Product Description

An intense genre film that recalls Alfred Hitchcock and Brian DePalma. Jack and Dora, abandoned by their parents as babies, are desperate to find each other after years of adoption. Jack's young life has been spent with a sadistic family. Dora, whose life has been somewhat better, has developed extra sensory powers which tell her that Jack's life is in danger and drives her search for him.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #152205 in DVD
• Released on: 1999-09-07
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 92 minutes

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite horror movies of all time
This movie was the most original thing I've seen in years. It stars Alexis Arquette who is emotionally and physically abused to the point of having to retaliate using his invention. Believe you me, this is a sight to behold. I agree with everyone, the sisters were creepy. The ending of this movie still gives me bad dreams. Veeeeery scary.

simply a masterpiece
This film strikes out with lavish images and dark scenery. Mr. Maxwell is a remarkable director/writer and should not ever go overlooked.

Deserves CULT Status - a true Horror film with Style.
Garth Maxwell now directs lots of XENA episodes, but he made this great little New Zealand horror masterpiece several years earlier. It's a unique exercise in stylish mood and character. Alexis Arquette and Sarah Kennedy play brother and sister separated from each other as young children. Arquette ends up with an abusive family with 3 weird look-a-like "goth" sisters. What will Arquette do to survive the abuse from his new Mom and Pop and siblings? ---create a weird electrical - candle fused machine that can hypnotize and give him the chance to wreak revenge. It may sound ridiculous, but director Maxwell handles it as a mood-piece, almost like a fairy-tale, and it works. Eventually Arquette finds his sister which leads to their search for their abandoning mother. They're also being chased by the 3 "goth" sisters...which ends in a haunting finale. A great little horror film for fans who hate mainstream stuff like "Scream" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer". As far as the DVD goes, it's a mixed bag. Unfortunately, IMAGE ENT. once again released a bare-bones DVD with no extras, the film is not letterboxed and it contains that very low "phantom" audio track in the background during some scenes (this audio glitch was on IMAGE's laserdisc as well, but not on the original VHS release from TRIBORO). It's a subtle problem, however. I guess it's nice they released it at all, but they could spend a little more time and effort in their releases. The folks over at IMAGE don't seem to really care much about pleasing their audience....or maybe it's just laziness.