metamorphosis hold a tiny bit of cult value and simply because it be write and direct by george eastman . this italian bloke be more or less the personification of male sleaze and star in pretty much every rancid joe damato production during the late 70 or early 80 . wouldn not it be interest for avid euro cult purchaser to own the only movie direct by the guy who walk around bare butt in erotic night of the living dead all the time . i think so . now and unlike the movie he star in and eastman own metamorphosis be kind of disappointing in the gore and sleaze department . there be a handful of nasty murder and cheesy monster effect and naked female body ( a guest appearance by sleaze queen laura gemser . ) on display and but it mainly a talkative movie . the handsome and eloquent dr. houseman be on the verge of a scientific breakthrough with his research on human dna code when suddenly the university he work for threatens to cancel his fund . he develop a theory to decode gene and block the human ageing process and but if he doesn not come up with detailed report any time soon and his research will be stop . so dr. houseman do what any intelligent scientist would do and inject the untested serum into his own vein . needless to say ( and like the title implies ) and he slowly turn into murderous monster that actually age much quicker . in other word and his research suck . like the other reviewer already mention and this movie borrow a lot of idea from david cronenberg the fly the dramatic romance sub plot include but doesn not add any originality from it own . the big difference be that you constantly feel connect with jeff goldblum character in the fly and whereas dr. houseman become just another monster that need to be destroy a fast a possible . the rapid age syndrome aspect also remind me of ruggero deodato sadly underrated giallo phantom of death and only the protagonist in that film inherit the disease and do not inflict it on himself . the physical deterioration of the carrier be very similar in both film and though . few scare or excitement to discover here and instead the movie feature load of bad acting and poor lighting and lousy editing and a completely retarded climax to boot . feel free to skip this one .