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Mankind faces extinction at the hands of the ultimate biological weapon in this thriller starring Johnathon Schaech (The Doom Generation) and Erica Leerhsen (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre). His whole life, Frank Sears (Schaech) has wondered about the mysterious scars covering his body. Now, those scars have led him to discover a derelict Army base housing a highly classified Cold War experiment. When the Organizm is awakened and unleashed into the outside world, it begins absorbing light and energy while growing at an astonish rate. Can Army hazmat specialist Carrie Freeborn (Leerhsen) help Sears to stop this diabolical entity from annihilating the entire human race? With only a few hours to unlock the Organizm's complex genetic code before it becomes unstoppable, the pair must race to figure out the mysteries of the military's best-kept secret.