How To Make A Monster

One in a series of made-for-cable, in-name-only remakes of cheesy cult classics, this sci-fi horror picture is tailor-made for people who hate video games. Where the original film involved a demented special effects artist who turned innocent teens into killer zombies, the 2001 version revolves around a trio of socially maladjusted computer programmers hired to create a really scary monster for a role-playing game called "Evil-ution." The game is mere weeks from going into production and the beta tests have been a disaster; there's an insane deadline and the promise of a million-dollar bonus the programmers can share or compete for, as they see fit. Each comes with h...