Review of Embryo

Embryo (1976)
5/10
Creepy and Dark but not in a good way
14 May 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This movie was dark, not moody dark but pitch black, filmed with the lens cap on dark. And creepy. Old guy creates young hottie and gets busy with her creepy. Aside from that, meh. The dog was amazing, the things they got her to do was cool. The first thing we are supposed to notice that there is a bad seed in the "created" creatures is when the Doberman kills a yappie yorkie that got in her face. Large aggressive animals are actually known for being large and aggressive so what's the big deal? The dog actually covering up evidence better than my children when they steal cookies was impressive. And how exactly is there an existing remedy for rapid aging when there is no drug or case of rapid aging? Did he just fill her fulla whatever crap he had laying around, which happens to only be harvested from <6 month old fetuses!? and hope for the best? As an aside, thinking like a 2009 parent, when the weird chick is in the park and a strange child approaches and insists she swing him/her/it, (I couldn't tell), and then the weird chick ends up playing on all the kids' rides having way more fun than the now pack of parentless children she then leads to the beach. Holy Megan's Law Batman! My aforementioned children are fighting behind me now and I think I lost my train of thought. All in all, an odd cinematic thing. Also if the poor actress is traipsing around starkers at least have the decency to turn some overhead lights on. Why was the poor thing there catching her death of cold and we the audience can't see squat.
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