Project: Metalbeast
With the medical breakthrough of a metal-based synthetic skin called "bio-ferron" the prospect for pioneering surgeries for burn victims and cancer patients seems set to occur but for the warped head scientist in charge...it's a opportunist chance to reactivate a long forgotten classified project...that has been left frozen in a set of cryogenic chambers deep beneath the bowels of government laboratory. Convincing the other in the research team to start work on putting this living 'metal' skin on corpses, he now has the perfect test patients waiting on ice for them to work on. But there was a reason three of these stiffs in particular where left to chill. Due to an experiment gone bad these three only look human on the outside and none of them are as dead as everyone believes they are.
A mid-’90s sci-fi horror hybrid that fuses body horror with metal monstrosities and government conspiracy paranoia.
- Practical effects showcase gritty, gooey transformations that recall KNB’s best work in the ’90s direct-to-video scene.
- A weirdly compelling fusion of cybernetic creature feature and mad scientist thriller, tapping into ’90s anxieties about biotech run amok.
- Taps into that era’s love for cryogenic resurrection and “undead but not quite” flesh horrors, a niche for fans of practical gore and sci-fi creepiness.
- Clunky pacing and B-movie dialogue hold it back, but the metal-skinned abominations and grimy lab atmosphere deliver a distinct, offbeat charm.
