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Director:
Ralph Nelson
Writers:
Anita Doohan (writer)
Jack W. Thomas (screenplay)
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Release Date:
21 May 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
From Embryo to woman in 4 and a half weeks.
Plot:
A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Cast

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Rock Hudson ... Dr. Paul Holliston
Barbara Carrera ... Victoria Spencer

Diane Ladd ... Martha Douglas

Roddy McDowall ... Frank Riley
Anne Schedeen ... Helen Holliston
John Elerick ... Gordon Holliston
Vincent Baggetta ... Collier
Jack Colvin ... Dr. Jim Winston
Joyce Brothers ... Herself (as Dr. Joyce Brothers)
Dick Winslow ... John Forbes
Ken Washington ... Dr. Brink
Lina Raymond ... Janet Novak
Sherri Zak ... Nurse
Joyce Spitz ... Trainer
George Sawaya ... Policeman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Created to Kill (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Norway:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:16
Company:
Plura Service Company more

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Featured in Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992) more

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Retro Sci-Fi Gem, 18 December 2005
Author: Crap_Connoisseur from Australia

This film has aged as gracefully as Mickey Rourke. The special effects are hilariously bad, the lab equipment belongs in a museum and the plot is dubious to say the least. And yet, these are the very things that make "Embryo" such entertaining viewing.

I think it's only fair to judge special effects in old movies by the technology available to the filmmakers at the time. However, even by 1970s standards, the special effects in this film are remarkably unconvincing. The obvious use of dolls for babies, the fluffy toy that doubles for a dog and the mesmerising plastic canine foetus are all memorable. Personally, I find these kind of effects utterly charming. They inject humour into the film (albeit unintentionally) and due to their lack of authenticity, make the subject matter of experimenting on foetuses more palatable.

Technology junkies will love the bus sized computers and pre-historic lab equipment. The film's heartening lack of moralising is almost as much of its time as the outdated hardware. I hate to think how preachy this film would be if it were made today.

This film is a bizarre and amusing time capsule of 1970s technology and morality. See it, if only for the bewildering dog foetus.

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