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Plutonium Baby

  • Video
  • 1987
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
2.7/10
297
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Plutonium Baby (1987)
Horror

Danny's mother was contaminated by radiation poisoning at the time of his birth. Years have passed, and Danny begins to go on a killing rampage.Danny's mother was contaminated by radiation poisoning at the time of his birth. Years have passed, and Danny begins to go on a killing rampage.Danny's mother was contaminated by radiation poisoning at the time of his birth. Years have passed, and Danny begins to go on a killing rampage.

  • Directors
    • Ray Hirschman
    • William Szarka
  • Writer
    • Wayne Behar
  • Stars
    • Patrick Molloy
    • Danny Guerra
    • Joe Viviani
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    2.7/10
    297
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Ray Hirschman
      • William Szarka
    • Writer
      • Wayne Behar
    • Stars
      • Patrick Molloy
      • Danny Guerra
      • Joe Viviani
    • 16User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Patrick Molloy
    • Dr. Drake
    Danny Guerra
    • Young Danny
    Joe Viviani
    • Hank
    Ciarán Sheehan
    • Danny as an adult
    • (as Ciaran Sheehan)
    Mary Beth Pelshaw
    • Wendy
    Julie Hays
    Julie Hays
    • Lauren
    David Pike
    • Ken
    Dan Tyler
    • Brad
    Helen Keaney
    Helen Keaney
    • Diane
    • (as Helen Rosenthal)
    Christopher G. O'Dea
    • Nick
    Matthew Clair
    Matthew Clair
    • Dennis
    Marc Anthony
    • Lee, construction worker
    Anthony Mitaro
    • Charlie, hunter
    David Randazzo
    • Frank, hunter
    Gary Dunn
    • Dr. Brians
    Joe Parisi
    • Dr. Ward
    Marion Crane
    • Emily
    Terry Burns
    • Theo, van driver
    • Directors
      • Ray Hirschman
      • William Szarka
    • Writer
      • Wayne Behar
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    EyeAskance

    poo-poo. pee-pee. ca-ca.

    There aren't enough derogatory expletives in the dictionary to hurl at this brimming bucket of fetid pond scum...PLUTONIUM BABY is swerve-driving, disorderly chicken-scratch which denotes a backwoods codger fostering his grandson when illegally dumped toxic waste turns the boy's mother into a mutant. Following the murder of both his mutated mom and grand-dad by some shady government suits, the orphaned boy is swept off to Manhattan. Years later, he is stalked with vengeful contempt by one of the killers, now a toxic mutant himself.

    There's far more nonsense going on in the story than I have bothered to mention, but the matter is too trivial to justify callousing my fingertips on the keypad with further annotation.

    A wriggling pinworm in the ass of horror cinema. Avoid. 2/10
    1mrniceguy106

    by far the worst movie I've ever seen

    I thought Halloween 3 was bad! Then I saw Plutonium baby. First of all, the tagline just doesn't work. He'll tell his mommy? HE HAS NO MOMMY TO TELL!! Secondly, the baby isn't even a baby - he's about eleven years old. The stupid teenagers that enter the scene serve the proper horror movie purpose - they're complete idiots. The cinematography is laughable. The kids are seemingly lost in the middle of the woods, but if you look carefully you can see a car go by them in the background. Are you kidding me? "We're lost!" "Vvvrrroooom." "What was that?" Absolutely terrible. Next, the pathetic storyline drags on for hours - literally. Just when you think the nauseating plot has finally finshed, it flashes forward ten years to start the - (I'm running out of fitting words) - grotesquely stupid story all over again with the "baby" as a grown-up. There's a dull sex scene that's probably the longest scene in the whole movie - next in line for longest is the aerobics scene, that's right, there's an aerobics scene. That's about all you need to know, except the worst script line I've ever heard: "don't mind the nuclear warning sign, put your beer in there anyway." The fact that whoever wrote this film actually thought they'd make a profit from it is the best part - it's just too much!! It's beyond those bad movies that are fun to laugh at, like Bloodfeast for example. No it's just plain bad. Not funny in a "this is supposed to scare us?" sort of way, but bad in a "they should use this video for torture" sort of way. Avoid this movie like you would avoid the Black Plague.
    2james_trevelyan

    AWOL (Asleep With Open Lids)!

    To call 'Plutonium Baby' a stinker would be the understatement of the year. This is the second worst film I have ever seen. Don't get me wrong; I love bad horror - the worse the better. But what I simply cannot abide is the subgenre I like to refer to as Boring Horror. And 'Plutonium Baby' is excruciatingly, mind-numbingly dull - ten minutes into this Thanksgiving dinner of a movie, I was praying for it to end. It has a duration of only eighty-five minutes but it feels like forever. Couple this with low-rent special effects and dreck actors, and you have a thoroughly awful affair.

    The only positive thing I can say about 'Plutonium Baby' is that it is marginally better than Troma's dire 'Igor and the Lunatics', which is the worst film I have ever viddied, and which was voted by 'Entertainment Tonight' as the 'Worst Film Ever Made'. Like 'Plutonium', 'Igor' is a crushing bore.

    Other Boring Horror titles to be carefully avoided are 'Demon Wind' starring George Kennedy, and 'A Name for Evil' (or, as I prefer to call it, 'A Name for Tedium'!) starring Robert Culp and Samantha Eggar. Don't get burned!
    2emm

    Down comes the baby, the cradle, and the lack of an honest effort.

    IT'S ALIVE?!?! No, wait a minute! It's a complete overhaul of a mess! For what lost cause does this corny title make any good sense? Made and shot at a VERY miniscule budget, there's no secret why PLUTONIUM BABY carries one useless scene after another, and later on, things can only get worse until the bitter end! It has killings and all the more, and for so much less out of all its vital functions needed to sustain life. Not even our contaminated killer can suck on a milk bottle, nor fit in the cradle! Keep your eyes peeled for a wild and savage rabbit that is worth the entire movie alone. Never has it been so difficult to find tons of ultra-cheapie horror movies waiting for the eyes and ears of this weird world. This makes the perfect "schlock" experience that's uncommonly rare (also try watching REVENGE OF THE RADIOACTIVE REPORTER). Just who is Patrick Molloy, and what's he up to now?
    1HumanoidOfFlesh

    Piece of total crap.

    Ray Hirschman's "Plutonium Baby" has to be one of the worst pieces of garbage I have ever seen.This film is awful in every department.The script is idiotic beyond belief,the direction is horrible and the acting is incredibly bad.There is some gore,but the special effects are so inept that you'll scratch your head in a total disbelief.The plot is as follows:Dr.Drake and his team of scientists are performing grotesque and illegal experiments involving plutonium's effect on pregnant women.The day Danny was born,Dr.Drake and his minions go too far in their experiments and kill Danny's mother.Fortunately Danny is saved while the callous doctors bury Emily's body in a toxic waste container.Twelve years passed and suddenly Danny's nightmare is relieved when Drake resurfaces to stalk and kill Danny.When the doctor moves in for the kill,a hideously deformed and mutated Emily awakens inside the earth's core and returns to rescue her son.Anyway,"Plutonium Baby" is truly painful to watch.It's definitely one of most stupid horror films ever made.Avoid this cheap load of crap like the plague.1 out of 10.

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    • Trivia
      Originally scheduled for a ten-day shoot in August 1986 with director William Szarka and a crew who are now thankful they were never credited. Filming halted after five days when the director fired the assistant cameraman and the rest of the crew quit in protest.
    • Quotes

      Frank, hunter: Hey, asshole. You know what this says? It says "radioactive." I ain't putting my beer in here.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Cinema Snob: Plutonium Baby (2013)

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    • Release date
      • April 1987 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Mutant Kid
    • Filming locations
      • Connecticut, USA
    • Production company
      • PB
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 25m(85 min)
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