He was downright frightening as the replicant in Blade Runner. Another memorable image was that artificial life form marching around like a toy soldier — created just for sport.

What's even more frightening is that things like this will be possible in the real world with recent developments in CRISPR gene editing.

Yeah, I'd say Blade Runner was definitely ahead of its time.

The Island of Dr. Moreau was an equally creepy movie about tampering with life.