Like its titular shape-changing monster, this British production mutates from something pokey and derivative into a tense and exciting (if still derivative) creature feature.
A trio of drug-smuggling couples--Alex (Craig Fairbrass) and Rachel (Jennifer Calvert), Mark (William Marsh) and Christina (Margot Steinberg), and Paul (Robert Firth) and Linda (Toni Barry)--wind up adrift at sea in a life raft after their yacht catches fire. They come upon and board an oil rig,
where they discover a genetics laboratory and only a few hostile occupants. After a slimy parasite jumps down the throat of the injured Rachel, Alex discovers that a creature created in the lab has ...
Released:
1996
Rated:
R
Length:
97 mins