PSYCLOPS PLOT-An amateur
filmmaker geek discovers an old machine that opens the
door to another dimension. VIOLENCE-Gross little
stop-motion animated creatures eat up human flesh and
burrow into it. SEX/NUDITY-A couple
*blink and you'll miss it* breast shots from the 2
main actresses, plus a lengthy striptease scene (with
full nudity) when the actors watch an adult video. WHY I WATCHED IT-This
is one of those movies I kept walking past at the
video store, but eventually broke down and rented it.
That cover art is just freaky as hell. Plus, the plot
sounded similar to one of my favorite movies, FROM
BEYOND. THE DOPE-Once it gets
going, this movie is actually pretty cool. It has
definite shades of FROM BEYOND, which doesn't bother
me in the least. The weird old machine gets turned on,
and oddball pink lighting effects come out, complete
with little creatures that are deadly. And like Dr.
Pretorius, the guy becomes obsessed with making the
machine work, ultimately becomes physically
transformed by it, and ends up the villain of the
movie. And similar to the film LASERBLAST, the guy
gets a video camera grafted to his face by the
machine. Pretty whacked-out idea. I admit, I
fast-forwarded here and there to get to the "good
parts" when I initially watched the film, but by the
end I was totally gripped. I liked this movie, and I
can't tell you how happy I was to see so much FROM
BEYOND influence. Kick ass. MEMORABLE
SCENES-Former SEDUCTION CINEMA actor Katie
Jordon has an odd but memorable role in this film. In
a scene where some characters are going through a box
of old videotapes & wathcing what's on them, Katie
shows up in what's supposed to look like a home-made
porn flick. All she does is take her clothes off, but
it was quite unexpected to see her there. Generally
you don't find SC actors popping up in other people's
movies. DVD NOTES-The disc
contained one deleted scene, which is a good one if
you like cute little doggies. And no, nothing bad
happens to the dog. I hate when they kill dogs in
movies, don't you?
