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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD DVD Layers: 1 DVD Sides: 1 EAN: 0254930710236 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: PASSPORT VIDEO Languages: Manufacturer: PASSPORT VIDEO Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Publisher: PASSPORT VIDEO Release Date: November 23, 1999 Running Time: 104 minutes Studio: PASSPORT VIDEO Theatrical Release Date: May 21, 1976 Editorial Review: Description: Rock Hudson stars in this science fiction story of an experiment gone very wrong. He plays a scientist who decides to create a human from basic genetic material. The result is lovely Barbara Carrera (the sexy villainess of 'Never Say Never Again') in the role of the creature grown from an embryo. Although beautiful, she displays not only her physical charms but aberrant and definitely homicidal behavior. As she becomes more erratic, the enamored doctor is faced with perhaps destroying his own creation. Roddy McDowall and Diane Ladd also star in this unusual tale mixing sex with science. Running time: Approx. 106 minutes Includes the original theatrical trailer! Approx. 2 minutes Bonus Material: Beautiful women turned into monsters (and vice versa!) has been a popular theme in horror and science fiction movies. Usually the spawn of mad science (other times, ancient curses), these tales give a new twist to the concept of Beauty and the Beast. Here is a selection of original theatrical trailers and film clips from movies on the subject of naturally beautiful women created by unnatural means. Features the transformation sequence of the robot into a woman's guise in METROPOLIS, mad scientists turning panthers and apes into women and back again, FRANKENSTEIN-wrought damsels made from spare parts, and beauties conjured up by computer nerds. Also included are two versions of THE CAT PE0PLE stories, with females turned felines! A fabulous film fest of fantastic femmes fatales! Approx. 25 minutes Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Interesting Film About Science and EthicsMy review is based on the quality of the production and not the video transfer. This is an extremely muddy transfer that I doubt will be rectified in the future because of the relative obscurity of the film itself. In 1968 director Ralph Nelson tackled the issue of science and ethics in what I consider to be a disappointing result with "Charly". I found that film today as a dated psychedelic artifact. What I found interesting about "Embryo" is the way it tackles life issues. Released in 1976, ... Read More Rating:  - Barbara's BeautyI remember seeing that movie when I was a teenaged kid. Unfortunately my DVD was not too clear, but I enjoyed seeing how beautiful Barbara was and still is. Rating:  - Silly junkBest actor: the dog Best Actress: wasn't in this movie Running time with banter of witty friends and cocktails: 114 minutes Running time home alone: 114 hours Winner: Worst production values for the year Winner: Worst copy to DVD - EVER Rating: - JACK COLVIN...Oscar Moment????The scene with Rock Hudson in which Jack Colvin (playing Dr. Winston)was torn between medical ethics and mere trust in a dear friend is the pivotal moment in this film. The excruciating agony in which Dr. Winston is debating in his subconscious is no doubt evident in this accomplished actors face. Dr. Winston makes no promise at that time but we can tell that an internal battle will be raging within him until his final decision can be made. Later Dr. Winston, in full operating gear, calls Rock to ... Read More Rating: - Barbara Carrera, Where Art Thou?EMBRYO is about Dr. Paul Holliston (Rock Hudson), a scientist who has recently lost his wife (also a scientist). Holliston hits a doberman with his car (a 3 ton cadillac) on his way home one stormy night. He rushes the dog home to his lab, where he is unable to save her. However, the doberman is pregnant, so the good doctor keeps the doggy fetus alive, injecting it with an experimental growth hormone. The little canine grows at an amazing rate, reaching adulthood within hours! Holliston names the dog ... Read More |
