Movie Cosmos - Transmutations

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Denholm Elliott

As Dr. Savary

Steven Berkoff

As Hugo Motherskille

Nicola Cowper

As Nicole

Larry Lamb

As Roy Bain

Irina Brook

As Bianca

Art Malik

As Fluke

Brian Croucher

As Darling

Ingrid Pitt

As Pepperdine

Trevor Thomas

As Ricardo

Clive Panto

As Abbott

Sean Chapman

As Buchanan

Candy Davis

As Barmaid

Karen Gould

As Dancer

Jeanette Landry

As Dancer

Mark West

As Dancer

Gary Olsen

As Red Dog

Paul Bown

As Nygaard

Phil Davis

As Lazarus

Miranda Richardson

As Oriel

Paul Mari

As Dudu

Philip Tan

As Tung

Tina Maskell

As Chevron

Jim Dowdall

As Underworlder #1

Mathew Zajac

As Underworlder #2

Guy Dartnell

As Underworlder #3

Top Crew >

George Pavlou

Director

Clive Barker

Screenplay, Story

James Caplin

Screenplay

Kevin Attew

Producer

Don Hawkins

Producer

Al Burgess

Executive Producer

Graham Ford

Co-Producer

Paul Gwynn

Executive Producer

Charles Band

Executive Producer

Freur

Original Music Composer

Sydney Macartney

Director of Photography

Chris Ridsdale

Editor

Len Huntingford

Art Direction

Geoff Sharpe

Costume Design

Peter Litton

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

Vivien Placks

Makeup Department Head

Jeanette Freeman

Key Hair Stylist

Paul Frift

Second Assistant Director

Peter Freeman

Third Assistant Director

Simon Hinkly

First Assistant Director

Richard Perkis

Special Effects

Reviews:

kevin2019 (5/10)

"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 special 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.

2024-04-05