Stars: Anja Akstin, Fred Thomas Jr., Ricky Herrera, Trista Robinson, Mike Ferguson, Justin Dray, Melinda DeKay | Written by Brian Avenet-Bradley, Simon Clark | Directed by Brian Avenet-Bradley, Laurence Avenet-Bradley
In a dystopian future, death row inmates are used like lab rats by a private company that uses memory implants to revolutionise the correctional system. Two prisoners who become subject to the experiment must escape or risk losing their minds forever.
Having grown up with a love of the dystopian sci-fi thrillers of the 1970’s, the concept of Protos leapt off the page, as modern homage, to some great childhood memories. Science-Fiction horror, from the pen of notable horror author, Simon Clark, and supported by a creative directing team, makes for a fun 91 minutes.
Opening, we find our protagonists groggily awaking in a mysterious cave/silo, trapped, with little memory of who they are, and how they got there. Akin to horror legend,...
In a dystopian future, death row inmates are used like lab rats by a private company that uses memory implants to revolutionise the correctional system. Two prisoners who become subject to the experiment must escape or risk losing their minds forever.
Having grown up with a love of the dystopian sci-fi thrillers of the 1970’s, the concept of Protos leapt off the page, as modern homage, to some great childhood memories. Science-Fiction horror, from the pen of notable horror author, Simon Clark, and supported by a creative directing team, makes for a fun 91 minutes.
Opening, we find our protagonists groggily awaking in a mysterious cave/silo, trapped, with little memory of who they are, and how they got there. Akin to horror legend,...
- 6/24/2025
- by Liam McAuliffe
- Nerdly
Stars: Anja Akstin, Fred Thomas Jr., Ricky Herrera, Trista Robinson, Mike Ferguson, Justin Dray, Melinda DeKay | Written by Brian Avenet-Bradley, Simon Clark | Directed by Brian Avenet-Bradley, Laurence Avenet-Bradley
“He needs to kill him before sleeping beauty wakes up!”
30 years later, and those shoddy B-movie sci-fis of the 90s are back on trend, and the latest throwback is The Protos Experiment. From tag team filmmakers, Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley, comes their latest collaboration, a delve into sci-fi, a transition away from their horror back catalogue.
Opening immediately with physical menace and brute mystery, a group of strangers find themselves individually chained up, in a darkened warehouse-esque environment, with one of the characters – John (Fred Thomas Jr.) chained to a full-on unit of a man, a human beast even, whose focus and aggressions are dictated by a dystopian head mechanism.
Alongside John, we find Kyra (Anja Akstin) established as the other central...
“He needs to kill him before sleeping beauty wakes up!”
30 years later, and those shoddy B-movie sci-fis of the 90s are back on trend, and the latest throwback is The Protos Experiment. From tag team filmmakers, Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley, comes their latest collaboration, a delve into sci-fi, a transition away from their horror back catalogue.
Opening immediately with physical menace and brute mystery, a group of strangers find themselves individually chained up, in a darkened warehouse-esque environment, with one of the characters – John (Fred Thomas Jr.) chained to a full-on unit of a man, a human beast even, whose focus and aggressions are dictated by a dystopian head mechanism.
Alongside John, we find Kyra (Anja Akstin) established as the other central...
- 6/17/2025
- by Dom Hastings
- Nerdly
UK genre sales specialist Jinga Films has boarded husband-and-wife team Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley’s sci-fi horror Protos for world sales, ahead of Cannes.
The feature is written by cult horror novelist Simon Clark and produced by Mike Sharrak and the filmmakers for their US outfit Avenet Images.
It is set in a dystopian future and stars Anja Akstin, Fred Thomas Jr, Ricky Herrera and Trista Robinson as death row inmates used like lab rats by a private company seeking to revolutionise the correctional system using memory implants. Corey Landis also stars as the CEO in charge of the experiment.
The feature is written by cult horror novelist Simon Clark and produced by Mike Sharrak and the filmmakers for their US outfit Avenet Images.
It is set in a dystopian future and stars Anja Akstin, Fred Thomas Jr, Ricky Herrera and Trista Robinson as death row inmates used like lab rats by a private company seeking to revolutionise the correctional system using memory implants. Corey Landis also stars as the CEO in charge of the experiment.
- 4/30/2024
- ScreenDaily
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