The Henderson Monster (1980) (TV)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Waris Hussein

Writer:

Ernest Kinoy (writer)

Release Date:

27 May 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A famous scientist, while performing experiments involving DNA, accidentally creates a monster. |

Plot Keywords:

Experiment | Scientist | Monster | Mutant | Genetics

Cast

Stephen Collins	...	Pete Casimir
Larry Gates	...	President Doby
Christine Lahti	...	Dr. Louise Casimir
Jason Miller	...	Dr. Tom Henderson
Nehemiah Persoff	...	Prof. Leo Tedeschi
Josef Sommer	...	Dr. Martin Grossman
David Spielberg	...	Mayor Frank Bellona
Peter Evans	...	Harold
Kenneth Kimmins	...	Dr. Lewis Halloran
Mark Hulcher	...	Boy
Andrew Early	...	Youth
Glenn E. Crane	...	Professor
Lalla Rolfe	...	Woman
David Kilgore	...	Nelson Chase
Cherie Scheer	...	Lolliopop girl #1

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Titus Productions

An Odd One

Even though the title suggests different, this really isn't a horror or science fiction movie, more like a social policy debate movie. It starts off about a research scientist who accidently flushes some bad microbes down a sink. It's not like in OUTBREAK, where a terrible disease takes the city hostage, just people talking and screaming at one another about the possibility of an outbreak. Stephen Collins turns in a wacky performance as a scientist's husband who likes to jump around and accuse people of playing God. I kinda liked its low-key thoughtfulness, but nothing really goes on.