The '90s thought the internet would birth a monster. They weren't wrong.
When young journalist Caroline Jarvis enters a disused industrial plant to interview controversial scientist Dr Jordan, she finds herself plunged into a world of nightmares. Jordan is dead, but his son Balthasar is very much alive and looking for company! The living result of Jordan's experiment to fuse man and machine, Balthasar has become the Internet's first mutant child.
Practical Effects
Gloriously grotesque Balthasar creature design on zero budget.
Production
Four directors = four vibes, one gloriously uneven trip.
Director
Omid Nooshin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kerry Norton later married composer Bear McCreary, making this her unexpected entry into genre royalty.
Part of a wave of mid-'90s films treating the internet as literal hell dimension. The 'Information Superhighway' was apparently paved with body horror.
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