Smith, a typical young college student who likes partying and engaging in acts of random sex and debauchery, has been having some interesting dreams revolving around two gorgeous women -- and is shocked when he meets the dream girls in real life. Lorelei looks just like his fantasy brunette, while a mysterious red-haired girl being chased by assassins draws him into an international conspiracy. Or is it all just a drug-induced hallucination?
Direction
Araki's hyper-stylized queer maximalism cranked to eleven.
Costume
Animal masks and thrift store chic that somehow screams doom.
Writing
Dialogue so ridiculous it loops back to brilliant.
Director
Gregg Araki
Thomas Dekker
Smith
Haley Bennett
Stella
Chris Zylka
Thor
Roxane Mesquida
Lorelei
Juno Temple
London
James Duval
The Messiah
Andy Fischer-Price
Rex
Brandy Futch
Drug Fairy Nymph (uncredited)
Nicole LaLiberte
Red-Haired Girl
Kelly Lynch
Nicole
Brennan Mejia
Oliver
Carlo Mendez
Milo
Jason Olive
Hunter
Christine Nguyen
Freshman Bimbo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This capped Araki's 'Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy' twenty years after he started it, making it his most unhinged reunion with the apocalyptic queer teen aesthetic.
The animal-mask cult members were directly inspired by actual '60s California cult imagery, because Araki doesn't do subtlety.
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