The Mutations

The Mutations
British theatrical release poster
Directed by Jack Cardiff
Produced by Robert D. Weinbach
Written by Edward Mann
Robert D. Weinbach
Starring Donald Pleasence
Tom Baker
Brad Harris
Julie Ege
Music by Basil Kirchin
Jack Nathan (uncredited)
Cinematography Paul Beeson
Edited by John Trumper
Production
company
Cyclone
Getty Pictures Corp.
Distributed by Columbia-Warner (UK)
Columbia Pictures (US)
Release date
 October 1974 (UK)
25 September 1974 (US)
Running time
 92 minutes
Country United Kingdom
United States[1]
Language English

The Mutations is a low budget 1974 British-American science fiction/horror film directed by Jack Cardiff. The film was also released under the title The Freakmaker.[2]

Plot

A deranged genetic scientist abducts college students as human guinea pigs that he uses in his experiments in crossbreeding plants with humans. The failed experimental mutants are then given to a cruel circus freakshow owner who exploits them to the fullest. However, the mutants and the circus freaks will not be denied justice.

Cast

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Subversive Cinema on September 27, 2005. Subversive Cinema later re-released the film on January 29, 2008 as a part of its 2-Disk Greenhouse Gore movie pack. It was last released by Desert Island Films on February 18, 2012.[3]

Reception

Author and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film 2 out of 4 stars, criticizing the film's predictable story and what he called "grotesque elements and characters".[4] TV Guide awarded the film 1/5 stars, writing, "Though at times the film is so bad it's unintentionally funny, it has a certain cruelty to it."[5] On his website Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings, Dave Sindelar gave the film a positive review, commending the film's cast, and generation of sympathy for the title characters.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "The Mutations". American Film Institute. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Mutations (1973) | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  3. ↑ "The Mutations (1974) - Jack Cardiff". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Leonard Maltin (2013). Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide: 2014 Edition : the Modern Era. Plume Books. p. 964. ISBN 978-0-14-218055-6.
  5. ↑ "The Mutations - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings". TV Guide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Sindelar, Dave. "The Mutations (1974)". Fantastic Movie Musings.com. Dave Sindelar. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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