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David Allen Brooks, Rod Steiger, Amanda Pays, Talia Balsam, Kim Hunter ... see more see more... , Timothy Gibbs , Peter Frechette , Julia Montgomery , Bunki Z , Jim Boeke , Steve Conte , Bennet Guillory , John Farmer , Betty Freeman , Charles Grueber , Randy Harrington , Michael Shawn McCracken , Edgar Small , Ben Perry , Timothy Gobbs

A scientist discovers that he isn't an only child in this effects-laden creature feature whose cast includes screen veterans Kim Hunter and Rod Steiger among a host of other, less well-known performer... read more read more...s. John Hollins (David Allen Brooks) is delighted to learn that his geneticist mother, Amanda (Hunter), has awoken from her coma years after she suffered a horrible car crash. During their reunion, he learns that she was trying to put an end to a misguided experiment at her home on the night of the accident. Before losing consciousness, Amanda reveals that John has a brother named Anthony. Later, she's murdered by Dr. Phillip Lloyd (Rod Steiger), an old colleague who wants to uncover the secrets of her research. John travels to his large, run-down boyhood home with his girlfriend, a group of pals, and a mysterious acolyte of his mother's named Melissa (Amanda Pays); the group plans to search for clues about Amanda's research and John's supposed sibling. The young scientist soon ascertains that his mother had created some sort of human/aquatic hybrid, but he doesn't realize that the creature was assembled from his own genetic material -- or that it's still alive in the bowels of the house and picking off his friends one at a time. Meanwhile, something's fishy with Melissa, who skulks around, doesn't sleep, tries to seduce John, covers up details of the attacks on his friends, and seems to have some sort of connection to Dr. Lloyd. Co-directors Jeffrey Obrow and Stephen W. Carpenter previously collaborated on the slasher quickie The Dorm That Dripped Blood and on The Power, a made-for-TV horror film. Pays would go on to co-star in the similarly aquatic sci-fi film Leviathan. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Jeffrey Obrow, Stephen Carpenter

Release Date: January 9, 1987

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  • iansubordinate
    November 23, 2009
    iansubordinate
    Tons of slimey monster guts and great creature effects. reminds me of a Brian Yuzna or Stuart Gordon type of movie. The plot is a little hard to follow at first but at the end it all makes sense. Very under rated monster movie!
  • joyouskiss
    October 22, 2007
    joyouskiss
    An old favorite Vampire soap opera. Without all the blood and gore you'd expect in alot of vampire films, this is a clean one. It has blood whenever needed but doesn't over-do it. Dramatic and beautiful story.

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Andreas Samuelson
June 30, 2005
Andreas Samuelson, Slasherpool

An underrated 80s horror flick with great special effects, good cast, thankfully simple plot, and a nice mood Full Review

Ken Hanke
October 19, 2003
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Truly dismal horror flick.

Caryn James
May 20, 2003
Caryn James, New York Times

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Emanuel Levy
August 12, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Scott Weinberg
July 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

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