Doctor Mordrid

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Doctor Mordrid is a 1992 American film starring Jeffrey Combs. It was produced by Charles Band and co-directed by Band and his father, Albert Band. It was written by C. Courtney Joyner and released by Full Moon Features.

The younger Band held an option for an adaptation of the Marvel Comics character, Doctor Strange, but the option expired before production could begin. Instead of scrapping the project, the script was rewritten to include original characters not directly adapted from the comics property.

Combs plays a wizard who is sent to Earth to stop another wizard (a former friend also from another dimension) from opening the gate to Hell and unleashing demons upon the Earth. Mordrid's counterpart needs the philosopher's stone in order to complete the spell needed to open the gate. Mordrid has spent 100 years waiting for certain events to take place that would mark the beginning of the epic battle. The events are crimes involving the theft of large amounts of certain chemical compounds needed to make the stone. Once these thefts hit the news, Dr. Mordrid begins to track down his prey and the battle spills over into the Magic Dimension where the gate is closely guarded by other good wizards. They prove to be no match for the bad guy and the gate almost opens but Dr. Mordrid is able to defeat the enemy and save the day.