A 'bargain basement Stephen King' author (Val Kilmer) winds up in a sleepy little town where nothing is as it seems. Bruce Dern plays the multi-talented sheriff/wood-smith/bat expert/would be author who seeks to co-write a novel utilizing an unusual corpse in the morgue as the center piece with the washed up town novelty. So at this point I was thinking cheesy Salem's Lot knock off when out of the blue everything takes a hard left turn and corkscrews deeper and deeper into weird, dark and not so scary. By the time everything is said and done the object of Val's demise is his salvation! Slick bit of enjoyable film making that has your head bobbing in agreement with the ending. If you are the type who isn't afraid to sop up chocolate syrup with a piece of toast you may find this a very tasty bit indeed! I didn't know this was a Coppola film until just now. Recommended.
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