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Directed by | George Pavlou |
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Produced by | Kevin Attew Don Hawkins |
Starring | Denholm Elliott Miranda Richardson Steven Berkoff Larry Lamb Art Malik |
Cinematography | Sydney Macartney |
Edited by | Chris Ridsdale |
Music by | Freur |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Underworld (also called Transmutations) is a 1985 British horror film directed by George Pavlou, written by Clive Barker and James Caplin, and starring Denholm Elliott, Nicola Cowper, Steven Berkoff, Larry Lamb, Ingrid Pitt, Irina Brook and Art Malik.
The film's music was produced by Welsh new wave band Freur, which later evolved into the band Underworld, their name taken from the film's title. [1]
Dr. Savary (Elliott), a sinister biochemist, has created a subhuman species that dwells in the London Underground. Addicted to Savary's mind-expanding drug, his creations suffer from grotesque disfigurements. The victims' only hope for an antidote lies in kidnapping Nicole (Cowper), a high-class prostitute. Roy Bain (Lamb), a fearless adventurer and Nicole's former lover, is hired to save her.
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