Parts: The Clonus Horror

Parts: The Clonus Horror aka Clonus is a 1979 science fiction horror film.

Plot
The film takes place in an isolated desert compound called Clonus, where clones are created to be used as replacement parts for the elite, including a soon to be president-elect Jeffrey Knight. The clones are kept isolated from the real world by workers of the colony, but are promised to be "accepted" to move to "America" after they have completed some type of physical training. After a group of clones are chosen to go to "America", they are given a party and a farewell celebration with their fellow clones. The chosen clones are then taken to a lab where they are sedated and placed in an airtight plastic bag, and their bodies are frozen in order to preserve their organs for harvest. The story surrounds one clone who begins to question the circumstances of his existence and eventually escapes the colony. Pursued by compound guards, the clone enters a nearby city.

The clone is found by a retired journalist who takes him to his sponsor, who happens to be the brother of Jeffrey Knight. Knight's brother and son argue over what to do with the clone (who is revealed to be the clone made for Richard himself). Richard's clone returns the clone to the colony to reunite with his newly developed love interest. To his horror, the clone finds that Paulette has been lobotomized by those running the island. They had used her for bait, and trap the clone, killing and freezing him. Meanwhile, Clonus completes its coverup by having hired thugs to murder both Richard and his son, and also the journalist who first discovered the clone. Knight is seemingly killed in the ensuing struggle with his brother, but reappears the next day at a press conference, where he is stunned to find that the late journalist had managed to disseminate a secret tape to the news media, exposing the Clonus project.

Production
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Reception
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Lawsuit
A lawsuit was filed in 2005 by the makers of Clonus after the film The Island was released. The lawsuit was settled out of court via a settlement.