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Regenerated Man
USA 1994
produced by Ted A. Bohus, Danny Provenzano, Ron Giannotto (executive), John T. Smith (executive), Frank Bell (executive) for FilmLine, Austin Film Group
directed by Ted A.Bohus
starring Arthur Lundquist, Cheryl Hendricks, Andrew Fetherolf, Greg Sullivan, Jeff Streger, Steve Roberts, Eric Marshall, Dicky Fine, Gil Palmer, Pete DeLorenzo, James Benvenuto, Debbie Rochon, Orin Shemin, John Bianco, Danny Provenzano, Ted A.Bohus, George Stover, Larry Welch, Kevin G.Shinnick, Mike Longobardi, Jack Smith, Barry Harper
written by Ted A. Bohus, Jack Smith, music by Ron DiCesare, special makeup effects by Vincent J. Guastini, visual effects by Dan Taylor
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Scientist Dr Clarke (Arthur Lundquist) develops a serum for cellular
regeneration, and, to avoid lengthy bureaucratic procedures, just tests it
on himself. Nothing much happens, but then two thugs break into his lab
and try to force him to hand over the gold stored in the lab. Problem is,
there is no gold stored in the lab, so Clarke hasn't got the ghost of a
chance getting out of this hard spot. To torture him, the thugs randomly
feed him all serums they find in his lab ... until he turns into a monster
and takes them apart, literally. The police investigates the double murder
the next morning, but it leaves them baffled since Clarke seems to be in
no condition to commit such atrocities, and he can't remember having
turned into a monster, either. From now on though, Clarke turns into a
monster every night, and he goes out and kills people - only bad people
though, for some reason. Very slowly, he does come to the realization he
must be the monsterman everybody is talking about, and he confides in his
girlfriend (Cheryl Hendricks) and his lab assistant (Andrew Fetherolf).
Together, they develop an antidote, but before it can be administered,
Clarke turns into a monster again and escapes. Only eventually, Clarke's
girl and his assistant can corner monster Clarke together with the police,
knock him out via stungun (bullets can't harm him but blowdarts can for
some reason), and inject the antidote - which causes Clarke to morph into
a giant monster that quickly eats his girlfriend, then explodes for no
reason at all ... but this way returning his girlfriend to the land of the
living. Then Clarke the regular sized monster shows up again to scare his
girl shitless ... before turning into Clarke the man. Everything's ok
again ... but wait a minute, didn't Clarke's bodyparts get dispersed all
over the area during the explosion? And isn't it possible that one such
bodypart grows into another monster? Later cult fave Debbie Rochon plays
an almost-rape victim in this one. What can I say? The
Regenerated Man is not a good movie, no matter which way you look at
it: Its plot is silly, and based on hair-raisingly misunderstood science,
its execution is rather bland, its special effects are a tad on the crude
side, its monster is less than original, its cast isn't exactly
outstanding, it contains a healthy dose of tits and ass (without overdoing
it though), and its humour lacks the self-consciousness that could have
saved the thing - in short, it's exactly what you'd expect from a low
budget direct-to-video indie monster movie circa mid-1980's to mid-1990's
... and that's exactly what makes this film somehow charming, it's pulpy,
it's silly, it's below-average, and it's unreflexive fun. And somehow, not
in style but in approach, it's oddly reminiscent of the monster movies
independent studions like PRC
and Monogram
released in the 1940's ...
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