变异九头蛇

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

　　1978年版的电影由克里斯托弗·里夫饰演，他一共饰演了四个版本《超人》系列电影。 氪星即将毁灭之际，为保持种族的延续，科学家乔·艾尔通过飞船将他尚在襁褓中的儿子卡尔（克里斯托弗·里夫 Christopher Reeve 饰）送往地球。卡尔被地球上的肯特夫妇抚养成人，改名为克拉克，他具有超人的能力，将成为地球上正义和真理的守护者。长大了的卡尔来到大都市，成为《行星日报》的记者。平时，他是温文尔雅的普通记者，危急时刻就变成穿着紧身衣、披着斗篷在空中自由飞翔的守护神超人。当邪恶的鲁索妄图统治全世界时，超人是唯一能够制止他的人。

　　马丁是一位难得的医学奇才，当优尼斯企业发现他的专业技术时，企图以优秀的条件说服马丁运用高超的脑部测试，逼出患有妄想症的医学研究员个侯希的方程式来。在多重的逼迫下马丁将侯希的种种妄想移植到自己的身上，但一切不可思议的情况就此展开……