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Wildly disparate characters are not much balance for the lack of action and interaction in this film by director and co-writer Krishna Shah. A series of people go to a drive-in movie theater one night... read more read more... where not a lot happens until the final, inexplicable scene. These movie-goers include a local politician looking for drug dealers, a young couple harassed by bikers, two old biddies dealing in illegal substances right under the nose of the politician (not literally), and another couple in distinct disagreement about sex: what is too little for one is too much for the other. Throw in a prostitute, a dwarf, a few overeaters, a tipsy projectionist, some other characters, and a double-feature horror movie on the screen, and the 89 minutes of running time are filled, terminated by a climax that seems to come out of nowhere. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Krishna Shah

Release Date: September 19, 1985

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DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004

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  • davelounder
    February 16, 2010
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    Great cult movie! There's a fan club for the movie, complete with some stars, on the pages of Facebook!!!

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