The Relic

(1997)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 658 votes

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Year: 1997

Runtime: 110 мин

Country: Germany, Japan

Director: Peter Hyams

Cast: Пенелопа Энн Миллер, Том Сайзмор, Линда Хант, Джеймс Уитмор, Клэйтон Ронер, Chi Muoi Lo, Thomas Ryan, Robert Lesser, Diane Robin, Lewis van Bergen

Plot

A homicide detective teams up with an evolutionary biologist to hunt a giant creature that is killing people in a Chicago museum.

A detective is puzzled after recent spate of deaths involving decapitations. He visits a museum when a new victim is found murdered in the same way. In the museum, he encounters an evolutionary biologist who herself is puzzled after discovering a mutated beetle that possesses both insect and reptilian DNA. The detective finds a common link between the murders, hypothalamus missing from the brains of the victims. Together they both try to defeat a monster/killer who is on a killing spree.