In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest party of the year. But they'll only make it if they can survive the drug trips, suicides, trysts, mutilations and alien abductions that occur as one surreal day unfolds.
Direction
Araki's candy-colored apocalypse—no one else shot LA like this.
Cinematography
Neon-drenched frames that look like a rave flyer exploded.
Acting
James Duval's perpetually-stoned alien magnet energy.
Director
Gregg Araki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The third in Araki's 'Teen Apocalypse Trilogy'—the others are Totally F***ed Up and The Doom Generation.
The alien abduction subplot was partly inspired by real 90s UFO panic and Heaven's Gate cult hysteria.
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