Character development? What do I do???

Whenever I would hear about this whacked out movie on message boards and what not, people would tout it as the "worst movie I've ever seen." Now, we've all heard people say that before. And nobody knows about the worst movies out there better than the people that run this site and others like it. But this was a lot of people saying it was the worst ever. So, naturally, I had to have it.

The problem is, I ended up liking it.

If you've seen Brain Damage, then you'll recognize where this movie is going once little "Wormy" pops out. Yes, it looks like a penis; they even talk about it in the movie, and it's shape comes into ... uh, 'play' later on. But people have said, and I agree, that the best horror is what's inside, and that's what little "Wormy" digs into.

It doesn't take long for the blood to start running on this one, either. It's so graphic and extreme some thought that the blood was CGI, but apparently it's good old fashioned corn syrup. Nice sound effects accompany all the splatter.

I'll say it again: this movie is strange. People start skating around for no reason, it's shot at strange angles; a lot of it doesn't make any sense whatsoever, and they do have a lot of pointless scenes. Alex (who reminded me of Tom Green for some strange reason) was semi-believable as the leader of the group; he was definitely a huge asshole, but sometimes he seemed to drop the ball and acted like a huge nerd, which made the character seem really weak. Everyone else did fine, and to tell you the truth, I even started to feel for some of the characters, which is always a good sign, especially for an indie flick.

There's some nudity but the context isn't exactly what you're thinking (yes, you read the fifth check-point correctly). The infamous puppet sex scene is pretty hardcore, which is disturbing. Strangely, there is no nudity when two humans have sex...

There's not a whole lot of resolution about where little "Wormy" came from, but in the end, that's not what it's all about.

The DVD is stacked to hell and back, and for an indie film, that's awesome. Deleted scenes, bios on all the characters, commentary, all sorts of good stuff.

I recommend to go ahead and get this one. It's extremely bizarre, but the premise is neat, the acting gets up there at times, and you have to see the scene at the end before you can say you've really lived.

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