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 The Freakmaker (DVD)
Description: Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Fantasy / Theatrical Release: 1974 / Director: Jack Cardiff / Actors: Donald ... more  The Freakmaker (DVD) ... Pleasence, Tom Baker, Brad Harris, Julie Ege, Michael Dunn ... / DVD released 2005-09-27 at Subversive Cinema / Features of the DVD: Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSCNewest Review: ... hams. He just looks bored, sad to say. His students/victims include Jill Haworth and Julie Ege, both British 70s exploitation ... more ... perennials, and there's enough naked crumpet on display to make me cackle like Sid James.
The most interesting feature of the main plot is the frequent use of time-lapse photography to show plants growing incredibly quickly. As a special effect it's woefully unconvincing, as it's very obvious it isn't *really* taking mere seconds for the plants to grow, but it's a nice try. The opening credits play out over an amazing sequence of fast-growing mushrooms (which look incredibly rude) while a very blatant rip-off of Pi...more |
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The Freakmaker (DVD): "He can make our glands work right!" (770 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 24.04.08 (Very useful, 80 readings)
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A review of just the film. This is an endearing British horror film from 1974 - it's better known as The Mutations, but the only DVD available at the moment calls it 'The Freakmaker', probably its US title. A mad scientist, Nolter, is trying to create human/plant hybrids to forge a new race and (somehow) solve the problem of world hunger. His henchman, a hideously deformed man named Lynch, kidnaps students (all from the scientist's lecture course, coincidentally) for Nolter to experiment on. Lynch also runs a freak show at the local fairground, where the unsuccessful experiments are exhibited. It's a film of two halves, this. On the one ...
