Sea of Dust (2008)

Director:

Scott Bunt

Writer:

Scott Bunt (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

David Lynch meets The Brides of Dracula

Plot Keywords:

Satire

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Tom Savini	...	Prester John
Ingrid Pitt	...	Anna
Troy Holland	...	Stefan Christoph
Bill Timoney	...	Professor Sorell
Edward X. Young	...	Doctor Maitland
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pete Barker	...	Chalmers
Eve Blangiardo	...	Harpy
Colleen Cohan	...	Blood Chamber Torture Victim
Al Contursi	...	Torture Victim
John Correll	...	Lord Dunsten
Rosalynd Darling	...	Harpie Hydrant
Sarah Dauber	...	Elizabeth
Laura Eff	...	Black Forest Girl
Edward Ferruggia	...	Blood Chamber Torture Victim
Suzi Lorraine	...	Black Forest Woman
Kenneth Robert Marlo	...	Black Forest Man
Megan McGowan	...	Meadow Girl
Celina Murk	...	The Siren
Angela Rose Popovic	...	Twin (I)
Maria Rose Popovic	...	Twin (II)
Dylan Randazzo	...	Young Boy
Stuart Rudin	...	Carla's Father
Darby Lynn Totten	...	Carla
Amber Wootan	...	Zombie Villager
Edward A. Young	...	Dying Man On Beach
Elizabeth Young	...	Dying Woman on Beach

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Fort Totten, Bayside, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

309 Productions

Trivia:

Ingrid Pitt, as Anna in "Sea of Dust", wears the same boots she wore in "The Vampire Lovers" and "Countess Dracula."

Ultimate Stoner Movie

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Remember that friend in college who always insisted you rent the weirdest movie possible? This is the movie he would have made if he'd had the chance.

I wish I could tell you exactly what Sea of Dust was about. It pretends to be the story of a doctor who gets sucked into weird goings on in the "Black Forest." He goes there to help, but ends up being caught between two young women, both of whom he seems to have a thing for. But that's just scratching the surface. This is the kind of movie where things just randomly happen...and not nice thing. People are constantly being whipped and stabbed. There's a pair of creepy little girls who appear to have walked out of The Shining. Tom Savini is some kind of imaginary religious figure who decides he doesn't want to be imaginary anymore. He's got a plan to take over the world by sharing Jesus suffering.

On some level, this is a movie about sex. It's one without nudity, which was a disappointment, but there's no mistaking the intent. On another whole level, it's a stoner's paradise. Unexpected stuff happens so often that it stops being unexpected. By the time the doctor travels through his girlfriend's birth canal to be reborn, you'll just chalk it up to the crazy nature of the flick.

On the down side, the film is pretty wordy. Some of the points are hammered home over and over. If you're watching it with a bunch of stoned friends, this might prove an asset.