Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and. Rated r for drug content, bloody violence, gore, language and nudity. Director and cowriter don coscarelli phantasm 1979, bubba hotep 2002, the beastmaster 1982 made me think this movie was not something i wanted to see within the first few minutes. Thats not a spoiler so much as a consumer advisory. And speaking of spiders, it reintroduces john and dave, the occasionally intrepid duo. The riddle, which may or may not have anything to do with the movies swirling.
Its an endlessly trippy, oddball experience about a fictitious street. The movie is primarily composed of davids flashbacks while in the restaurant, and the whole thing reads a bit like a gory, cartoonish philip k. So he bought it, read it, loved it, wanted to make a movie from it, and did. I completely recommend you read it and the sequel this book is full of spiders.
It appears that the firearms seen in this film are airsoft replicas. Principal photography began in october 2010, and by january 2011, the project had entered postproduction for a planned theatrical 20 release. Thomas dunne books published the story with additional. However, when people return, they are no longer human but have become monsters or undead zombies. From the demented director of phantasm and bubba hotep comes this adaptation of david wongs insane novel, on vod now and in. Nov 07, 2017 its all about the soy sauce, a drug that promises an outofbody experience with each hit. Like scot pilgrim versus the world and watchmen, were really stuck with the best version we could get to film. I am so happy i stuck through it because i was treated to a.
Can two college dropouts save humanity from this silent, otherworldly invasion. The john wick franchise is perhaps one of the most violent movie series out there right now, so fans go into each new film expecting to see keanu reeves titular character plowing his way through. Also, it opened on video on demand before coming out in theaters, which is usually a death sentence for a film s box office chances. It is both joyously ridiculous and annoyingly indulgent a movie that is engineered for future cultdom but almost a little too tryhard to really deserve it. From the demented director of phantasm and bubba hotep comes this adaptation. An estimated 70,000 people read the free online versions before they were removed in september 2008. The most inexplicably bizarre film of the year, its jawdropping for all the wrong reasons. Also, it opened on video on demand before coming out in theaters, which is usually a death sentence for a films box office chances.
With chase williamson, rob mayes, paul giamatti, clancy brown. On the street they call it soy sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. It was written for the screen and directed by don coscarelli, whom you might know from the beastmaster, phantasm and bubba ho tep. A new street drug can send its users across time and dimensions. In the end, the film feels like a great extras edition to the book, like a bonus. Oct 20, 2015 this is a strange film, but it truly puts you in davids headspace. This is a strange film, but it truly puts you in davids headspace. The threat of apocalypse no longer holds consequence enough. What it gets instead is john and david, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Its all about the soy sauce, a drug that promises an outofbody experience with each hit. Youd think it was directed by a recent film school grad with how experimental it is, but thats just the brilliance that is don coscarelli. Seriously, dude, dont touch it with david wong real name jason pargin. Second off after watching this frankly mortifying film adaptation of andrew lloyd webbers cats, im not altogether sure i am a movie person anymore either.
John and dave are two college dropouts who have supernatural abilities like psychic powers and the ability to fight the. It introduces the lead character, david wong chase williamson, who is also the narrator of the movie, and what happens to him has zip to do with everything that comes after. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback. Found it while trying to find more movies like jdate lol also the revenant gets a bit dark at the end but another wacky weird film. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. The film stars chase williamson and rob mayes, with paul giamatti, clancy.
A new drug provides users with an outofbody experience, but some who come back are no longer human. While the core of the film espouses the belief that time is not linear, the word end suggests there is a beginning and an end to things. Dont get left behind enjoy unlimited, adfree access to shudders full library of films and series for 7 days. Its an endlessly trippy, oddball experience about a fictitious street drug called soy sauce that lets users see things. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including hansel. It stars chase williamson and rob mayes, with supporting performances by paul giamatti who is also an executive producer, doug jones, and clancy brown.