Complete credited cast: | |||
Jeffrey Combs | ... | Crawford Tillinghast | |
Barbara Crampton | ... | Dr. Katherine McMichaels | |
Ted Sorel | ... | Dr. Edward Pretorius | |
Ken Foree | ... | Bubba Brownlee | |
Carolyn Purdy-Gordon | ... | Dr. Bloch | |
Bunny Summers | ... | Neighbor Lady | |
Bruce McGuire | ... | Jordan Fields | |
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Del Russel | ... | Ambulance Driver |
Dale Wyatt | ... | Paramedic | |
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Karen Christenfeld | ... | Nurse |
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Andy Miller | ... | Patient - Strait Jacket |
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John Leamer | ... | Shock Technician |
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Regina Bleesz | ... | Bondage Girl |
Dr. Edward Pretorius and his assistant, the physician Crawford Tillinghast, have developed the Resonator, a machine to stimulate the sixth sense through the pineal gland. When Crawford activates the apparatus, he sees creatures flying in the air and he summons Dr. Pretorius. The experiment goes out of control and Dr. Pretorius refuses to turn off the Resonator. Meanwhile their neighbor calls the police, and when the police officers arrive, they see Crawford trying to escape from his house and Dr. Pretorius beheaded. Crawford is sent to a mental institution under the supervision of the sadistic Dr. Bloch. However, the prominent psychiatrist Dr. Katherine McMichaels requests the custody of Crawford and Detective Bubba Brownlee that is investigating the case stays with them. Katherine goes with Crawford and Bubba to see the Resonator and turns the machine on. Dr. Pretorius returns in a mutant shape and attacks them, in the beginning of a gore night with weird life forms. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This seminal film by Stuart Gordon reeks pure 80's. Following the success of the far superior Re-Animator, Gordon experiments with one of the works of his favourite literary sources: HP Lovecraft. The film tackles the popular sci-fiction theme of the sixth dimension -- and considering the small-budget limitations placed upon the director, it is a reasonable treatment of the multi-dimension theme. The resonator depicted in the film demonstrates strong Lovecraftian imagery . . . not easy to achieve. What strengthens the film are the grotesque F/X and Jeffery Combs/Barbara Crampton: both of these elements are excellent (for the genre and budget). Some of the F/X are really stomach churning -- try eating jello or fried liver and Chianti when watching the film . . . If your are a HPL, Gordon, Combs or Crampton fan, this film is an essential viewing for you.