Clonus

Description

Somewhere in California is a secret industrial complex. Apparently well know to certain priveleged members of the inner circles of government, this factory has only one product: human clones!

These clones are identical replicas of members of the top 500 of politics and big business. Raised to adulthood, they are then frozen and cryogenically stored so that their body parts can be used to give more or less eternal life to the chosen elite.

The plan is to keep these clones in a state of almost childlike innocence and deny them any knowledge of the real world outside. They are brainwashed with dreams of a mythical place called "America" where (so they are told) they will go if they are lucky enougb to be selected.

A series of unplanned accidents leads to one of the clones finding out too much and becoming curious. One day he escapes from the clone farm and comes looking for answers in the "real" America... EXTRAS:
A 40 minute in depth interview with film's director, discussing his career to date and the making of CLONUS

The film's theatrical trailer

A feature length audio commentary with the film's director

Newly remastered from original negative in hi def anamorphic

Customer Reviews:

Clonus - Just Rent "The Island" Instead........2006-04-06

I bought this movie, as I realized after watching The Island that it was a remake, and I wanted to see the orginial one more time. It took me some time to find the movie as I had almost forgotten the title which I had seen on TV way back when. So I bought it so that I could see the whole movie now that i am older. The movie was just fair, and is kind of corney of course. This has all the makings of a low-budget flick. The story is interesting, but not enough to warrant buying this DVD. Buy The Island instead, the effects and storyline are better. The makers of the Island did Clonus a favor by remaking it. It is a great storyline, but skip buying this one.

"Cult" film worth looking into.......2005-10-07

As I watched Michael Bay's "The Island," a movie whose American reviews in the mainstream media were far too dour, a feeling came over me I had seen this movie before. Lo and behold "The Island" is indeed a remake of Clonus. I eagerly await the DVD release of Michael Bay's latest for I plan to have a winter rainy-day event at my home - back to back viewings of the movies to entertain friends. News reports say the makers of "The Island" failed to buy the rights to Clonus and this piece of Hollywood intrigue adds topical interest.

On its own the best part of Clonus is its great premise, clones raised for spare body parts for the rich and politicians. Made in 1979 the movie is prescient and intriguing. Having said that, it's not a great movie. It's cheesy. But overlong scenes such as the searching of the office are balanced with some of the scariest scenes I've seen in a long while. For example the scene where we first see doctors terminate a clone. The doctors act with such practice and ease you think the actors did this for their day jobs.

I give it four stars because of its great premise, appearances by familiar medium level television personages, social relevance and the fact that I have to give a break to a first time director working on a $250,000 budget. Fiveson, the director, gives an interesting interview on another track of the DVD, and I think people interested in film-making might be find the DVD package worthwhile even if not particularly interested in Sci-Fi. For those not interested in what I've stated, I give the movie a fun two stars, not something to put at the top of your list, but if you have some extra cash and want to buy something different for your library, especially if you are interested in 1970s low budget movies.

CLONUS is THE ISLAND.......2005-07-06

Absolutely, the movie that Michael Bay has remade and not discussed the matter with the media!
See it first!

Put aside your prejudices and watch the movie!.......2005-06-26

First up - this is a great sci-fi conspiracy movie. Way ahead of its time in its critique of science gone mad, the class system and the american dream - proved undisputedly by the new hollywood blockbuster from Micheal "Armageddon" Bay, being a virtual remake! (Uncredited of course!)

Of course its a very low budget movie so there are inevitable shortcomings but clear out all the MST3K prejudices and you're left with an unsung entry in the genre - even the New York Times placed the movie in the same hallowed company as Dawn of the Dead" (1978), Larry Cohen's "It's Alive!" (1974) and Tobe Hooper's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974), among many others, all drawing on the trauma of Vietnam and the rising fear of consumerist conformism to spin their dark fables of American life.

Now I can't think of a better recommendation than that!

dumb clones.......2005-04-20

Let's face it, clones are rock stupid and this movie proves it. A half-witted clone escapes from a facility that breeds and raises clones so their parts can be harvested if their counter part ever needs them. In a stroke of unbelievable coincidence he runs into the the man who he was cloned from who did not know he had been cloned. So this man tries to help his clone escape his equally micro-minded clone girlfriend who ends up getting a labotomy which doesn't do much to aid the situation. Well, it's all a rather stupid mess and the memories of it I've brought up thus far have made me ill enough. In short, about all this movie is good for is a few laughs but it is a terrible piece of work.

Average customer rating:

Clonus Horror enjoyable
Very Dated View of An Issue Rising in Importance
Timeless science fiction.

Parts: The Clonus Horror
Starring: Frank Ashmore , Frank Birney , Paulette Breen , Amanda Davies , and Timothy Donnelly
Director: Robert S. Fiveson
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Release Date: 2006-10-31

Description

Peter Graves (Mission Impossible) and Hollywood legend Keenan Wynn (Dr Strangelove) star in this dazzling political thriller, that works equally well as a pulse pounding horror film, packed with moments of jaw dropping terror.

Somewhere in California is hidden a mysterious industrial complex. Apparently well known to certain priveleged members of the inner circles of government, this factory has only one product: human clones...

Raised in a state of blissful ignorance, both about their origins and their ultimate fate, the clones dream of 'America' - where, so their guardians tell them, they will one day be sent. But what happens hen one of these farmed clones starts to ask difficult questions... and comes looking for the real America?

Customer Reviews:

Clonus Horror enjoyable.......2007-07-13

A great retro 70's horror movie, special effects a little cheesy but an interesting story. Tim Donnelly was good in this role - felt very sorry for his character!

Very Dated View of An Issue Rising in Importance.......2007-01-10

This VERY 70's movie is about a race of cloned beings that are kept docile in a private clone farm. The purpose of the clone farm is to serve people classified as "important" by creating clones of them to use as organ donors. The poor clones have no idea of what's going on. They don't know that they're organ donors. Heck, they don't even know that they're clones. When the owners of the clone farm need a vital organ in a hurry, they give the clone a quick party and say, "We're going to send you to America today." Then the clone is slaughtered.

All the clones want to go to America because they're taught from birth that America is a great place. Of course, none of the clone farm workers makes an effort to inform the clones that the farm is already located IN America. To keep the clones from getting suspicious of the truth, lobotomies are given to each and every clone on the farm shortly after creation. Despite such precautions, one clone, Richard, tries his darndest to discover what America is.

Parts: The Clonus Horror succeeds in showing the potentiality of losing ethical values when pushing scientific methods to extend life, and, although it tackles this issue wonderfully, it has a made-for-TV look that I just can't shake off. No wonder the film was chosen as fodder for one of the MST3K episodes. You can either use it as an ethical study guide or just something to ridicule, and it works either way. Interesting...

Timeless science fiction........2006-12-23

I viewed this movie YEARS ago and never forgot it. To me, that's what marks a timeless movie. There has been a remake since, but it doesn't seem to work somehow. After viewing this you ask yourself.....can it really happen?

Average customer rating:

Clonus - Just Rent "The Island" Instead.
"Cult" film worth looking into
CLONUS is THE ISLAND
Put aside your prejudices and watch the movie!
dumb clones

Clonus [Region 2]
Starring: Tim Donnelly , Paulette Breen , Dick Sargent , Keenan Wynn , and David Hooks
Director: Robert S. Fiveson
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Customer Reviews:

Clonus - Just Rent "The Island" Instead........2006-04-06

"Cult" film worth looking into.......2005-10-07

CLONUS is THE ISLAND.......2005-07-06

Absolutely, the movie that Michael Bay has remade and not discussed the matter with the media!
See it first!

Put aside your prejudices and watch the movie!.......2005-06-26

dumb clones.......2005-04-20

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