Writing
Ambitious ideas punching way above its weight class
Production
Grimy LA locations doing heavy dystopian lifting
Director
Lisa Stoll
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beverly Garland was a 1950s B-movie queen (It Conquered the World) returning to sci-fi fifty years later.
The film's 2003 release coincided with early debates about neural imaging and religious experience—Stoll essentially made a lo-fi response to the God helmet controversy.