THE PROJECTED MAN 60’s sci-fi horror – free on YouTube

‘A billion volts of death in every finger!’
The Projected Man is a 1966 British sci-fi horror film about a scientist experimenting with matter transmission using a laser beam, who uses himself as a test specimen. But the process goes awry, and one side of his body becomes deformed and lethal to anyone it touches.

The movie stars Bryant Haliday (Devil Doll; Curse of the Voodoo; Tower of Evil), Norman Wooland, Mary Peach and Ronald Allen.

The Projected Man was released on Blu-ray on January 30, 2018, by Scream Factory. The transfer was a new 2K scan of the film’s interpositive.

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Interview with director Ian Curteis (new)
Interview with actress Mary Peach (new)
Interview with art director Peter Mullins (new)
Interview with sound editor Brian Blamey (new)
Interview with composer Kenneth V. Jones (new)
Original UK opening (standard definition)
Deleted scenes (standard definition)
Radio spot
Theatrical trailer
Still gallery

Discovered by Alex Gordon as an unproduced screenplay by Hollywood writer Frank Quattrocchi, The Projected Man was directed by Ian Curteis; it would be the first theatrical film that he would direct. However, due to his lack of experience, he ran into several problems during filming. As the film fell behind schedule and the budget kept increasing, he was fired during the film’s final stages. Producer John Croydon replaced him; however, Croydon remained uncredited as the producers did not wish to publicise the problems that had occurred on set.

The film was released in the US by Universal, on a double-bill with Island of Terror.

Plot:
Doctor Paul Steiner (Bryant Haliday) and Doctor Christopher Mitchell (Ronald Allen) work on a projection device that enables them to transmit any object within a few miles of the machine. While they find the device works with inanimate objects, the living creatures they use it on always seem to die. When Doctor Patricia Hill (Mary Peach) arrives, she helps them fix the error, making Steiner think the problem has been solved. Meanwhile, Doctor Blanchard (Norman Wooland), Steiner’s boss and head of the institute he works for, is being blackmailed by Mr. Latham (Derrick De Marney), who wants credit for Steiner’s discovery. He forces Blanchard to demand that Steiner give a premature presentation to Professor Lembach (Gerard Heinz).

Steiner, Mitchell, and Hill feel they are ready to present, but at the event, Blanchard sneakily places acid on the machine, causing an explosion. The funding for Steiner’s project is ended instantly, however, Mitchell later discovers that the device has been tampered with. Steiner goes to Blanchard’s house. He presents the men with the evidence that his machine was deliberately tampered with, and Lembach allows him to have another chance…

Book reviews:

“British horror thriller with scientific overtones would have been more watchable with faster pacing and less superfluous material.” John Stanley, Creature Features Movie Guide book

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“The title monster is sufficiently different in appearance to anything I had seen before, the laboratory actually looks like a proper laboratory and equipment rather than the contents of someone’s garage. There’s some explosions at the end, a brief view of some bare breasts and more than a few unintentional laughs.” Tim Rogerson, The Shrieking Sixties book

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Country of origin:
United Kingdom

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