Horribly disappointing movie. Had a fantastic poster featuring nude Barbara Carrera (supposedly?) which is, by my standards, a collector's item today like few others. The only fun about this movie is that poster. I ordered the DVD and hoped the poster would be the box cover, but no, only a weak, weak, weak rendition of the original image as big as an average-sized postage stamp. The movie is hugely disappointing... Given the theme, From Embryo to Woman in 4 1/2 Weeks, there is a hell of a lot that could have been done with it. Imagine cultivating your own dreamgirl down in the laboratory, only for it to go wrong in a most disastrous way. Movie needs a remake, with particular focus on the anguish of premature aging, especially since the object of desire comes into the world as a fresh flower that is as doomed as just exactly that. It is however my experience that the movies of Ms. Carrera are invariably disappointing because, it seems to me, she's not exactly the star material she appeared to be at the time. Long, long hair a la Jane Seymour got her on my radar back in the mid- Seventies, but alas! long, long hair alone a fine actress doth not make.The poster is fun though, and today I saw the Net version of the one cutting out the off- putting male presence. To this day, when I see girls curled up so innocently, vulnerably, in the fetal position, I think of this poster. Nice legs, and especially the bare feet added that total total vulnerability.Had the movie been a tenth of the fun of the poster... but it doesn't have a hundredth.

You would have to be to see any plot or entertainment value in this movie, if your bored and want to waste 140 some minutes turn on a blank TV and stare at it. You will be better off in the long run! After trying to submit I have been informed I need 10 lines so here are 10 lines this movie should be buried by the psycho pincher who is by far the best actor in the movie... here goes: 1. Did Hudson need money that bad? 2. Same question for Diane. 3. Whyyyyyyyyyy did the poor family have to die? 4. MacDowell's acting was phenomenal, really! 5. How much did she get for frog lamp on ebay, it had best cameo. 6. Bonus: no dogs were harmed in the making of this movie, however directors daughters stuffed doggie did not survive. 7. RIP Goldie the gold fish. 8. They sure knew how to party in the 70's. 9. This clearly shows Rock Hudson without Doris Day equals tragic movie consequences! 10. I was seriously considering buying a doberman but now... PASS!

Rock Hudson stumbles upon a means of rapidly growing fetuses after he hits a dog with his car. He made the discovery after he tries to save the dogs pups. Taking the experiment one step farther he grows a human fetus which turns into Barbara Carrera who seems to spring to adulthood almost over night. Unfortunately the rapid growth keeps her emotionally young and she also aging much faster than anyone realizes. Scifi horror film is the sort of thing that would have ended up on TV if it wasn't for the star and the nudity. Its actually not a bad little film but it's the sort of thing that had been done at least a dozen times before. Worth a look if you run across it on an undemanding night but nothing you need search out unless you're a fan of Hudson or one of its other stars.

Okay, the one question that comes to mind when I think back to this movie is why? What would be the purpose of growing a woman from embryo to adulthood? They spend allot of time talking about the science of how it embryo becomes full grown and kept talking about the rapid age issue. But it just had dragged on, I wish they focused more on her growing insanity and less on the age issue. But what can you do. The performances in this were great, a great cast and they ain't shy about nudity. The effects what there were of them was impressive. But the whole movie plays out more like a science reel in school and less like a science fiction monster movie. I give it 6 STARS.