Transmutations
A horrible experiment. A criminal empire. One thing in common...
1985 | 92m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | George Pavlou |
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| Writer: | James Caplin, Clive Barker |
| Staring: |
| When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr. Savary, who has produced a strange white powder that's coveted by a race of deformed human beings who live in the underworld in the sewers below the city. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 29, 1985 |
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| Director: | George Pavlou |
| Writer: | James Caplin, Clive Barker |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | brothel, rescue, gang, physical deformity |
| Production Companies | Empire Pictures, Limehouse Productions, Alpine, Green Man Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Denholm Elliott | Dr. Savary |
| Steven Berkoff | Hugo Motherskille |
| Nicola Cowper | Nicole |
| Larry Lamb | Roy Bain |
| Irina Brook | Bianca |
| Art Malik | Fluke |
| Brian Croucher | Darling |
| Ingrid Pitt | Pepperdine |
| Trevor Thomas | Ricardo |
| Clive Panto | Abbott |
| Sean Chapman | Buchanan |
| Candy Davis | Barmaid |
| Karen Gould | Dancer |
| Jeanette Landry | Dancer |
| Mark West | Dancer |
| Gary Olsen | Red Dog |
| Paul Bown | Nygaard |
| Phil Davis | Lazarus |
| Miranda Richardson | Oriel |
| Paul Mari | Dudu |
| Philip Tan | Tung |
| Tina Maskell | Chevron |
| Jim Dowdall | Underworlder #1 |
| Mathew Zajac | Underworlder #2 |
| Guy Dartnell | Underworlder #3 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| James Caplin | Screenplay |
| Sydney Macartney | Director of Photography |
| Chris Ridsdale | Editor |
| Peter Litton | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Jeanette Freeman | Key Hair Stylist |
| Peter Freeman | Third Assistant Director |
| Simon Hinkly | First Assistant Director |
| Richard Perkis | Special Effects |
| George Pavlou | Director |
| Freur | Original Music Composer |
| Len Huntingford | Art Direction |
| Geoff Sharpe | Costume Design |
| Vivien Placks | Makeup Department Head |
| Paul Frift | Second Assistant Director |
| Clive Barker | Screenplay, Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Don Hawkins | Producer |
| Al Burgess | Executive Producer |
| Paul Gwynn | Executive Producer |
| Kevin Attew | Producer |
| Graham Ford | Co-Producer |
| Charles Band | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 27 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 21 | 54 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 14 | 27 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
Trending Position
"Underworld" suffers from a painfully obvious lack of budget from the very beginning. This could possibly be due to the fact a good portion of the money has been spent securing the services of Denholm Elliott, Steven Berkoff, Art Malik and Miranda Richardson. Or perhaps it was spent on the B-movie s ... pecial effects company drafted in to produce the scene where Denholm Elliott explodes in a bargain basement recreation of John Cassavetes's dramatic and show stopping exit in Brian De Palma's "The Fury" (1978). In any case no matter what the budget was actually spent on the small amount remaining provides the whole venture with the most basic levels of production values and it looks unavoidably cheap throughout. The biggest disappointment of all is how totally unengaging it is and this leaves you with a case of by-the-numbers film making on a ghastly shoestring budget.