With Halloween around the corner, it is nice to finally see
the weather changing. In fact, the chill has been a refreshing change from the
heat we had a few weeks ago. It is also a great excuse to watch horror movies
of some type every night. My next selection is the 1990 entry Metamorphosis.
Plot/ Dr. Peter Houseman is a brilliant geneticist who is
working on a serum, which will stop human aging, but his colleagues don't
believe in his work. When his skeptical benefactors threaten his university
funding, the doctor takes a desperate measure to justify his work. He
administers the serum to himself, but the results are unexpected and
horrendous.
This is one that I had no recollection of from my formidable
years in the late 1980s, so I expected some low budget cheese. Guess what, that
is exactly what I found with this one, and therefore, it may not have been quite
as disappointing as many other viewers will say. While this is nowhere near a
good movie, it isn’t terrible either. Sure, the production values may not be
the best with the movie feeling like it was produced a decade earlier, but it
still was not that bad. The performances were decent, the storyline (while
predictable) was interesting, and there were a few moments where everything
seemed to come together. Unfortunately, the pacing was terrible, which drug the
movie down tremendously, the special effects were bad, and the overall feel of
the movie was uneven. In the end, there was potential in this one, but they
never came close to being achieved. Yes, the movie isn’t terrible, but I
wouldn’t recommend watching it more than once (if you decide you want to give
it a shot).
