The Dark Backward

Brought to mind John Waters trying to adapt Kafka's The Metamorphosis with Neil Hamburger as the lead. A wild watch for sure but ultimately a disappointing one. It was accurately described to me as a waking nightmare. Bill Paxton is off the rails in a way that makes his True Lies bit look as stoic as Gregory Peck. Recommended to fans of Freaked and almost no one else.

Aggressively repulsive, someone trying to explain John Water's Joker. Bill Paxton is at peak unhinged stick around for him. This cast is stacked with people who owed someone a favour.

Delightfully grimy.

Though one of the strangest movies i've ever seen, it definitely has some redeeming qualities and is entertaining at times. Bill Paxton and Judd Nelson do give 100%.

Easily the worst movie I've ever watched all the way through. An unpleasant and pointless slog with nothing to say, and no way to say it interestingly. Aggressively irritating.

Just so wonderfully gross.

"...just too off-putting."

Of all the movies that have made me feel sick to my stomach, this is one of them.

I loved this movie in college, and I'm not proud of that. I suppose it appealed to my edgy, nihilistic side. Half Tim Burton, half John Waters, with just a touch of Repo Man meets How to Get Ahead in Advertising... and all horrible. It's a "zany" study of incessant unpleasantness, serving only to repulse and annoy the viewer. I do have to grudgingly admire Rifkin's steadfast commitment to the aesthetic, but that doesn't mean I have to enjoy it.