Mutant (film)

Mutant
Original poster designed by Design Projects, Inc.
Directed by	John "Bud" Cardos
Produced by	Igo Kantor Uncredited: Dick Clark
Written by	Story: Michael Jones John C. Kruize Screenplay: Michael Jones John C. Kruize Peter Z. Orton
Starring	Wings Hauser Bo Hopkins Jody Medford Lee Montgomery Marc Clement Cary Guffey Jennifer Warren
Music by	Richard Band
Cinematography	Alfred Taylor
Editing by	Michael J. Duthie
Distributed by	Film Ventures International
Release date(s)	August 1984 (USA)
Running time	99 min.
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
Box office	Unknown

Mutant is a 1984 horror film. It was initially released to theaters as Night Shadows, but it premiered on video with the Mutant title, which it has retained for all subsequent VHS and DVD releases. Directed by John "Bud" Cardos. Mark Rosman was originally hired to direct, but was replaced by Cardos early in the production after the studio objected to the way he was shooting the film. Mutant was a production of the notorious Edward L. Montoro, and this film's budget was one of the contributing factors to the downfall of Montoro's company, Film Ventures International. Dick Clark served as an uncredited producer as well. The film was later followed by an unofficial sequel in 1987 titled Alien Predator and was semi-remade as Nightmare at Noon in 1988.

The film now appears to be in the public domain, and is available on DVD from several different distributors. DVDs released by both Elite Entertainment and Genius Products, under license from Liberation Entertainment, each show the film in widescreen.

Soundtrack

The film score by Richard Band was released by Perseverance Records on April 28, 2008. It is an expanded release of the original score album, released by Intrada Records in 1993 (previously available as an LP for Varèse Sarabande). The score, performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra, has been highly acclaimed over the years for its massive size, often lyrical scope and a surprisingly melodic nature.