Title: Something similar to "Marathon Man," but must not actually be
Marathon Man, since I saw that movie recently and it didn't contain
the scene.
Plot: A group of evil scientists try to piece together the ultimate
human machine from parts taken from athletes.
Horrible Scene: A jogger is mugged while jogging in the park. He
awakes to find himself in a hospital bed. He throws off the
covers and finds one leg has been amputated. A nurse comes in and
gives him some sedative or something, and the movie switches to
some subplot scene, I believe.
The scene then switches back to the man in the bed, as he
just awakes from the sedative. He throws off the covers to find
both his legs gone. A nurse gives him another sedative. The movie,
I believe, switches back to another sub-plot scene.
The scene then again switches to the man in the bed, showing
at first just his face, which is wearing an expression of total
shock, disbelief, and crazed horror. As the camera backs away,
showing more and more of the man, it becomes visible that now both
the man's arms are missing as well.
Does anyone know the name of the movie?
As a side discussion to spawn, can anyone describe a scene in any movie
currently playing on the TV late-nite circuit that is more horrifying
than this one?
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Dave Kirby ( ...!ihnp4!akgua!cylixd!dave)
I agree, it was truly gruesome.
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I do! I do! You are talking about SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN (which may
be known under the name of the book it was based on THE DISORIENTED MAN
by Peter Saxon). The film was made by Amicus, I think, and starred
Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing. It is sort of a
takeoff on the Frankenstein theme. The DM title refers to one of
Price's creations, a man with no memory and incredible strength. In
one scene I think the police have him handcuffed to the bumper of a
care and he very blithely walks away leaving his hand behind still
handcuffed to the bumper. A friend of mine was particularly interested
in this film because he liked novels by Peter Saxon who is best known
of a series about a set of supernatural troubleshooters call "The
Guardians."
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>As a side discussion to spawn, can anyone describe a scene in any movie
>currently playing on the TV late-nite circuit that is more horrifying
>than this one?
I haven't really been horrified by a film since I saw PSYCHO at age 9.
But I suppose what horrifies you is very subjective. Oddly enough
there are scenes in uncut versions of COUNT YORGA, VAMPIRE that I think
are more effective. There is one with a woman who has recently been
bitten by a vampire and who takes a long time to answer the phone (he
says trying to avoid a spoiler) that I thought was quite effective.
But I was young when I saw the film and it might not be as good if I
saw it uncut again.
Mark Leeper
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The movie was called "The Cube", and was based on a play. My favorite scene
was when he threw a little flashing device (called the "Rabbi") stuck to the
wall, through it, making a rather large hole. This repairman comes up, measures
the hole, and says something like "Hmmm... A type 8 hole. We don't get many
of those." and patches the hole with a patch that fits it exactly.
I saw this move last when I was about 8. Great movie.
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