A man from Zagreb is writing a science fiction horror story, about a couple of child aliens- and their android keeper- that hail from the Arkana galaxy.
While writing, he gets right into the zone...which annoys his girlfriend...who is constantly making fun of his techniques.
Effectively, he wears a cosplay helmet, while fantasizing that he is part of their world...while recording his story onto a tape recorder.
That is...until the characters start speaking to him, through this same device...claiming they have landed on the island across from his flat.
Unsure of whether this is really happening, or if he has just been sucked into his own delusional fantasy world...he starts to investigate.
And when he gets to the island...he does meet the characters he created.
The humanoid aliens are like children, while the android acts as if she's their mother.
The only thing is, he was about to write the alien boy out of the story...replacing him, instead, with a cosmic beast that might get him a toy deal.
But this plan seems to have failed...because the boy has still become manifest into reality.
And he has brought the toy monster with him...
A toy monster which has the ability to grow into a kaiju-like beast.
Thinking he's gone completely mad, he seeks out professional help.
Telling the shrink a bizarre story, about how he was raised alone by his father...who couldn't afford milk to feed him...which led him to grow breasts to breastfeed his starving son with.
However, instead of straight up institutionalizing him, the psychologist suggests that he might possess the power of telurgy.
Telurgy being the ability to manifest something physically into existence, through mere acts of will.
In other words, fantasy induced magic.
To confirm whether this is truly the case...he brings his girlfriend with him to the island, so that she can confirm or deny whether these aliens actually exist, or that he has just lost his mind.
And she's the best!
She indulges his fantasies, even though her sister encourages her to shun him for them.
Though, little does she suspect...that she would be able to see them too.
So, now he knows he's definitely not insane...and that there is something to this whole telurgy thing.
But him bringing his girlfriend upsets the aliens...so they turn her into a cube!
Despite the fact that these extraterrestrial entities are seemingly advanced life forms...the young writer is effectively their God.
For it was his imagination that willed their entire galaxy into existence.
Giving the whole tale a self-reflexive spin (as he's now writing a story, about him writing a story, in which he is also a character).
But things start to get out of hand when the alien boy cuts off the android's finger (which she just replaces like a lizard would it's tail).
Because another young boy, whose father works on the island, ends up finding it and bringing it to his family's restaurant...just as a guard there is telling people about how he was abducted by these aliens and experimented on.
Now, large groups of (mostly nude) onlookers are flocking to the island, with hopes of seeing these mysterious aliens for themselves.
To show that his fantastical story has taken on a "real" life aspect of it's own...
Because a group of spear fisherman manage to make contact with the aliens, and are attacked...alerting the naked hoards...who descend upon the cave where they have been staying, to show their good will, as ambassadors of Earth.
Though, luckily for the author, his alien friends go into hiding before they are discovered...having moved into his house, where they have taken it upon themselves to do his domestic chores.
Which only creates new problems...as the author and the android character he has created start to fall in love with one another.
Because, when his girlfriend eventually escapes from the cube and discovers them together...she gets extremely jealous...and leaves him.
Which, in turn, leads to the monster getting loose, and freaking everyone out.
Because, even though it means no harm- as it just wants to smell flowers- there's always that one guy who gets afraid and tries to shoot the poor thing.
Which only legitimately pisses it off...and sends it on a tirade.
Giving everyone a reason to be afraid...as it starts to take them out, one by one...in extremely comical fashion.
It's only when our protagonist shows up, that he is able to turn the creature back into a toy, and bring the whole ordeal to an end.
But the damage that has been done...and there is only one way to fix it...
The whole thing is a magically brilliant story that is fueled by imagination.
After the first couple of minutes, I thought it was going to be a total crapfest.
But it's actually probably one of my favourite sci-fi horror films of alltime.
As it's both a charming fantasy, and wonderfully hilarious comedy, all at the same time.
With some awesome special effects, no less- that combine animation, with some well done make-up and creature effects; and even some stop motion!
And the whole self-reflexive element, gives the story a sense of depth.
I'd definitely qualify this as a must-see, as it's not an experience you want to miss.
Possibly one of the most underrated films of all time.
10 out of 10.
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