--- product_id: 72860420 title: "Chimera [DVD]" brand: "john lynch" price: "A$235" currency: AUD in_stock: false reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/72860420-chimera-dvd store_origin: AU region: Australia --- # High-Def Visuals Bonus Content Surround Sound Chimera [DVD] **Brand:** john lynch **Price:** A$235 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 🎥 Don't Just Watch, Experience the Magic! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Chimera [DVD] by john lynch - **How much does it cost?** A$235 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.au](https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/72860420-chimera-dvd) ## Best For - john lynch enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted john lynch brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Collector's Edition:** A must-have for any film aficionado, this DVD is a collector's dream. - • **Exclusive Bonus Features:** Dive deeper with exclusive behind-the-scenes content and interviews that enhance your viewing experience. - • **Perfect for Movie Nights:** Elevate your next gathering with a film that sparks conversation and excitement. - • **Immerse Yourself in Sound:** Enjoy a captivating surround sound experience that transports you into the heart of the action. - • **Unleash Cinematic Brilliance:** Experience stunning high-definition visuals that bring every scene to life. ## Overview Chimera [DVD] offers a visually stunning and audibly immersive experience, complete with exclusive bonus content, making it an essential addition to any film lover's collection. ## Description The eagerly-awaited prophetic thriller, written and adapted for television by leading science-fiction author Stephen Gallagher and directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark (Harry s Game), comes to DVD in its entirety, almost two decades after it was first broadcast. Fertility research centre, The Jenner Clinic, has been destroyed in an explosion and the entire staff wiped out by someone or something of superhuman strength. Journalist Peter Carson (John Lynch Sliding Doors, Hardware) fears his girlfriend, Nurse Tracy Pickford, is one of the victims. As he begins to investigate the tragedy, he is drawn into a nightmare of secrecy, violence and hostility as the Government seeks to hide the truth about the clinic s work, determined that nothing will stand in the way of scientific progress. SPECIAL FEATURES: Behind The Scenes With Stephen Gallagher, An Interview With Stephen Gallagher, Printable Script Stephen Gallagher s Radio Dramatisation Of Chimera, Original Press Kit, Image Gallery ## Images ![Chimera [DVD] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61O0OHqDJpL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Atmospheric thriller *by P***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2011* Adapted by Stephen Gallagher from his own novel, this thriller caused a sensation when it first aired in 1991. Having heard the 1981 radio adaptaion, I remember keenly anticipating this production, and was not disappointed. Some have criticised the production for being slow, and compared to today's "shout and run" approach to drama, it must seem so. But this apparent slowness actually allows the drama to develop, the tension mount realistically, and gives the viewer time to appreciate the issues raised. These are big themes - the ethics of mankind's assumed superiority over animals, how far should science go down certain paths, what happens when the science is hijacked by commercial and political interests, and how involved in such interests should the scientists be?I can only point to one performance being a bit wooden but by the second episode that doesn't matter. On the whole the performances are excellent. Emma Gillespie isn't particularly convincing as the young nurse tentatively exploring the mystery surrounding the Jenner fertility clinic, but John Lynch is excellent as her dopey waste of space boyfriend who has to grow a backbone very quickly. His bewildered shuffling at the edges of the action in episode two is spot on as he realises that something beyond his first fears is happening in the remote village near the clinic. Gallagher admits that Lynch's role was underwritten, but paradoxically this gives the actor the chance to display silent acting at it's best. His eyes say more than his script ever could. David Calder pitches his opportunistic doctor just right, his callousness covered by an air of benevolent professionalism. George Costigan and Gary Mathers provide good support as the dogged detective and the grieving husband, both frustrated at being on the periphery of events. Pippa Haywood is a frighteningly convincing ambitious young researcher whose excitement at the commercial possibilities of creatures such as Chad is apallingly recogniseable. The two young children are quite affecting with their understated terror. Their eyes show the haunted look of children caught in a stituation they can't understand or escape. Especially touching is Sebastian Shaw, a fine veteran actor in one of his last roles as Jenner's one time mentor, clinging to the last shreds of his dignity in a dismal nursing home.Kenneth Cranham steals the show however with a masterclass in inhumane officialdom. A brief scene which reveals him to be a devoted father actually highlights his callous approach to his work.The locations are perfect, with the chaotic urban paranoia balanced by the rural scenes, which are moodily ominous. Never have torn bin liners seemed so malevolent.Chad is a magnificent creation, his body shape and face going beyond human or chimp into the disturbingly "unlike". The mask is very well animated, especially in the barn scene in the final episode, where, together with Douglas Mann's brilliant body language beneath the suit, it is almost possible to belive he is showing regret. The fact that this is an actual performance rather than the cgi cartoon creature we would get now lends a fearsome physicality to his prescence, particularly unsettling in his scenes with the children.Thinking back to the way national newspapers were falling over each other to be the first to show images of Chad, the half human half chimp hybrid, it is surprising to find his image so prominent on the DVD packaging. It is also surprising that the shock ending to the first episode is revealed in the blurb. I well remember the continuity announcement that Gallagher mentions in the special features, a perfect moment of light relief after a harrowing last act.This is thoughtful drama, well made and well acted. Not everything has to be shouted while on the run to be gripping. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ At long last, a belated release of a long neglected classic TV serial... *by L***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 April 2010* I remember watching this four (hour long) part TV series as a fifteen year old way back in 1991. Not many things could frighten me but the shocking conclusion of the first episode really did freak me out. The series as a whole is British TV at its best. The story is well written and adapted for the television by Stephen Gallagher and was superbly directed Lawrence Gordon Clark. The first episode especially was full of tension and suspense and would keep the viewer guessing on the strange going-on's at a fertility clinic. The ending of the first episode is reminiscent of Hitchcock's `Psycho' - in more ways than one.After viewing it for the first time I really wanted to see this again and few years later they did rescreen it on TV but sadly in a condensed two hour movie which cut out most of the sub plots, sapping out most of the tension and atmosphere and thus ruining a brilliant production.For a long while I hope to get this show on video at least but to my great disappointment only a VHS of the butchered two hour movie version was released - until now. I am so glad they are releasing the whole series on DVD. For those of you who like horror, science fiction, psychological thriller or a good old fashion British television serial then get this - but don't watch it alone... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The wait is over! *by J***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 March 2010* Finally after alomost 20 years this masterpeice of british tv is getting a dvd release.I was only about 10 or 11 when this first aired on sunday nights for 4 weeks and i remember being terrified by it and could hardly wait each week for the next instalment.The plot follows a young nurse who applies for and gets a job at a research clinic but she is unaware that some sinister scinetist types have managed to create a "chimera" a human monkey hybrid called chad. One night chad escapes and murders all the people at the clinic inluding the nurse who was set up to be the heroine but was dispatched rather like the janet leigh character in psycho.Soon people are trying to recapture chad who is hiding out on a remote farm with a couple of young kids who refer to their new friend rather chillingly as mister scarecrow.I cannot wait to see this again but i really hope it is the full uncut mini series that is being released and not the butchered 2 hour movie version that was released on video some years ago. 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