Created by the same mastermind, both thrillers use a terrifying signature visual where a thick, aggressive smoke fills the room right before a target is brutally executed.
Both thrillers focus on the terrifying chaos that erupts when a rogue scientist or corrupt institution performs secret experiments that accidentally mutate ordinary people into unstoppable monsters.
Both gritty thrillers share the exact same blueprint: a present-day string of bizarre murders forces detectives to uncover a horrific secret human experiment that occurred nearly 27 - 30 years ago.
Both sci-fi thrillers focus on powerful, controversial biotechnology organizations that cross ethical boundaries by secretly developing advanced methods to completely alter, replace, or manipulate human biology.