This is an odd one, I saw it on a few top lost films list, and apparently the was found. The movie is essentially several vignettes which are out of sequence and interconnected, sometimes loosely. I'll go over them one by one:
Two college hippies drop acid together, one is inexperienced and has a breakdown. He starts having visions of a good spirit and a bad spirit. He had previously been seeing a psychiatrist about some bizarre dreams he has been having which have been fading into his reality.
A police scene: two cops, played by the same actors as he hippies are tracking down a murderer who has been killing college students. One is burnt out and may or may not be involved with the Murders.
A western scene: two cowboys, one a cop and the other a man with a bad reputation as a bounty hunter run into one another at a bar, they talk about a friendship they once had that dissolved due to a woman. It is implied the woman is later killed by a psychopath.
It is loosely implied that the dreams are a result of the acid trip and that everything, including the main character himself exists in some sort of brain in a jar/ hallucination, and that the dreams are caused due to his chronic lack of satisfaction in his life.
Overall, it's pretty bad, and it's obvious they had no budget. They did a good job on the sets and some low budget effects. I think it's fair to say I liked the good and evil spirits a lot. I think if we were going to say the movie has a point it is that the main character had no grasp on himself and this never was satisfied. Therefore, he lives the rest of his life in his, "damned," mind. I like the concept, but it could have been done better.
Two college hippies drop acid together, one is inexperienced and has a breakdown. He starts having visions of a good spirit and a bad spirit. He had previously been seeing a psychiatrist about some bizarre dreams he has been having which have been fading into his reality.
A police scene: two cops, played by the same actors as he hippies are tracking down a murderer who has been killing college students. One is burnt out and may or may not be involved with the Murders.
A western scene: two cowboys, one a cop and the other a man with a bad reputation as a bounty hunter run into one another at a bar, they talk about a friendship they once had that dissolved due to a woman. It is implied the woman is later killed by a psychopath.
It is loosely implied that the dreams are a result of the acid trip and that everything, including the main character himself exists in some sort of brain in a jar/ hallucination, and that the dreams are caused due to his chronic lack of satisfaction in his life.
Overall, it's pretty bad, and it's obvious they had no budget. They did a good job on the sets and some low budget effects. I think it's fair to say I liked the good and evil spirits a lot. I think if we were going to say the movie has a point it is that the main character had no grasp on himself and this never was satisfied. Therefore, he lives the rest of his life in his, "damned," mind. I like the concept, but it could have been done better.
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