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Lizard - Die totale Mutation (1990)

Metamorphosis (original title)
Dr. Peter Houseman is a brilliant geneticist who is working on a serum which will stop human aging, but his colleagues don't believe in his work. When his university funding is threatened ... See full summary »

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Gene Lebrock ...
Dr. Peter Houseman (as Gene Le Brock)
Catherine Baranov ...
Sally Donnelly
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Dr. Mike Lester
David Wicker ...
Willy Carson
Jason Arnold ...
Tommy
Stephen Brown ...
Professor Lloyd
Tom Story ...
Professor Huston
...
Patricia Kelly
Wally Doyle ...
Inspector
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Prostitute
Serina Steinberg ...
Patricia's friend
Wayne Potrafka ...
Old professor
Tim Wright ...
Hopkins
Allison Stokes ...
Alice
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gary Wade Morton ...
Doctor Owen
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Storyline

Dr. Peter Houseman is a brilliant geneticist who is working on a serum which will stop human aging, but his colleagues don't believe in his work. When his university funding is threatened by his skeptical benefactors, the doctor takes a desperate measure to justify his work. He administers the serum to himself, but the results are unexpected and horrendous. Written by Patrick D. Rockwell <prockwell@thegrid.net>

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Witness the Change!

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Horror | Sci-Fi

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7 August 1990 (Italy)  »

Also Known As:

Lizard - Die totale Mutation  »

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ITL 600,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

In Spain is was titled "Re-Animator 2", pretending to be a sequel of Re-Animator (1985). See more »

Goofs

When Sally turns the light on to reveal Alice with her eye torn out, the camera and the camera operator's hands are reflected in the mirror. See more »

Quotes

Sally Donnelly: How was lunch?
Dr. Peter Houseman: You were the main dish and they served you up with every possible sauce.
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References The Fly (1986) See more »

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Don't Mess With The Gene Pool
23 June 2011 | by (Buffalo, New York) – See all my reviews

Tom Cruise clone Gene LeBrock stars in Metamorphosis about a genetics research scientist who is being pressed by both the bean counters at his university and by a jealous colleague about his project. Little did they know that they were messing with a 20th Century Dr. Jekyll.

LeBrock's experiments are about halting and reversing the aging process in man, but what he gets is something different and primordial when he experiments on himself.

Like his more famous lookalike player, LeBrock should have contented himself with a much safer need for speed. It all goes real bad in the end. That's assuming you want to stick around until the end.


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