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This horrible film was shot at my old High School. My older brother was going there at the time, but didn't try to be an extra -- the moron! I remember hearing all the excitement over the film as a kid. I also remember being aloud to watch it once it got on video ... which was great, since it showed boobies and I was like ... 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, by default, it might be the most important film ever made for people who grew up in South Bossier City!. So, hail to the red. Hail to the white. Hail alter mater, hail to her might. (Go Parkway) True faith full students. True faithful students. We praise thee to the sky, Loyal forever to Parkway High Gooooooooooooooo Panthers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If any film deserves to become a cult classic, this is one. It is very bizarre and, truly, unlike anything I've ever seen. It might be trying to rip off the Coen brothers' slapstick comedies, but it has its own strange tone unlike their films. It's like a living cartoon, basically. It feels even broader than even something like 'The Ladykillers' or 'Raising Arizona' - if that seems possible. The main point of watching it is Brando, who is unrecognizable with his hysterical swede accent. He even does slapstick ... using his enormous girth for comic effect. It is strangely enduring and, despite everything, likable! Overall, this is not for all tastes. But if you like iconic stars in very strange films, this is for you. It might deserve a rediscovery sometime soon. When the comments pages mainly only has two responses -- it's great or it's horrible -- you know something interesting is going on.

How fascinating an artist is Samuel Fuller? So fascinating that the responses on IMDb for this film range from "brilliant, devastating masterpiece" to "pulpy, campy fun" to "Ed Wood-like crap." Of course, being Fuller, this film is ALL those things. There are sequences that are amazing as anything. There are moments of just brilliant insight and meaning -- creepy and poignant in their nightmarish beauty. And then there are just plan crappy B movie moments that are unintentionally funny. Bad acting and annoying preachy moralizing. It's a hodgepodge. But it is also a totally unique experience to watch. Noir. Melodrama. Crap. Art. This is pure Fuller! Gotta love it!!!!! A must see for people who love their aesthetics with a kick.