Parts: The Clonus Horror

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Parts: The Clonus Horror
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Directed by	Robert S. Fiveson
Produced by	Robert S. Fiveson Myrl A. Schreibman
Written by	Bob Sullivan (story) Bob Sullivan (screenplay) Ron Smith (screenplay) Myrl A. Schreibman (adaptation) Robert S. Fiveson (adaptation)
Starring	Tim Donnelly Paulette Breen Dick Sargent Peter Graves Keenan Wynn
Music by	Hod David Schudson
Distributed by	Group 1 International Distribution Organization Ltd.
Release date(s)	August 1979 U.S. release
Running time	90 min
Language	English
Budget	$257,000
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The Clonus Horror (1979) (also known as Parts: The Clonus Horror or simply Clonus) is a science fiction film about an isolated community in a remote desert area, where clones are bred to serve as a source of replacement organs for the wealthy and powerful. It was produced by Walter Fiveson and Myrl Schreibman, directed by Robert Fiveson, and stars Dick Sargent (Darrin Stephens #2 from Bewitched) as the laboratory director and Peter Graves as a corrupt politician.

In June 1997, Parts: The Clonus Horror was featured as an episode of movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000.

The 2005 film The Island, also about a colony that breeds clones to harvest organs for the elite, mirrors Clonus. Believing themselves to be victims of copyright infringement, the makers of Clonus have filed suit.<ref>http://rlrr.drum-corps.net/movies/382 “Clonus” Producers File Suit.</ref>. On August 25, 2006, the court presiding over this case ruled that it could proceed to trial.