Mutant

Rating:
Summary: VERY DARK , BAD TRANSFER , MONO SOUND
Review: A GOOD STORY WITH A VERY BAD DARK TRANSFER LOOKS LIKE OFF A VHS
TAPE, DEFINITELY NOT A DIGITAL TRANSFER. STAY CLEAR OF THIS
DVD.

Rating:
Summary: VERY DARK , BAD TRANSFER , MONO SOUND
Review: A GOOD STORY WITH A VERY BAD DARK TRANSFER LOOKS LIKE OFF A VHS
TAPE, DEFINITELY NOT A DIGITAL TRANSFER. STAY CLEAR OF THIS
DVD.

Rating:
Summary: Amazon is not what she was.
Review: Anyone expecting Bernard Toublanc-Michel's 1978 TV mini-series will be as disappointed as I am. This is yet another glitch in the once mighty Amazon's rapidly crumbling database.

Should you add this title to your basket you will receive the 1984 Bo Hopkins vehicle MUTANT aka NIGHT SHADOWS. It's not the worst film ever made, but it's absolutely not a French sci-fi mini-series from the 70's.



Rating:
Summary: Very good!
Review: Bo hopkins was awesome I loved every minute of it! kind of dark but a definite must for any horror buffs collection......I loved the story and characters as well as the gore and suspense..........It never lost me!

Rating:
Summary: Mutant: Love It or Hate it!
Review: From the foregoing 8 reviews this film seems to be a definite
"love or hate" item. I can't pass judgement on the DVD since I've only seen the VHS version. I recall seeing the previews in
the theater years back but it never arrived due to the bankruptcy
of it producers. If the opening sequence doesn't grab you, then
you may as well skip it. Going past that, the film is quite a grab-bag of genres (red-necks busting on strangers in town, house
with a secret, town with a secret, sheriff (good guy or bad guy?), etc. It's actually quite similar in theme and action to
Salem's Lot. True, the makeup could be better and whose to say whether gore effects would make a difference, but as it is it's well worth a look. If you like moody, suspensful, low-key horror/sci-fi, you could do a lot worse than MUTANT.



Rating:
Summary: mutant top film
Review: i have had mutant on video since 1984 and it is one of the best horror films of its age its scary frightning and plenty of terror so when it got released on dvd i had to have it the sequals are not as good but they never are if you want good zombie flick buy the dvd or video yours richard muller united kingdom

Rating:
Summary: It was OK, don't expect anything real gory
Review: I really can't believe how much people liked this one. The advertising made it seem like your typical Alien sci-fi/horror ripoff: "Mankind's deadliest threat will not come from the skies" plus there's the creature on the cover that does not vaguely resemble anything in the movie. As a zombie movie, Mutant definitely rips off Night of the Living Dead more than any sci-fi film. The story concerns two brothers who get stranded in a small Southern town. The townspeople are acting strangely, it's half deserted, and it ends up being toxic waste dumping that's causing the problem. Sound familiar?

I actually enjoyed the "rednecks vs. the brothers" parts more than the actual horror scenes for some reason. Maybe because there was some humor in those scenes, I don't know. I think it was also because so many of the "scary" scenes were shot in the dark, which was probably to cut costs and keep you from seeing the cheesiness of the makeup. Plus the print itself looks pretty dark, which other reviewers have pointed out. It's a less-than-great picture and the DVD has no real extras.

Not much gore here, a couple gross scenes with the people mutating but overall it was pretty tame. The makeup on the zombies is standard corpse paint: most people could do as good a job for their average Halloween. This no-frills approach to the zombies does make them look like the original (Night of the) Living Dead somewhat. Also there's a scene where they're trying to get into a boarded-up house that is a straight up Night ripoff: it shows the hands sticking through the holes in the boards and everything. This movie could have been a lot better with just a few gore parts. Even when the zombies get shot there is really no blood.

So if you really need to collect every horror film ever made (which at times I think I do ;), then by all means purchase Mutant. At least I got it cheap; I laugh at anyone who would pay full price for this generic disc. For what it's worth, you do get some cheap laughs with the rednecks and from some of the lines delivered by the completely untalented lead actress.

Rating:
Summary: It was OK, don't expect anything real gory
Review: I really can't believe how much people liked this one. The advertising made it seem like your typical Alien sci-fi/horror ripoff: "Mankind's deadliest threat will not come from the skies" plus there's the creature on the cover that does not vaguely resemble anything in the movie. As a zombie movie, Mutant definitely rips off Night of the Living Dead more than any sci-fi film. The story concerns two brothers who get stranded in a small Southern town. The townspeople are acting strangely, it's half deserted, and it ends up being toxic waste dumping that's causing the problem. Sound familiar?

I actually enjoyed the "rednecks vs. the brothers" parts more than the actual horror scenes for some reason. Maybe because there was some humor in those scenes, I don't know. I think it was also because so many of the "scary" scenes were shot in the dark, which was probably to cut costs and keep you from seeing the cheesiness of the makeup. Plus the print itself looks pretty dark, which other reviewers have pointed out. It's a less-than-great picture and the DVD has no real extras.

Not much gore here, a couple gross scenes with the people mutating but overall it was pretty tame. The makeup on the zombies is standard corpse paint: most people could do as good a job for their average Halloween. This no-frills approach to the zombies does make them look like the original (Night of the) Living Dead somewhat. Also there's a scene where they're trying to get into a boarded-up house that is a straight up Night ripoff: it shows the hands sticking through the holes in the boards and everything. This movie could have been a lot better with just a few gore parts. Even when the zombies get shot there is really no blood.

So if you really need to collect every horror film ever made (which at times I think I do ;), then by all means purchase Mutant. At least I got it cheap; I laugh at anyone who would pay full price for this generic disc. For what it's worth, you do get some cheap laughs with the rednecks and from some of the lines delivered by the completely untalented lead actress.

Rating:
Summary: ENJOYABLE ZOMBIE FILM!
Review: I watched this DVD expecting just another awful 80's b-grade monster movie...but I was wrong! MUTANT turned out to be an above average killer zombie flick. Sure, it contains all of the same cliches that have been in every zombie movie since NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, but it also has fresh ideas (like the zombies having acidic hands that can eat through car windows!). The cast (including Wings Hauser & Bo Hopkins) does a decent job with the material. Best of all, the greusome special effects are well-done and plentiful. My only complaints are that the movie is presented full-frame (not widescreen) and that the picture quality is not as good as it should have been. But, that aside MUTANT is worth a look!

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Summary: A total surprise. I Loved It!
Review: Whatever you do, do not be fooled by the title like I was. I bought this movie expecting it to be a cheap Roger Corman like mutant monster movie. It's not. Mutant actually is more like a thinly disquised zombie film with zombie movie story elements and clinches abound. My two favorite horror movies of all time are Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead, and Mutant very much resembles Night with survivors in a small town trying to escape hords of zombies before the fall as their next victems. Some scenes are filmed a little too dark, consealing the scary monster makeup, but that's forgivable. Mutant actually turned out to be a very scary film that will please fans of zombie films such as Night of the Living Dead and Return of the Living Dead, and definatly deserves more attention than it gets. They really should release Mutant under its alternate title Night Shadows to clear the confusion on what the film is about.