A series of segments featuring people confronting monsters and other various beings.
The Good Stor(ies): White Drift-Arriving in a small town, a former soldier suffering strange effects from the war tries to find his friend but instead comes across a concerned waitress. Aware of what's going to happen if she gets too close, the beast within him eventually causes more problems for both of them. This was a solid enough segment. The build-up of his condition at the diner gives a nice clue to his situation as well as the overnight campout or the hallucination at the coffee shop all come together nicely to give this a solid enough turn and fulfill some needed exposition in the storyline. The finale's twist is a logical buildup of that work, but the cheap attack and overall lack of coherence as to what's happening cause this to come off cheaper than it is.
The Bad Stor(ies): Braceface-Tormented by her peers, a man tries to help his daughter get by in life even though she's constantly forced to wear a humiliating metal brace for her teeth. When she's confronted by bullies trying to pick on her, they realize too late they've unleashed a hidden monster within her. This was a woefully underwhelming way to start this film off on. Despite trying to invoke sympathy for how the girl is treated, overall there's not much to this one as the twist is seen coming a mile away, the payoff is neutered considerably by the camera angles that never deliver the goods and the Christian family values storyline to finish this doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the segment. This seems like a waste to start this story off.
Wormbug-Accidentally swallowing a bug, a man begins to grow concerned the creature is controlling him when he begins uncontrollably eating and hearing the bug talk to him. Fearing what the creature wants him to do, he sets out to protect his wife and those around him from the bug's malicious plans. This segment was just lame. The central premise isn't scary, the execution here is laughable and has no point being here as there's nothing to redeem it before the gore.
The Flea-Following a rash of ritualistic murders, a man tries to put his past behind him when he's confronted by a friend saying they still have work to do together. Realizing what he means to attract, he sets out to stop his friend from carrying out his demented plan. This was another rancid and worthless effort. There's no real interaction with the killer being as we never get to see it much less know what they're doing as there's no dialog setting up the point of what they're doing. There's a viciousness to the kills due to the target selected but that's it.
Justice Served-Stuck in a police detention room, a man on trial tries to get his lawyer to see things from his perspective which hampers his chances in the trial. As it gets underway, he finds things not going his way and has to live with the dire consequences he brought on. There's no point to this black-humor segment. The idea behind it is darkly comic but there's no creature at all and its inclusion is tenuous at best simply because there's nothing to get into with the majority here being simply back-and-forth questioning with the dark twist on it to end this with a true whimper.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.
The Good Stor(ies): White Drift-Arriving in a small town, a former soldier suffering strange effects from the war tries to find his friend but instead comes across a concerned waitress. Aware of what's going to happen if she gets too close, the beast within him eventually causes more problems for both of them. This was a solid enough segment. The build-up of his condition at the diner gives a nice clue to his situation as well as the overnight campout or the hallucination at the coffee shop all come together nicely to give this a solid enough turn and fulfill some needed exposition in the storyline. The finale's twist is a logical buildup of that work, but the cheap attack and overall lack of coherence as to what's happening cause this to come off cheaper than it is.
The Bad Stor(ies): Braceface-Tormented by her peers, a man tries to help his daughter get by in life even though she's constantly forced to wear a humiliating metal brace for her teeth. When she's confronted by bullies trying to pick on her, they realize too late they've unleashed a hidden monster within her. This was a woefully underwhelming way to start this film off on. Despite trying to invoke sympathy for how the girl is treated, overall there's not much to this one as the twist is seen coming a mile away, the payoff is neutered considerably by the camera angles that never deliver the goods and the Christian family values storyline to finish this doesn't have anything to do with the rest of the segment. This seems like a waste to start this story off.
Wormbug-Accidentally swallowing a bug, a man begins to grow concerned the creature is controlling him when he begins uncontrollably eating and hearing the bug talk to him. Fearing what the creature wants him to do, he sets out to protect his wife and those around him from the bug's malicious plans. This segment was just lame. The central premise isn't scary, the execution here is laughable and has no point being here as there's nothing to redeem it before the gore.
The Flea-Following a rash of ritualistic murders, a man tries to put his past behind him when he's confronted by a friend saying they still have work to do together. Realizing what he means to attract, he sets out to stop his friend from carrying out his demented plan. This was another rancid and worthless effort. There's no real interaction with the killer being as we never get to see it much less know what they're doing as there's no dialog setting up the point of what they're doing. There's a viciousness to the kills due to the target selected but that's it.
Justice Served-Stuck in a police detention room, a man on trial tries to get his lawyer to see things from his perspective which hampers his chances in the trial. As it gets underway, he finds things not going his way and has to live with the dire consequences he brought on. There's no point to this black-humor segment. The idea behind it is darkly comic but there's no creature at all and its inclusion is tenuous at best simply because there's nothing to get into with the majority here being simply back-and-forth questioning with the dark twist on it to end this with a true whimper.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.