freak factor is the only thing keeping this airless balloon aloft

jg-105

This was a C movie masquerading as a B movie. I think the only reason it passed the film school 'also ran' category is the S&M shock value for 1986.

Dennis Hopper was looking for a comeback film, and decided to go the Vincent Price route. He's creepy and scary, but so what? I kept waiting for him to tell me from the screen that a 'tingler' is loose in my couch.

A story can't be built around a few shock scenes. You have to have a cast of characters who can act and a story that has more going for it than waiting to see how they'll top the previous brutality.

And Isabella Rosselini get's an E for effort, but only after you put on the 'God, I hope she's half the actor her mother was' rose-colored glasses. She's destined to become a regular of campy Halloween costume parties and drag shows after this performance. Lancome ads are a better fit.

David Lynch should be relegated to the Pantheon of Yuck along with Ed Wood and the Pink Flamingos guy.

score 1/10

jg-105 31 July 2006

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