Summaries

Two doctors and a young boy suffering from progeria get caught up with an unethical, mysterious medical experiment undertaken by a team of higher-up doctors whose collectivist goals are destroying individual lives.

Dr. Kristine Lipton finds that something strange is happening in the hospital she works for, when a friend is strangled by an elderly poor patient, who runs away but has an accident and dies. Kristine tries to find out more about this man, but only finds that all the personnel (including the Hospital's Director), are hiding something.—Michel Rudoy <[email protected]>

The patient Ben Beloit strangles Dr. Karen Steinbrook and flees from the hospital. However he is hit by a bus and the intern Dr. Kristine Lipton brings him back to the hospital, where she learns that her friend Karen was murdered. When Ben and his also elder friend Crater die, Kristine finds something strange and investigates other patients. Meanwhile Dr. Eugene Kesselman has one night stand with her. Soon she discovers that doctors in the hospital are researching how to stop the aging process and her prime suspect is Dr. Kesselman, and she decides to disclose her findings to the Chief of Staff Dr. Simon Martingale. Did she take the right attitude?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • hospital
  • friend
  • doctor
  • patient
  • er
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Horror
  • Sci-Fi
Release date Dec 8, 1990
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies CBS Entertainment Production Peter Frankovich Productions

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 36m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

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