Project Metalbeast
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Project Metalbeast: DNA Overload | |
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Directed by | Alessandro De Gaetano |
Written by | Roger Steinmann Timothy E. Sabo Alessandro De Gaetano |
Produced by | Frank Hildebrand Timothy E. Sabo/Michael Carazza (co- |
Starring | Barry Bostwick Kane Hodder Kim Delaney Musetta Vander |
Cinematography | Thomas L. Callaway |
Edited by | Kert Vandermeulen |
Music by | Conrad Pope |
Distributed by | Prism Pictures/C/FP Video/Blue Ridge Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Project Metalbeast, also known as Project Metalbeast: DNA Overload in the United States and Metalbeast in the United Kingdom, is a 1995 science fiction horror film directed by Alessandro De Gaetano and filmed in the United States. In this movie, a group of scientists attempt to create a perfect soldier by injecting the subject with the blood of a werewolf. When the experiment goes wrong, the subject is cryogenically frozen for 20 years. The only member of the original team to survive is a Colonel, who gives the victim a synthetic skin to create a metal-skinned killing machine.[1]
Story
In 1974, an ambitious special ops soldier named Donald Butler investigates an island castle protected by a vicious, man-eating
Twenty years have passed. Scientists investigate possible mass-skin replacement alternatives, synthesizing prosthetic skin with a metal alloy as a base. Though they are having trouble stabilizing it without it turning hard as steel, they are approached by Miller, who offers them human
Meanwhile, Anna gets her friend Debbie to manufacture a key card to investigate Miller's story more by breaking into his office, and she finds the gun used on Butler 20 years earlier. After discovering Larry's death and seeing the now half-formed werewolf that Butler has become, they attempt to reverse the process, only to find that the grafted skin has solidified. When Anne and Ferraro leave, Butler transforms again, killing Roger, who was left behind to sedate him.
Now loose, the new Metalbeast begins to kill off the doctors and soldiers in the hospital. In order to prevent him from getting out, Anne, Ferraro, and Debbie lock down the facility, trapping themselves inside with the beast. Miller incapacitates Hammond to slow down the beast, and he shoots Ferraro, who allows the girls to get away with silver-tipped rockets they had made to kill Butler. Anna and Debbie find the cryogenics lab used to keep Butler on ice for twenty years, but when Miller comes upon them the beast, instead of being grateful for Miller keeping him "alive" for so long, Butler kills him, and debris from a missed rocket shot knocks Debbie out, forcing Anne to run from the Metalbeast. After a short game of cat-and-mouse, Anna holds off the beast long enough for Debbie to take a shot at the beast, injuring it with a shot to the leg that did not explode. As all hope seems lost, Ferraro, having recovered from the gunshot to his shoulder, steps in and reloads the bazooka. Anna fires the final rocket into the beast's chest, causing him to blow apart. As they leave the facility, they recall how unbelievable the story will be but agree they should tell people about it before Anna and Ferraro kiss.
As they leave, a piece of the beast starts to move, indicating it can regenerate itself from just a small piece of tissue.
Cast
Actor / Actress | Character |
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Kim Delaney | Anna De Carlo |
Barry Bostwick | Colonel Peter Alexander Miller |
Kane Hodder | MetalBeast |
Musetta Vander | Debbie |
John Marzilli | Donald Butler |
Dean Scofield | Philip Ferraro |
Tim Duquette | Roger |
Lance Slaughter | Larry |
Tom Hillmann | Agent Berger |
Brioni Farrell
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Dr. Barnes |
Chuck Picerni Jr. | Turner |
William G. Clark | General Leslie Hammond |
Carol Davis | Michelle |
Brian Brophy | Dr. Taylor |
Mario Burgos | Chef Ramon |
T.J. Castronovo | Oarsman |
Michael T. Swenor | Cpl. Williams |
David Sessions | Lyons |
Glen Robinson | Johnson |
Diaunte | Evans |
Home Media
Project Metalbeast had its first DVD release on 16 June 2020, with mostly negative reviews due to being from a poor VHS transfer with some audio issues and a lack of special features.
References
- ISBN 0-8230-7936-8.
External links
- Project Metalbeast at IMDb
- Project Metalbeast at Rotten Tomatoes