A space rocket communicates with ground control at Houston (Dave Hull's voice). The astronaut, Steve West (Alex Rebar) reaches the rings of Saturn and sees the rising sun. A solar explosion reaches him immediately, and he passes out.
Steve wakes up at hospital. Dr Leland Loring (Lisle Wilson) wonders aloud how he could survive, but the nurse (Bonnie Inch) can't give him an answer. He decides to call Dr. Ted Nelson (Burr DeBenning). He also stresses to her that Steve's condition must be kept secret. When both leave, Steve wakes up - his head has been completely bandaged, but he sees his monster hands. Taking away his bandages, he sees all the blisters. He becomes enrages. The nurse enters, sees him and runs away. There's nobody else in all the clinic, and monstruous Steve runs after her, who reaches the parking lot by going through a glass door.
The two doctors check the dead body, and they find it died of radiation poisoning. They don't even know if it is a contagious condition. Ted phones General Michael Perry (Myron Healey), who insists in keeping the murder and everything secret.
Steve has escaped into the woods, and he kills a fisherman (Samuel "Sam" W. Gelfman). Ted and Leland have a conversation in which Ted shows that he's feeling sympathetic towards Steve's plight. Perry phones Nelson at home, and he has to pretend that nothing is wrong in front of his wife Judy Nelson (Ann Sweeny). Outside, two boys (Stuart Edmond Rogers and Chris Witney) give a cigarette to their friend Carol (Julie Drazen), who finds it disgusting. She coughs, dislikes it and steps on it. They go playing, running around the forest. The girl gets lost and she finds the monster. She runs away in panic until she finds her mother (Leigh Mitchell), who tells her that Frankenstein (she refers to the Monster, not the doctor) doesn't exist.
Rating: R (adult situations/language, violence)
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By: William Sachs
Written By: William Sachs
In Theaters: Jun 1, 1977 Wide
Runtime: 85 minutes
Studio: Orion Home Video
