The Mutations, Plants vs. Babes

This is one of those creepy and icky ones that will give you nightmares.  You will wince when you see what happens to the most beautiful dames in London. A mad scientist, some circus freaks, and nubile babes is never a good combination...especially for the nubile babes.  Man eating plants!  Laboratory mutations!  The horrific marring the beautiful!  Horrific indeed.  Our feature today is 1974's "The Mutations," directed by Jack Cardiff.

Dr. Nolter (Donald Pleasance) is our mad scientist.  He has figured out a way to speed up evolution. He has also figured out a way to mix human and plant DNA to create a man-plant. Nolter hires circus freaks who hunt down and capture Euro-babe Bridget (Olga Anthony). The sultry redhead will be stripped and pawed by freak Lynch (Tom Baker) and given to Nolter. In Nolter's lab, the helpless and nude redhead will be zapped with the scientist's new ray gun and turn into a hideous lizard-woman. Sad. Her buddies worry about her.  Her buddies Lauren (Jill Haworth) and Tony (Scott Antony) get aggressive in looking for her. The fate of these two when they come up against the circus freaks will be sad.  Especially for Tony who becomes a plant-man who feeds on people.

American scientist Brian (Brad Harris) arrives and romances Lauren and Tony's friend Hedi (Julie Ege). Hedi takes a gratuitous bath and while all wet and nude, a creature comes to get her.  Now Brian must race against time, circus freaks, and a mad scientist to prevent the nude and helpless Swedish babe from getting turned into a hideous green mutation.  Meanwhile the circus freaks decide to inflict their own brand of justice...you'll see.

Will the nubile Swedish beauty, Hedi, be able to keep her beauty or become a vegetable?  Just what fate did fell the lovely Lauren?  Will the circus freaks be able to have their way with the nubile babes?  This is a hard one to watch. The fate of the babes will make you shiver.  The plant creatures are icky and terrifying.  For a great monster/mad scientist/Euro-trash film with nubile babes, often naked and wet, see "The Mutations."