S teven Berkoff film 1980s-3
Transmutations, also known as Underworld directed by George Pavlouin 1985 based on Clive Barker's horror story about mutants.
Dr. Savary (Denholm Eliot) has created mutants who live in the London Underground .
They kidnap Nicole (Nicola Cowper).
She was working for Motherskille (Steven Berkoff) who hires Roy Bain (Larry Lamb) to get her back.
Berkoff shows no interest as this tedious badly directed film drags on. When his character dies, open mouthed in a fog of poison gas, it was probably how he was feeling.
The special effects must be among the worst ever- presumably Special Effects Supervisor Malcolm King had no budget. Best name from the credits- Tip Tipping. Tipping did stunts for two other Berkoff films, Octopussy and Revolution. He also acted in Aliens.
There are rumors of a sequel Transmutations 2 The Return of Nicole (from Clive Barker site click here). I can't wait. The director of photography was Sydney Macartney, the editor was Chris Ridsdale.
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