An offbeat slice of high-concept early 90s horror-comedy from the guy who made DROP DEAD FRED (the same year no less!) best remembered for its plethora of inexplicable cameos. It has an incredibly odd, difficult to pinpoint tone and style that's part DANTE'S INFERNO, part music video, part BILL AND TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY, and part MAD MAX. De Jong's directing is seeped in the kind of gonzo, early-MTV era locals and imagery that gives the whole film a subtly surreal, at time almost artsy vibe, not the least due to the New Wavey soundtrack that seems to permeate every scene regardless of content or tone. It's precisely the sort of visually high-concept, effects-driven horror B-movie that rose to prominence in the wake of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET's unprecedented success. If that's your sort of thing, then by all means give it a watch.
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