This film is... just awful. I can't think of a single positive thing to say about it, other than it's better than James Nguyen films.
There are extremely long, drawn out scenes of walking and driving that accomplish nothing... I swear one driving scene took up a third of the run time. The director seemed to have confused building tension with building tedium. The acting is mediocre, at best, and in some cases quite a bit worse. If this was standard for movies, Steven Seagal would be an Oscar-winner. The dialogue seems like it was translated from Klingon, then jokingly filmed as a test run and used anyway. The sound is all over the map, even cutting out at times. This is so bad that one misses half the exposition in the primary story-telling monologue, so much so that the actor delivering it mumbles all the most important words, like the cult's name and the deity's name. The story is... nonsensical. First, the girlfriend seems to know that the main character has ovarian cancer, then later says "she doesn't think I know." That's only the least of the issues. The only apparent goal of this cult is to develop cancerous boils and super-long arms. This brings me to the laughable special effects. Even the blood was half "Suspiria" pink, with the boils looking like strip mall Halloween store applications. The supposedly super-long arms look like they should be advertising a used car lot. The music was childishly simple, the cinematography inept and the editing schizophrenic. Oh, and the ending was abrupt and unclear.
There are some seeming jokes in the credits (No tentacles were harmed in the making of this film), but if the film makers were going for a cheesy parody, they missed the mark by a state line or two.
Truly awful... and this is from someone who enjoyed the 1990 "Captain America". I'm EXTREMELY forgiving. I only gave it 2 stars because I've seen the likes of James Nguyen's "Birdemic", and things like "Roller Gator", and "Rock n' Roll Nightmare" (yes, through the good graces of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, who make them enjoyable).
Avoid this!!
There are extremely long, drawn out scenes of walking and driving that accomplish nothing... I swear one driving scene took up a third of the run time. The director seemed to have confused building tension with building tedium. The acting is mediocre, at best, and in some cases quite a bit worse. If this was standard for movies, Steven Seagal would be an Oscar-winner. The dialogue seems like it was translated from Klingon, then jokingly filmed as a test run and used anyway. The sound is all over the map, even cutting out at times. This is so bad that one misses half the exposition in the primary story-telling monologue, so much so that the actor delivering it mumbles all the most important words, like the cult's name and the deity's name. The story is... nonsensical. First, the girlfriend seems to know that the main character has ovarian cancer, then later says "she doesn't think I know." That's only the least of the issues. The only apparent goal of this cult is to develop cancerous boils and super-long arms. This brings me to the laughable special effects. Even the blood was half "Suspiria" pink, with the boils looking like strip mall Halloween store applications. The supposedly super-long arms look like they should be advertising a used car lot. The music was childishly simple, the cinematography inept and the editing schizophrenic. Oh, and the ending was abrupt and unclear.
There are some seeming jokes in the credits (No tentacles were harmed in the making of this film), but if the film makers were going for a cheesy parody, they missed the mark by a state line or two.
Truly awful... and this is from someone who enjoyed the 1990 "Captain America". I'm EXTREMELY forgiving. I only gave it 2 stars because I've seen the likes of James Nguyen's "Birdemic", and things like "Roller Gator", and "Rock n' Roll Nightmare" (yes, through the good graces of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, who make them enjoyable).
Avoid this!!
