She manages to keep the movie going almost single handedly. Carrera is very beautiful and surprisingly good as Victoria. Diane Ladd is totally wasted as a helper of his. He looks miserable and doesn't try to hide his disinterest. There is a VERY fun scene where Carrera whips obnoxious Roddy McDowell (chewing the scenery) at a chess game! This may or may not be a selling point to some, but there's a bit of fairly explicit nudity (for a PG film) from Carrera. Also note the now antique technology shown at one point. Actually the dog here is super intelligent and seeing in preform tricks that a normal dog couldn't do was fun. Sounds sick but there's no blood and it's hysterically obvious that the dog being killed is a dummy and not real. !!!PLOT SPOILERS!!! One of the more interesting scenes include when the dog actually kills another dog. Unfortunately it falls apart completely at the end and gets pretty sick (and stupid). It moves slowly and, really, the plot is kind of silly but it's somewhat interesting. 's been 30 years and I've never heard about this actually taking place. I realize it's just a movie but it's introduced with a statement from an (allegedly) actual scientist who says the events in this film could happen. I'm no scientist but I find the science in this questionable. But it seems her and the dog acquire some homicidal tendencies and things slowly fall apart. He removes her fetus and also keeps it alive and, within a few weeks, has a full grown female named Victoria (Barbara Carrera). He manages to remove one from the body of a dying dog and keep it alive AND make it a full grown dog within a few weeks! He gets the body of a dying pregnant woman. Paul Holliston (Rock Hudson) is experimenting with fetuses. If they could have just stuck by the science fiction, then this would have been a top class film. It veers off track and ends up like any old exploitation horror flick of the 60s and 70s. What I dislike about this movie is that as it goes on, it starts to go for cheap shocks and unpersuasive horror touches, rather than maintaining the accent on the science fiction side of the story. Roddy McDowall has a funny guest appearance as a chess whiz who gets thrashed at his favourite game by the super-intelligent Carrera. Hudson is OK as the scientist, and Carrera as the female he builds is pretty believable. he falls in love with his own creation, and gets her pregnant! The modern elements of The Bride of Frankenstein sit nicely in this disturbing update. Then, Franken-daddy makes his big mistake. Amazingly, the child grows an incredible rate, and is a near-genius, very beautiful woman within a couple of months. He steals a foetus from the local hospital, and uses it to create a female child. He manages to save the unborn dog by messing with its genes, and decides that if he can do it with dogs, he can do it with humans. Rock Hudson plays a widowed scientist who runs down a pregnant dog whilst driving in a storm. Joyce Brothers as herself, at the big, groove-tastic party! EXTRA POINTS: For the Doberman, and the training involved to make the dog's actions seem -convincingly- spontaneous. Watch for Roddy McDowall as the snotty, chess-playing Frank Riley, and Dr. Diane Ladd is great as Paul's nosy sister-in-law, Martha. Carrera is convincing in her diabolical role. How could this not end well? Having Hudson play Holliston is a plus, raising this movie -a tad- above the usual schlock. She and the cunning canine begin working together. Presto! You guessed it, the baby grows at an impossible speed, attaining adulthood in a few weeks! Known as Victoria Spencer (Barbara Carrera), the woman is beautiful, as well as being a supra genius! Not-so shockingly, Victoria shares some of Number One's more unsettling traits. This is incredibly easy to attain from a local hospital, so he whisks the female fetus back to his home laboratory, and. In no time, Holliston endeavors to try his procedure on a human fetus. It also exhibits extraordinary intelligence. Growing at an astonishing rate, Holliston has a full grown dog on his hands, overnight! Known as Number One, the dog appears normal, but the viewer is made aware of some disturbing behavior that escapes the attention of Holliston and his fellow humans. After accidentally hitting a pregnant Doberman Pincher with his ten-ton Cadillac, Holliston manages to save one of the pups through highly experimental, artificial means (aka: mad science).
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