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Opération humanoïde

Original title: The Darker Side of Terror
  • TV Movie
  • 1979
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
185
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Robert Forster in Opération humanoïde (1979)
DramaHorrorRomanceSci-Fi

When a scientist at a research lab is passed over for a promotion, he creates a clone of himself to attempt to seduce the wife of the man who got the job.When a scientist at a research lab is passed over for a promotion, he creates a clone of himself to attempt to seduce the wife of the man who got the job.When a scientist at a research lab is passed over for a promotion, he creates a clone of himself to attempt to seduce the wife of the man who got the job.

  • Director
    • Gus Trikonis
  • Writers
    • Al Ramrus
    • John Herman Shaner
  • Stars
    • Robert Forster
    • Adrienne Barbeau
    • David Sheiner
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    185
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gus Trikonis
    • Writers
      • Al Ramrus
      • John Herman Shaner
    • Stars
      • Robert Forster
      • Adrienne Barbeau
      • David Sheiner
    • 7User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Robert Forster
    Robert Forster
    • Paul Corwin…
    Adrienne Barbeau
    Adrienne Barbeau
    • Margaret Corwin
    David Sheiner
    David Sheiner
    • Prof. Hillstrom
    John Lehne
    John Lehne
    • Lt. Merholz
    Ray Milland
    Ray Milland
    • Prof. Meredith
    Denise DuBarry
    Denise DuBarry
    • Ann Sweeney
    • (as Denise Du Barry)
    Thomas Bellin
    Thomas Bellin
    • Ed Linnick
    Heather Hobbs
    • Jenny
    Eddie Quillan
    Eddie Quillan
    • Watchman
    Raye Sheffield
    • Clone
    Russell Shannon
    • Guard
    James Nolan
    James Nolan
    • Dr. Tapler
    • (as Jim Nolan)
    Madeleine Shaner
    • Audrey Linnick
    Johnny Hock
    Johnny Hock
    • 1st Skater
    Tom Elliott
    Tom Elliott
    • 2nd Skater
    Jack De Mave
    • Roger
    • (uncredited)
    Thomas McGowan
    • Andrew Pauletta
    • (uncredited)
    John Herman Shaner
    • Fire Captain
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Gus Trikonis
    • Writers
      • Al Ramrus
      • John Herman Shaner
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    User reviews7

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    10chow913

    Surprisingly Enthralling And Frightening

    If you have a chance give this movie a look and you'll be pleasantly surprised.

    I'm only giving it 10 stars to improve its overall average. Actually it deserves a 6.

    The production quality is OK for 70s TV. It's the story and characters which really draw you in and don't let go. It seems like no second of the film is wasted.

    The plot: Dr. Robert Forester is a happily married successful university scientist who's met one dark and stormy night in an abandoned science laboratory by an old friend and introduced to his secret experiments in violations of the laws of man and God, clones! All building up to his macabre masterpiece, a human clone growing artificially inside a cathode! Worse yet, to gain Forester's trust and secrecy the clone is of Forester himself! Forester is disgusted and refuses to participate in any way. That is until Forester's promising career is stolen from him by a rival professor. Now the clone project is his only chance at scientific glory.

    Complications in the cloning project force them to super grow the clone to full Forester adulthood and computer program it with his intelligence.

    Just like Dr. Frankenstein they plan to debut the clone before the university. But the clone runs amuck in the 70s disco scene. Posing as Forester he easily picks up his pretty young students and rapes and murders them. He even sleeps with Forester's wife.

    This is sort of like 'The Darker Side of Multiplicity.' Having your own clone could easily become a bad thing.
    6Chase_Witherspoon

    Body double trouble

    Fairly entertaining, modest made-for-TV shocker about academic (Forster) who's cloned in a clandestine experiment by his brilliant but twisted scientific mentor (Milland) with unintended consequences.

    Interesting premise has Forster essentially playing dual roles (which he handles capably being the terrific actor he was), whilst pretty Barbeau plays his confused wife being unwittingly seduced by his increasingly brazen clone, whilst David Sheiner is another familiar face playing his academic nemesis.

    Typical of the halcyon era for TV-made thrillers, well-paced, moody, atmospheric aesthetic and just as compelling as theatrical films. 'Medical science' horror movies were briefly in vogue (e.g. Coma, Embryo, Scalpel) at the time, of which DSOT is a neat little exponent.

    Despite being well beneath his Hollywood legacy (though not as low as 'The Sea Serpent'), Milland makes anything more watchable and his presence here is quality casting that should reach a wider audience.

    Director Trikonis has crafted a taut, scary thriller headlined by a high quality cast of distinction, and worthy of attention - that is, if you can locate it; I managed to find an ex-rental VHS copy on the Video Classics label many years ago, but it seems to be rather obscure.
    6Platypuschow

    The Darker Side of Terror: Very interesting concept

    See I'm against reeboots and remakes but it's films like this that perhaps should be considered for one. The reason? It was made for television and is rather obscure, at time of writing it has less than 100 ratings on IMDB which for a 1979 movie is remarkable.

    Starring Robert Forster this fascinating little horror/thriller tells the story of a man who illegally and secretly has himself cloned but the clone sets his sights on succeeding his creator.

    The movie raised a lot of moral questions and handled them relatively well with a predictable ambiguous finale that I enjoyed.

    Though The Darker Side Of Terror is hardly ground breaking it's an interesting piece worthy of anyones time.

    Should this get remade there are a fair few parts I think need tweeking, doing this could make an instant classic.

    The Good:

    Very interesting concept

    The Bad:

    Title doesn't fit the movie at all

    Forster isn't on point here

    Things I Learnt From This Movie:

    If it had been me that kid wouldn't have touched the ceiling, she'd have gone through it
    5videorama-759-859391

    The darker side of disappointment

    Talk about being cheated. I was expecting this to be gory and shocking, hence it' R rating. But like Assassin, also R rated, I was again left stupefied, and in an enigma to why. The movie, well t.v movie has a great cast, Forster. The only real good, and decent reason to watch it. God, I wish the late Forster was still alive, as being one of my twenty favorite actors. When I think about, it's viewing, the story only goes so far, and then it's pretty flat, as to the movie's entirety. Basically, it's a brilliant incredible cloning experience, but one that goes horribly wrong. Forster plays a brilliant Science professor, cheated out of a higher position, by a colleague. Wanting to steal it back, and prove this life changing experiment of cloning himself, thanks to the help of older partner/work acquaintance, what results of course, is a malfunction, as the cloned Forster creates murderous havoc. What's actually frightening, is the cloned one, is so very much human, and direct, it's creepy. All of this this, doesn't constitute for a whole movie, as there's not enough real shocks, suspense, plot turns, so we basically have a run of the mill picture, that falls pretty flat after twenty minutes. Forster fans. Give it a go, if just for a Forster. For me, excluding the latter, I was very short changed, as to what I expected, which brought about heated anger. Heaven forbid, should someone clone this movie. Great title though, but it wouldn't last two titles in the movie ring.
    6CLEO-8

    creepy cloning movie

    This movie is actually kind of creepy. Scientists mess around with some cloning experiments and of course get more than they bargained for. Somewhat reminded me of the original Frankenstein movie when the clone is learning and being educated at very excellerated pace. Does a clone have the ability to feel human emotion or is his he merely a mechanized copy of the original? Some ethical issues explored. Interesting subject matter that was ahead of it's time.

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    • Release date
      • November 18, 1988 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Darker Side of Terror
    • Production companies
      • Bob Banner Associates
      • Shaner-Ramrus Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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