{"id":35603,"date":"2015-12-20T18:06:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T01:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35603"},"modified":"2021-02-04T19:05:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T02:05:02","slug":"clonus-horror-the-parts-clonus-horror-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35603","title":{"rendered":"Clonus Horror, The \/ Parts: Clonus Horror (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This is your chance for immortality! You don&#8217;t need to worry, because there is a duplicate of you!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Poster.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA physically fit young man (Tim Donnelly) living on a compound with guards and a patronizing doctor (Dick Sargent) begins to question the Utopian &#8220;America&#8221; he will eventually be sent to, and soon learns he and others &#8212; including his new girlfriend (Paulette Breen) &#8212; are being bred as clones for wealthy patrons wanting spare organs.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Androids and Clones<\/li>\n<li>Escape<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Keenan Wynn Films<\/li>\n<li>Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis low-budget sci-fi thriller is probably best known both for its <a href=\"http:\/\/mst3k.wikia.com\/wiki\/Parts:_The_Clonus_Horror\">spoofing by MST3K in 1999<\/a>, and for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agonybooth.com\/agonizer\/interview-with-clonus-screenwriter.aspx\">copyright infringement lawsuit<\/a> brought by its producer against Dreamworks for making <em>The Island<\/em> (2005) without acknowledging its similarity to this film. Unfortunately, despite a provocative premise, <em>The Clonus Horror<\/em> comes across as amateurish and poorly acted; even cameo roles by Keenan Wynn and Lorene Tuttle as concerned citizens who try to help Donnelly are laughably overdone. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A provocative and creepy premise<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still3-1024x644.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still3-1024x644.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still3-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still3-128x81.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still3-768x483.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still3-1536x967.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still3-429x270.png 429w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still3.png 1667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still2-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still2-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still2-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still2-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still2-1536x921.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still2-450x270.png 450w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Clonus-Horror-Still2.png 1713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look if you&#8217;re curious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078062\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4833&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2020\/08\/30\/parts-the-clonus-horror-1979\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1558clon.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/parts-the-clonus-horror\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is your chance for immortality! You don&#8217;t need to worry, because there is a duplicate of you!&#8221; Synopsis: A physically fit young man (Tim Donnelly) living on a compound with guards and a patronizing doctor (Dick Sargent) begins to question the Utopian &#8220;America&#8221; he will eventually be sent to, and soon learns he and others &#8212; including his new girlfriend (Paulette Breen) &#8212; are being bred as clones for wealthy patrons wanting spare organs. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35603\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35603"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68778,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35603\/revisions\/68778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}