I really didn't know what to make of this movie. I still don't. I just know that I kinda liked it. Definitely worth a watch if you're in the mood for some Larry Cohen tomfoolery.

The budget--and a little too much weirdness--really hurt what is at its basis a really good story. A film that may benefit from a remake...

The plot says sci-fi, the mise-en-scene and cinematography says scabby cop-thriller and the music (and it's thematic preoccupation) says horror. It feels almost like a gritty Cronenberg. Untidely but keenly shot, it's a bizarre genre film with a very distinct tone in its unclean occultism, completely badass when it's at its most fantastic.

The 70's porn-cinematography, cut-rate staging & actors r worrying at first, but stick with it. Fearlessly non-mainstream is an understatement as the ballsy script gets more unexpected & daring as it goes, leading up 2 a creepily bizarre abduction scene & completely off-the-rails showdown. Some mumbling & poor sound mars the ending, but fans of out-there & unpredictable narratives will stay hooked.

"Messy but thoughtful film that tries to mix religion, faith, alien abduction and a Scanners-like plotline where beings with superpowers are controlling others and making them kill. The killers are convinced God made them do it and a religious police investigator tries to put the strange pieces together. Unfocused and flawed in many ways, but somewhat interesting."

One of the weirdest films ever made. Way above par for Larry Cohen

Some pretty cool stuff, neat ideas. Generally well-paced and well-made. With slightly better actors, a lot more money, and someone to polish up the script, this could be a really good movie.

Another strange peice from Cohen that is very hard to pin down, genrewise. Well worth seeking out for fans of the director.

did he just?

Somehow manages to encode every major 1970s social anxiety into one utterly demented genre bricolage. You almost feel like this wouldn't have worked if Cohen had bit exactly off as much as he could chew.

Starts out intriguing and involving--but gets pretty murky toward the end. Good performances by all.

One of the strangest genre films ever made. The film features terrific Gotham location lensing, from Little Italy to Harlem. One standout sequence sees a uniformed cop -- a young, pre-"Taxi" Andy Kaufman in a one-line ("God told me to!") cameo -- go berserk during the St. Patrick's Day Parade (which Cohen lensed sans permits).

Okay Movie