1976 · mad-science · horror · cult
Embryo
Directed by Ralph Nelson1h 44m1976
A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days.
Our read: Embryo (1976) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive mad-science · horror · cult entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured mad-science / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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