Rating: NR
Genres:
Science Fiction
Horror
Release Date: 03/21/2000
Dubbed: English
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 75 min
Flags: Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Image Entertainment
Sunblock can't save you from the solar-powered monster in this sci-fi cult item. Dr. Gilbert McKenna (
Robert Clarke) is a research scientist who is exposed to dangerously radioactive materials during a visit to an atomic power plant. The radiation causes McKenna to mutate into a strange and murderous half-man, half-reptile when he comes into contact with the rays of the sun. The isotopes also have another effect on him; he begins to forget about his loyal girlfriend Ann Russell (
Patricia Manning) and starts taking up with blonde bombshell Trudy Osborne (
Nan Peterson), who brings out the beast in him as surely as the sun.
The Hideous Sun Demon was co-produced, co-written, and co-directed by leading man
Robert Clarke; it was his first and last effort as a writer and director, though he was to remain active as an actor for another 30 years. In 1983, a group of comedians re-edited the film and dubbed in a new soundtrack; the results were released as
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon? ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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