Appropriately dedicated to HG Lewis and full of great shots of 42nd Street back when it was a sleaze-filled mecca, this classic gore flick is definitely in my top ten of all time great bizzaro movies. First feature film by Frank Henenlotter, who is probably the most consistently entertaining horror director ever, this is the story of an angry little lump of flesh monster who was hacked off his Siamese-twin brother and is now looking for revenge on a cold, cruel world. Even though this little creature likes to rip throats out and murder in the most bloody and grotesque ways, you can't help but sorta cheer on our protagonists in their quest for vengeance on corrupt, moralless doctors and other low-life types who have wronged them in the past( at least up until our little rubbery man starts to get a little too rapey on innocent ladies).
The film overall straddles the line between horror and comedy but never becomes too jokey for it's own good like just about every other "horror" film made in the later half of the 80's. I'd say this is a must see for gore-hounds or just lovers of well-done offbeat grindhousey flicks.
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