A group of scientists are hard at work perfecting “GT Medicine” which cause goldfish to grow exponentially. After a successful test, a glowing alien from the future shows up and begins killing off the scientists one by one. Seems he wants to use the formula to speed up the evolutionary process so he and his race can take over the Earth.
Biotherapy is a weird Sci-Fi/gore/time travel movie. It clocks in at a scant thirty-five minutes, which is honestly the perfect length for something like this. It cuts out all the crap that would usually slow a movie like this down, namely unnecessary subplots, romantic interludes, and scenes of character development in favor of an accelerated plot and show-stopping gore sequences. And for the most part, it all works rather well.
The villain is pretty cool. He kind of looks like a cross between Darth Vader and your typical killer from a giallo. He sure knows how to put a hurting on scientists too. One guy gets his eyeball ripped out for the opening credits can even begin. Another poor gal is repeatedly stabbed with broken test tubes before the alien pulls out her tongue. One schmo has his front teeth knocked out with a pistol before getting his brains blown out by the baddie. I think my favorite scene though is when the alien rips the one scientist’s guts out, but the guy keeps on fighting. I guess what they say is true. No guts, no glory. Some of the poorly translated subtitles are good for a laugh too, my favorite being, “You remember him, the killer from before.”
The abbreviated running time winds up being sort of a mixed blessing at the end when it comes time to wrap the story up. The final confrontation with the killer is a bit rushed, but the big issue is that the “twist” ending lands with a thud, mostly because it honestly needed more time to be properly fleshed out. Despite that, whenever the gore is flowing and the body parts are flying, Biotherapy is a bloody good time.
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