8. Serial Killing Monster - Split Second (1992)
After forty days and nights of torrential rain, the city is largely submerged below water, a result of the devastating effects of continued global warming. The warnings ignored for decades have now resulted in undreamed-of levels of pollution where day has become almost endless night... A nice (sarcasm intended) environmental message to accompany this film. Set in the distant future of 2008, the film portrays a London soaked deep in flood whilst a serial killer picks off unsuspecting victims. The London underground has been close due to the floods but now it holds a secret. The film employs the usual terms of the new rookie cop, Dick Durkin (Neil Duncan), partnering a hardline cynic, Harley Stone (Rutger Hauer). Stones past is plagued by the death of his former partner, an original victim of the re-emerged serial killer. The killers m.o seems to surround the lunar cycle and the killers dna is a combination of those he/she/it has slain. Eventually, Stones girlfriend Michelle (Kim Cattrall) is abducted by the murderer to draw Stone deep into the flooded and abandoned London Underground. Stone and Dick Durkin realise that the murderer is in fact a giant humanoid, alien, monster, thing; think Freddy Kruger meets a Xenomorph meets a motorbike helmet visor. The cause of the existence of the creature is never really made clear, nor is its desire to fight Stone or its residence in the London underground. A battle ensues in the final segment of the film in which an abandoned tube train explodes, the water inside the tunnel becomes electrified and yet the creature continues his assault upon Stone. As the monsters lifts Stone ready to kill him, Stone decides to stick his hand inside the creatures chest cavity and rip out its heart. Well I guess if it wont die through fire and electricity you could simply rip its internal organs out? I never really expected it and it was a bit ridiculous, like the film as a whole. Simply, this lurking monster premise is the one that is most exploited when the London underground is used as a vital segment in films, I guess the dark setting is perfect for monsters to hide in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3htEmUIUSo&feature=player_detailpage