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The plot is nothing special, of course. In this kind of movie, it's the execution of that plot that makes it worthwhile. So is it worthwhile? Some yes, some no.

The bad stuff: the acting, dialog, and the human characters. None of them are very memorable except for the main characters' mother, who is played by a drag queen[!] and who in one scene complains about her husband getting drunk at a wedding and moonwalking into the cake. That got a small chuckle out of me. Every other person is just dull; played by horrible-to-barely-mediocre actors spouting clumsy, cliched slasher-flick dialog.

The good: the villains, the gore/special effects, and the production design. This is one of the better looking, more ambitious direct-to-video horror quickies I've seen. Dr. Carnage and his monster-monkey assistant Max are appropriately freaky, if not actually scary, and they take great pleasure in creatively carving up the cast of disposable characters with exagerrated cartoon weapons; think Itchy and Scratchy, but live-action. The music/soundtrack accentuates this. It's very inspired by Beetlejuice and goofy sound effects are used as a jarring accompanyment to the murders. The sets are very skewed and funhouse-like, with bright colors and weird props; effective use of lighting creates a scary-funhouse kind of atmosphere.

The bottom line: you've got to see this movie once to experience it, but repeated viewings are not essential, in my opinion. It's an acceptable drive-in-style slasher flick with some minor innovations, nothign more.

It's been a year and I still feel nauseous!
My two friends and I watched this movie over one year ago, and it nearly ruined our friendship.
This movie leaves you feeling cold and distant, like your entire city being nuked while you were away, and finding everyone you know charred to a crisp.
I was asked by another friend one evening at the video store if we should rent it, I told them I would rather set my arms and legs on fire and watch them burn then feed them to my neighbors dog than watch that movie again. He thought I was joking.

I even heard that American soldiers forced Iraqi prisoners to watch this film at Abu Ghraib prison, but found that they drew the line at sexual abuse and attack dogs, this movie was too much even for insurgents.
Please, do not watch this movie unless you are on the verge of suicide, and need one last good reason to end your own life.

Weird and Hilarious
This movie is one of those weird indie movies that not many people get to see. I thought it was hilarious and rather gory. It's not for everyone. My favorite things that really cracked me up were that the mother is played by a drag queen and the youngest daughter is played by a porn star!!!