Rita heads to the mountains to get some peace and recover from mental distress. While there she meets Pierce, a doctor doing stem cell research whose experiments have gone horribly wrong. Now Rita is the only one who can solve the problem.
Acting
Dee Wallace elevates every scene she's in—absolute legend.
Practical Effects
Charming low-budget creature effects that age like milk.
Production
DeCoteau's signature: shirtless men and suspiciously lit hallways.
Director
David DeCoteau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
David DeCoteau directed over 100 films, many featuring his signature 'homocore' aesthetic of muscular men in peril.
This arrived during the 2000s stem cell research debates, exploiting real science fears with maximum schlock.
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