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It's an absolutely bonkers movie to be sure and will not be everyone's cup of tea. It's a satire about the suppression of free thought and art due to the rise of a conservative government. A frightening vision that is so close to reality today.

Existo (played with maniacal gusto by Bruce Arnston) and his buddies fight against this tyranny, though most of that happens off-camera, which is kind of a bummer. There are some songs I really like in this. Stand outs include "White Bread Poodle", "Sewer of Love", and my personal favorite, "Our Love Festers".

It's an oddity that really worked for me and I can't believe it took me two decades to even find out about it. If you were ever "the weird kid" growing up, give this movie a shot. You'll be wishing you could take it intravenously.

Woman is murdered and her blind psychic sister tries to find out who's responsible. She brings this giant wooden dummy with her. You can probably guess from the get-go what will end up happening. I had the twists and turns of the plot figured out by the 30 minute mark, but the acting was great and I thought it was fun that it loosely tied itself in with "Caveat", which I thought was another nice moody film. There's definitely enough here to keep viewers that like slow burn horror interested. I was invested in the story and the climax was pretty well-done. There was one character that I really wish we could see more of, though... *ding!*