I saw this film some 10 years ago in a movie theatre in Zimbabwe. It left an impact on me as I am a fan of sci-fi more than of horror films.
Much has been written about "mindless sci-fi" such as the Star War films where sounds are "heard" in outer space where in reality you can't hear anything. Yet sci-fi lovers seem to have missed out on this neat theory of body parts having a mind (NOT, mind you, a "brain") of their own--all belonging to the original individual. It appears to be nothing more than nonsense to us in accepted conventional science but I found it more appealing than some of the works of Lucas and Spielberg.
I think the film needs reassessment as a "sci-fi" film--not merely as a horror film. I am convinced this film is more appealing in subject matter than "Fantastic Voyage" or "The Flatliners", purely as a science fiction movie. Take it or leave it--the subject challenges today's scientific thought however stupid it appears to us today. And as cinema, I have seen worse stuff from well-known Hollywood directors. I would like to read the book "Choice cuts" before figuring out if the film was better than the work of the author. The film has made me curious about the novel--that in itself speaks much for the film's director, Eric Red.
Much has been written about "mindless sci-fi" such as the Star War films where sounds are "heard" in outer space where in reality you can't hear anything. Yet sci-fi lovers seem to have missed out on this neat theory of body parts having a mind (NOT, mind you, a "brain") of their own--all belonging to the original individual. It appears to be nothing more than nonsense to us in accepted conventional science but I found it more appealing than some of the works of Lucas and Spielberg.
I think the film needs reassessment as a "sci-fi" film--not merely as a horror film. I am convinced this film is more appealing in subject matter than "Fantastic Voyage" or "The Flatliners", purely as a science fiction movie. Take it or leave it--the subject challenges today's scientific thought however stupid it appears to us today. And as cinema, I have seen worse stuff from well-known Hollywood directors. I would like to read the book "Choice cuts" before figuring out if the film was better than the work of the author. The film has made me curious about the novel--that in itself speaks much for the film's director, Eric Red.