Plutonium Baby (1987)

Danny's mother was contaminated by radiation poisoning at the time of his birth. Years have passed, and Danny begins to go on a killing rampage.

Directors:

Ray Hirschman, William Szarka (uncredited)

Writer:

Wayne Behar

Stars:

Patrick Molloy, Danny Guerra, Joe Viviani

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patrick Molloy	...	Dr. Drake
Danny Guerra	...	Young Danny
Joe Viviani	...	Hank
Ciarán Sheehan	...	Danny as an adult (as Ciaran Sheehan)
Mary Beth Pelshaw	...	Wendy
Julie Hays	...	Lauren
David Pike	...	Ken
Dan Tyler	...	Brad
Helen Keaney	...	Diane (as Helen Rosenthal)
Christopher G. O'Dea	...	Nick
Matthew Clair	...	Dennis
Marc Anthony	...	Lee, construction worker
Anthony Mitaro	...	Charlie, hunter
David Randazzo	...	Frank, hunter
Gary Dunn	...	Dr. Brians

Storyline

Danny's mother was contaminated by radiation poisoning at the time of his birth. Years have passed, and Danny begins to go on a killing rampage.

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Plot Keywords:

poisoning | radiation | plutonium | murder | revenge | 

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Taglines:

An experiment in terror.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 1987 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Mutant Kid

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

PB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally scheduled for a ten-day shoot in August 1986 with director William Szarka and a crew who are now thankful they were never credited. Filming halted after five days when the director fired the assistant cameraman and the rest of the crew quit in protest.

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Quotes

Frank, hunter: Hey, asshole. You know what this says? It says "radioactive." I ain't putting my beer in here.

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Connections

Featured in The Cinema Snob: Plutonium Baby (2013)

User Reviews

Do not see this movie.

I was on my weekly trip to the video rental place down the street, where I normally rent about 5 mindless horror films a week, when I saw the case of "Plutonium Baby". I thought it looked rather amusing, so my friends and I rented it. I have seen "Leprechaun", I have seen "Leviathan" and I have seen "Lifeforce". I have seen "Pod People (Los Nuevos Extraterrestrios)", I have seen "Mitchell" and "The Wild Wild World of Batwoman". I have seen films of a quality so low that the average viewer would lose their faith in humanity. The foul abomination "Plutonium Baby" makes them look like "Citizen Kane". The longest scene in this film was the sex scene between the title character, named David if I recall correctly, and his wife. I sat through the entire film, and I still don't know what was supposed to have happened. The plot was unintelligible. The effects were sickeningly bad. There was even one radiation warped creature that my friends and I mistook for a muppet at first. The dialogue was also abomidable. I believe this is the only film in which an actor actually uttered the phrase "Don't pay any attention to that radioactive symbol, just put your beer in there." I would not have sat through the whole thing if my friends had not restrained me, and I reccomend that you locate every copy of this film that you can, and burn it.