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A Manic depressive artist survives a suicidal fall only to be possessed by a murdered gangster, who uses the artist to seek vengeance on those that ended his life.A Manic depressive artist survives a suicidal fall only to be possessed by a murdered gangster, who uses the artist to seek vengeance on those that ended his life.A Manic depressive artist survives a suicidal fall only to be possessed by a murdered gangster, who uses the artist to seek vengeance on those that ended his life.
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Dennis Lipscombe is a depressed artist who throws himself off the roof of the hotel he lives in on Halloween. He survives, but starts having visions of a small time gangster who died the same night. Soon he is having nightmares about stalking and killing strangers, and the murders he dreams of are really happening. His psychiatrist and his hooker girlfriend try to help him figure out what is going on, while cop Hoyt Axton investigates the murder spree. This is a pretty solid mid-80's horror flick with colorful photography, creative, gory deaths, and a really solid cast of recognizable character actors.
After an incident that should have been fatal, starving artist, George Miller (Dennis Lipscomb) begins exhibiting odd behavior and certain mental abilities. George sets out to use these powers to enact grisly RETRIBUTION on a few "old friends", even though he's never met them before. What's going on? Is George possessed? Cracking up? Both?
As 1980's horror cheeeze goes, this is a double mozzarella masterpiece!
IT CONTAINS: #1- Supernatural, telekinetic terror! #2- George's romance with Angel (Suzanne Snyder), the proverbial "prostitute with a heart of gold"! #3- Hoyt Axton as Lt. Ashley!
EXTRA POINTS FOR: George's glowing green eyeballs!
Drop everything and watch this right now!...
As 1980's horror cheeeze goes, this is a double mozzarella masterpiece!
IT CONTAINS: #1- Supernatural, telekinetic terror! #2- George's romance with Angel (Suzanne Snyder), the proverbial "prostitute with a heart of gold"! #3- Hoyt Axton as Lt. Ashley!
EXTRA POINTS FOR: George's glowing green eyeballs!
Drop everything and watch this right now!...
Solid B-movie with OK performances and slam-bang special effects. This is one of those neglected little thrillers that set out not to offer anything new to the genre, but at least to give fans of those movies their money's worth. And this one generally seems to know its business (although it does get a little too loud near the end). (**)
I think i'd like to live in this world - all low rent film noir, new wave neon, coloured gels where your best friends are bikers and hookers and its full of Rastafarian mystics and cliched cops in shiny suits and dogs in sunglasses.
I first saw this movie years ago when it was released on Virgin Video and I seem to remember that it was a pretty scary movie. Years later, in 2006, I finely get to see it again and unfortunately it wasn't as good as I remember it. The premise is a man called George (Lipscomb) decides to commit suicide on Halloween night. He jumps off of an apartment building and barely survives. After spending 3 months in a hospital, George has a new lease on life and kind of starts off with a fresh new start. The problem is when George falls asleep his body is taken over by a spirit with demonic powers and the spirit is out to kill the people who murdered him in life. This is actually a well directed movie with some great acting and good cast. The problem I had with the movie was for one, it is a very dated film. For instance, the music for the movie was so typical of the era it takes away from the seriousness of the story. And the ending seemed way to rushed. This movie runs almost two hours with some great build up to the climax but in the end the movie falls on its face. It is to bad because this really had some great potential and the makers of the film probably could have easily made this a 2 and a half hour movie and still keep your attention. I do, in the long run, recommend this movie because it is still an enjoyable experience. 6/10 stars
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- TriviaThis film was originally supposed to get a bigger domestic theatrical release in America, but the studio executive who supported the film was fired and replaced by another person who decided to give this film a more limited theatrical release instead. As a direct result of this, plans for a potential sequel were eventually abandoned altogether despite the fact that this movie did well in various foreign territories.
- Quotes
George Miller: [Begging Vito] NO MORE... NO MORE
Vito Minelli Sr.: [as he posesses George once again] ONCE MORE
- Alternate versionsThe Dutch version is the only fully uncut one. All other versions (Greek, Japanese, Australian, US, German, UK...) are cut in gore scenes, basically because they are based on the R-Rated US-Version. The Australian Rental Tape, the German and the UK Version are even more cut than the USA R-Rated version.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector (2013)
- SoundtracksLiving in a Cesspool
by Tavabonn
© 1986 Kutabov Music A.S.C.A.P.
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- Budget
- $1,200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime
- 1h 49m(109 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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