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Hardware
Human Monsters, Genre Hybrids

Hardware

1990

You can't stop progress.

Directed by Richard Stanley

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3.5
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Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.

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Written by
Richard Stanley
Cinematographer
Steven Chivers
Makeup FX
William Petty
Origin countries
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
en
Rating
R
TMDB
5.9/10 (339 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
43% Rotten
Metacritic
41/100
IMDb
5.9/10 (17,249 votes)
Released September 14, 1990·$1,500,000 budget·$5,728,953 revenue

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The Evolution of HorrorMAN-MADE MONSTERS #24: Hardware (1990) & Hollow Man (2000)

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