Boobirt
Stylish but barely mediocre overall
Platicsco
Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Ariella Broughton
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
pkcommerce
I saw this movie shortly after it was completed at the wonderful Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. The house had a blast that night- great fun! This is a fantastic "bad" movie - fun to laugh at/with, hard to take seriously. The dialog isn't so wonderful, acting is not up on par with the best of Hollywood or anything but this could easily have become a cult film. The "sex among the trees" scene is so ridiculous, so over the top, so gross, it's great. I would love to see it again sometime.Favorite lines from the movie: "Touch the wall, Jake!", "Cats or death!" With lines like this, you gotta love this movie.
woosters
Was mainly only enjoyable because I was an extra on this film. Not very glamorous to have your wardrobe be a Hefty bag. Plus it shot in the middle of the summer and with the lights on the set and the heat and then being wardrobed in a Hefty bag...quite the challenge. I thought the main actors did a passable job and because of the timing of when it was filmed it definitely was an allegory of the AIDS epidemic at the time. Now in today's times it would be more of an H1N1 allegory. Some of the dialog taken out of context can still bring my friends and I to tears of laughter. Wish I could find a copy of the movie to see how it "holds up" today.
HumanoidOfFlesh
The peaceful population of the town of Sleepy Rock turns slowly into a hysterical,anarchistic and violent mob when a mysterious disease begins spreading through town.Jake Spear(Gregory Fortescue)is attacked by a huge dark 'thing'.Without knowing it,this makes Jake into the carrier of the mysterious disease."The Carrier" is pretty bad.It lacks scares and gore and has incredibly cheesy synthesizer score.Still the film is funny enough to make horror fans smile.5 out of 10.
pascal-7
Although campy at times, this movie is full of symbolism. Also proves to be an excellent commentary on society. Made in 1988, I am positive that this movie was influenced by AIDS and the stigmas it carried at the time. Also, enjoyed the conflicts of science versus religion.