Embryo

PG

1976

1 hr. 44 min.

Sci-Fi

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500+ Ratings

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A doctor (Rock Hudson) bypasses nature with growth hormones, producing a 22-year-old (Barbara Carrera) who becomes his lover.

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So bad it's good. Worth watching for the hyper intelligent dog alone. Hitchcock would have made this a classic but I laughed out loud at the horror-film moments. Barbara Carrera is also worth watching the film for, but getting in a car with Rock Hudson's character is almost as dangerous as getting pregnant by him.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Oh dear. Rock Hudson must have needed the money to have agreed to this made-for-tv style Frankenstein/Pygmalion hybrid. I admit I bailed after an hour, but what I can tell you is that widower Rock is a bonkers scientist who seems to have a private lab in his luxury condo. One rainy night he careers into a dog and - as you do - decides the best thing he could do is reanimate the poor mutt's embryos. To his bonkers delight they grow fast, and so the obvious next step is to do the same with a human human. Stolid Rock treats it like Eugene O'Neill but can't save it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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1976: A scientist, experimenting on rapid growth of fetuses, is successful with a dog (or so he thinks), and decides to grow a human. He succeeds with the female, but (naturally) disaster eventually strikes for the scientist and all those around him. An OK movie, some interesting scenes (and a few even funny ones), but the movie drags down a few times during the course of it. The finale is rather bravura. Stars; Rock Hudson, Diane Ladd, Barbara Carrera, Roddy McDowall, and Anne Schedeen.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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After watching this film, all I can say is WTF. Someone took a real concept from science and then snorted a ton of cocaine. That's the only explanation I have for this dreadful film. Sci-fi morality tale, twilight zone horror tale, lifetime TV movie-I don't know where to place this flick other than the garbage.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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a bit dated but still watchable thriller

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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It has the feel of an erotic B movie to it. It was certainly not that well-made.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Ralph Nelson

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Rock Hudson

Dr. Paul Holliston

Barbara Carrera

Victoria Spencer

Diane Ladd

Martha Douglas

Roddy McDowall

Frank Riley

Anne Schedeen

Helen Holliston

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Addison DeWitt

Los Angeles Free Press

Embryo is a dandy idea that falls flat due to lack of imagination, the kind of movie that a really inventive, creative team could have made into ghoulish fun.

Oct 31, 2019

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Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS)

Rated: 0/5

Mar 18, 2006

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Jun 26, 2005

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Synopsis

A doctor (Rock Hudson) bypasses nature with growth hormones, producing a 22-year-old (Barbara Carrera) who becomes his lover.

Director: Ralph Nelson
Production Co: Sandy Howard Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 25, 2017

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