Post by Nyctivoe on Sept 4, 2008 9:50:11 GMT -5
Has anyone else seen this one? I enjoyed it over and above the fact I'm a sucker for Crispin Glover in anything.
Basically, the plot concerns Ed, a jaded young man obsessed with 40's and 50's noir chic who runs and underground newspaper. Bored with a freaky costume party, he and his girlfriend attend a disturbing magic show starring Montag, who disembowels a girl on stage. It's all an act . . . or is it? The next day the girl is dead from injuries suspiciously resembling the fake ones inflicted onstage. As the bodies pile up, Ed becomes obsessed with Montag's act, which seems to involve him dosing the audience with a mind-control drug, and as he investigates he begins to suffer bizarre symptoms that hint he's more closely involved with the murders than he suspects.
It's satisfactorily gory and weird with a clever mindfuck style plot, and the filmmakers are clearly using every penny of their small budget to make it look good onscreen.
Basically, the plot concerns Ed, a jaded young man obsessed with 40's and 50's noir chic who runs and underground newspaper. Bored with a freaky costume party, he and his girlfriend attend a disturbing magic show starring Montag, who disembowels a girl on stage. It's all an act . . . or is it? The next day the girl is dead from injuries suspiciously resembling the fake ones inflicted onstage. As the bodies pile up, Ed becomes obsessed with Montag's act, which seems to involve him dosing the audience with a mind-control drug, and as he investigates he begins to suffer bizarre symptoms that hint he's more closely involved with the murders than he suspects.
It's satisfactorily gory and weird with a clever mindfuck style plot, and the filmmakers are clearly using every penny of their small budget to make it look good onscreen.
