机器猛犬 A.X.L.

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

　　正当人们准备高高兴兴过节的时候，古老的玛雅预言似乎要实现了……
　　在该片中，一连串与神秘的玛雅预言及圣诞颂歌《The 12 Days of Christmas》存在某种联系的灾难将一座小镇拖向毁灭的边缘，并且这种现象正快速传遍全世界。一个父亲（Ed
　　Quinn，《小镇疑云》）发现自己的女儿（Magda Aponowicz，《天赐》、《卡布里卡》）是「天选之人」——只有她能够阻止更大灾难的发生。但是愤怒的小镇居民全都责怪这个
　　女孩该为他们失去家园而负责，誓要将她置于死地。来自《太空堡垒卡拉狄加》的Donnelly Rhodes参与演出。

　　生化制药厂的老板Franklin（塞缪尔·杰克逊 Samuel L. Jackson 饰）提供大量资金供让Susan McAlester博士（萨弗蓉·布罗斯 Saffron Burrows 饰）研究抗老年痴呆症的药物。Susan和研究小组在设备精良的海底研究中心，提取鲨鱼脑中蛋白质，注入坏死的人类脑细胞。为了可以提取到萃取更多的鲨鱼脑蛋白，Susan也同时加大了鲨鱼们的脑容量。这一举动让本来作为试验品的鲨鱼们变得更为强壮和聪明。鲨鱼专家Carter（托马斯·简 Thomas Jane 饰）因和鲨鱼们朝夕相处时发现了鲨鱼们的异样，并向Susan提出了警告，却得到了Susan的无视。终于，在最后一次验中，那些曾经沦为人类试验品的凶残鲨鱼们向人类展开报复……

　　倒叙，科学家安德烈（大卫·海迪生 David Hedison饰）的美貌妻子海琳（帕特丽夏·欧文斯 Patricia Owens饰）打来电话，向安德烈的弟弟弗朗索瓦（文森特·普莱斯 Vincent Price饰）求助。她向弗朗索瓦和警探坦白，自己刚刚杀害了丈夫安德烈。案发前，安德烈痴迷研发他的时空交错机器，这个机器能够将人体分解传输到另一个地方再重组。可他万万没有想到的是：正在他埋头实验的时候，一只闯进来的丑陋苍蝇飞进了机器……
　　这部由二十世纪福克斯公司于1958年推出的低成本科幻片《苍蝇》，可谓史上经典“变蝇人”的开山鼻祖。二十世纪福克斯公司相继推出1959年的《变蝇人回归》和1965年的《苍蝇的诅咒》。此后“苍蝇热”一发不可收拾，影响了八十年代的同类电影：1986年翻拍的《变蝇人》更加注重恐怖视觉的处理，荣获奥斯卡最佳化妆奖，而在1989年推出《变蝇人2》接力演绎“苍蝇热”。