Looking at the other user comments here I was really surprised at all the praise heaped upon it, as some of the comments have said that this film is weird, funny, and has good gore. Everyone is entitled to their opinion-but I gotta say that if one feels like the aforementioned about this film then they must not have seen many movies...
Bernsen does a good job with the mediocre script and shallow character he has, but there's too many other problems. In spite of being only 90 minutes or so it seems much longer than that as it takes too long to get where it's going. Yeah, occasionally I laughed or was entertained by the gore...but it's miniscule compared to the boredom and frustration I felt for the majority of the flick.
I will say that I thought the direction was effective (which I think accounts for many of the comments on how this film is 'weird') and the premise had promise. But weird black humor drenched gore films come in much higher quality. And the ending eats bat guano.
One other thing: the style and verve of the film reminded me a lot of horror flicks from the second half of the 80s in spite of it being made in 1996 (unless it sat on the shelf?...)
Bernsen does a good job with the mediocre script and shallow character he has, but there's too many other problems. In spite of being only 90 minutes or so it seems much longer than that as it takes too long to get where it's going. Yeah, occasionally I laughed or was entertained by the gore...but it's miniscule compared to the boredom and frustration I felt for the majority of the flick.
I will say that I thought the direction was effective (which I think accounts for many of the comments on how this film is 'weird') and the premise had promise. But weird black humor drenched gore films come in much higher quality. And the ending eats bat guano.
One other thing: the style and verve of the film reminded me a lot of horror flicks from the second half of the 80s in spite of it being made in 1996 (unless it sat on the shelf?...)