From the bleak settings and synth - heavy soundtrack to the hyper - stylized violence and
hints of body horror, this film would feel right at home next to Carpenter's early output like «Assault on Precinct 13» and «Halloween.»
Not exact matches
There's some business about alternate dimensions (or, more precisely, alternate universes), some Alien - style
body horror, bits
of metal and flesh that take on lives
of their own, even the occasional
hint of time travel.
I've already written about its
body horror elements this week, and while that is the majority
of the good feeling, there are intermittent sparks from time to time that give the slightest
hint of life underneath it all.