Project: Metalbeast (1995)

Director:

Alessandro De Gaetano

Writers:

Alessandro De Gaetano (writer)
Timothy E. Sabo (writer)

Release Date:

21 February 1995 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In 1974, an American agent in Eastern Europe injects himself with the blood of a werewolf. His body is put in suspended animation, then brought back 20 years later by a renegade intelligence agent.

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Cryogenics | Mirror | Severed Arm | X Rayed Skeleton

Cast

Kim Delaney	...	Anne De Carlo
Barry Bostwick	...	Miller
Kane Hodder	...	MetalBeast
John Marzilli	...	Butler
Musetta Vander	...	Debbie
Dean Scofield	...	Ferraro
Lance Slaughter	...	Larry
Tim Duquette	...	Roger
William G. Clark	...	Hammond
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Brophy	...	Dr. Taylor
Mario Burgos	...	Chef Ramon
T.J. Castronovo	...	Oarsman
Carole Davis	...	Michelle (as Carol Davis)
Diaunte	...	Evans
Brioni Farrell	...	Dr. Barnes
Tom Hillmann	...	Agent Berger (as Thomas Hillman)
Gary Lamb	...	Paramedic #2
David Michael Mullins	...	Technician (as David M. Mullins)
Hunter Person	...	Paramedic #1
Chuck Picerni Jr.	...	Turner
Glen Robinson	...	Johnson
David Sessions	...	Lyons
Michael T. Swenor	...	Cpl. Williams

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Germany:18 | USA:R

Company:

Blue Ridge Entertainment

Quotes:

Miller: [as he thaws out Donald] There've been some incredible breakthroughs while you've been on ice. This could go beyond even our original goals

A decent way to kill 90 minutes,

After finding, killing and extracting a blood sample from a werewolf in Europe, a soldier injects himself with it's DNA, turning himself into a werewolf in an American military base, where he's captured and cryogenically frozen. Flash foreword 10 years, where scientists are given the man's body for an experiment involving a metal-based, organic, self-restoring skin. Upon giving the soldier the skin graph, he awakens and turns into a werewolf, but this time faster, meaner, shinier and bullet proof. I picked this movie up the other day from my local video store for $2, as they are going out of business and need to sell all their videos. I grabbed as many as I could carry home, "Project: Metalbeast" being one of them. Despite the terrible title and having heard nothing of it before, "Metalbeast" turned out to be an okay way to kill 90 minutes in my book. It's got a script that's more intelligent than your usual straight-to-video horror flick, a decent score, some likable characters, a couple of gory bits (the highlight being the death of the creature at the end), and even John Carl Buechler's creature effects weren't bad, though the Metalbeast itself looks more like a Hedgehog on crack than a werewolf. Granted, the film never steps very far out of genre territory, and the portrayal of both the scientists and the military are as clichéd as can be but in the end, "Project: Metalbeast" offered a fine dose of gore, monster action, and a interesting concept that puts a nice spin on the werewolf myth.

$2 well spent, I say.

6/10.