This took a long time to get going - the first 40 minutes is mostly three scientists in a room talking, occasionally cutting across to the supervisor of the scientist' project whingeing. The actors are competent but lack star power- Bryant Halliday is not up to the standards of a Peter Cushing or Chris Lee.
Then around the 40 minute mark an experiment goes wrong and one of the scientists becomes this half machine monster capable of killing people via electric shocks and the whole movie picked up. It might have been a lot more enjoyable had the leads had some degree of individuality. (For instance I think we're supposed to care that the female scientist picks one of the guy scientists over the other one but there's no real history or emotional connection between any of the characters so you don't notice.)
Mary Peach makes a vague nod to feminism by playing a scientist but her character is mostly passive during the running time. Tracey Crisp is more involved in the second half; she's a secretary who gets randomly involved with the experiment and spends ages running around in underwear.
The make up is impressive and the electrocution deaths work well. The second half of this isn't bad at all but the first half is extremely dull.
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