David Caruso fights the tofu mafia with a cone-headed mutant. 1989 was WILD.
Tells the story of Mr. Softee, a mutant hybrid with an ice cream cone for a head, who was the victim of the anti-miscarriage drug "Nodroppinum" which changed the pregnant mother's child into whatever food she craved at the time (a parody of the Thyladimide scandal from the 60s.) Softee was the head of an ice cream company, until he was forced out of business by the artificial ice cream mafia, led by Don Tofutti.
Practical Effects
The actual cone-head costume deserves Smithsonian preservation
Writing
Pun density rivals early Simpsons on bath salts
Acting
Pre-CSI Caruso somehow commits to this completely
Director
James Lorinz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Thyladimide parody lands weirdly now given the actual thalidomide tragedy's ongoing legacy.
Director James Lorinz later starred in Frankenhooker, cementing his status as royalty of mutant NYC cinema.
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