colored suits, slicked back hair with long sideburns, round Lennon glasses, suave, debonair; smooth, silky voice, morphine pump in left arm, short temper. Makes smoking sexy.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: “On the brink of perfecting a universal treatment for every mental illness ever suffered.” Delved into the mind of Trevor Blackburn to find location of a book that would give Ek the power of the dark forces. (“What is magic but a science?”); Drugged and killed Dr. Edward Coffee for questioning his work.
CURRENT STATUS: On the run from the police. Still seeking out “The Book” for “the power of the Old Ones.”
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NAME: Dr. Dale Sterling (CSI episode, “Jackpot”)
LAST KNOWN LOCATION: Jackpot, NV
SPECIALTIES/FIELD OF STUDY: Veterinary medicine, town coroner
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Shy, bumbling, adorable
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Was in the 99th percentile on the MCATS, but chose to be a vet. Helped solve the mystery of who killed a local townsperson by identifying a single strand of tricolor, Abyssinian cat hair.
CURRENT STATUS: Divorced. Still working as a vet and town coroner.
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NAME: Dr. Richard Benjamin Vannacutt (House on Haunted Hill/Return to House on Haunted Hill)
LAST KNOWN LOCATION: Vannacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane, Los Angeles, CA
SPECIALTIES/FIELD OF STUDY: Psychiatric medicine
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS: Small mustache, round aviator glasses, medical scrubs. Prone to carrying large butcher knife.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Was awarded the Nobel Prize. Pioneered new techniques for treating schizophrenics. Invented “saturation chamber,” developed “budget” electro-shock therapy by treating patients in multiples rather than one at a time. Considered the “most prolific mass murderer of this century.”
CURRENT STATUS: Deceased. Disemboweled by aforementioned patients. Ghost still haunts the house on haunted hill. Will hopefully return again for more haunting in a future movie!
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Read on for Part Three