A group of fraternity pledges hatch a plot to kidnap Eddie Pain, the leader of a group of anti-nuclear mutant protestors ravaged by toxic poisoning. When Eddie winds up dead at the hands of one of his own guards, the frat boys are framed for his murder and pursued throughout the city.
Practical Effects
Gooey mutant makeup that redefines 'toxic waste chic'
Acting
Edwin Neal's Splatter — unhinged scenery-chewing from Texas Chain Saw royalty
Production
Houston locations transformed into barely-convincing dystopia
Director
Ronald W. Moore
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edwin Neal played the hitchhiker in the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre; Marilyn Burns was that film's final girl Sally. Their reunion here is pure exploitation happenstance.
Shot in 1983 but released in 1985, this captures peak Reagan-era nuclear dread filtered through punk's DIY ethos and the emerging direct-to-video schlock wave.
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