Parts: The Clonus Horror story
Parts: The Clonus Horror, also known as The Clonus Horror, or simply Clonus, is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Robert S. Fiveson. Synopsis: In an isolated community in a remote desert area, clones are bred to serve as a source of replacement organs for the wealthy and powerful.
20 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human cloning | choice | Clones were being bred and kept in isolation in a secret compound for the purpose of organ harvesting. |
| people bread for organ donation | choice | Clones being bred to be used by the elite for replacement organs constitutes a main novelty of the story. |
| government secrecy | major | The story is about a secret government project to breed clones to be used as replacement organs for the elite. |
| human vs. captivity | major | The story follows Richard as he makes a dramatic escape from the secret colony, where until recently unbeknownst to him he'd been held captive his entire life. |
| questioning one's beliefs | major | The story follows the Richard clone as he begins to question the circumstances of his existence and eventually escapes from the secret colony were he'd been sheltered from the outside world his entire life. |
| romantic love | major | One storyline follows the clones Richard and Lena falling in love with one another. |
| stereotypically innocent character | major | The Richard clone was conditioned from "birth" to know nothing about the real world, and was woefully unprepared for it once he escaped from the compound where he was meant to spend his entire life. |
| a person and their clone | minor | The elderly man Richard came face to face with a much younger looking clone of himself. |
| brother and brother | minor | Richard Knight confronted his politician brother, Jeff, about the secret government project to breed clones for organ harvesting. |
| coping with being tortured | minor | Lena was repeatedly slapped across the face by a Clonus official, and subsequently electrocuted, in an effort to get her to reveal the Richard clone's whereabouts. |