So a kind of regime change happened at Full Moon as far as those in charge of making their films in Cleveland and it shows in a positive way. First off C Courtney Joyner is back writing and that makes probably the most difference, his credits go back as far as Prison, but Full Moon fans would know him for his run of credits at Full Moon when it was making films for Paramount. The story feels like the right bits from Dr, Jekyll and Sister Hyde have been put into a Artificial world therapy session gone wrong scenerio.
Another name from the past is Tom Callaway shooting the film, which also makes a difference there is a progession from a normal intentionally flat look to one with hard shadows and overall the camera moves more than usual from company president Charles Band.
The sort of mad doctor and his assistant characters are both pretty badly acted and probably miscast, but the rest of the supporting cast and lead crazy are really quite good.
There is blood and gore and black and white sequences all something unsual from recent Full Moon releases and it has a few but good exterior locations, the one by the graveyard is the best one,
The helmet that takes people to Quadrant isn't a great prop, but the overall production values are up from recent Cleveland films as well.
The ending is pretty poorly filmed which is too bad, but the rest holds together and feels like a movie. Music score isn't bad though it repeats itself a bit too much and then turns into a John Carpenter knock off rather abruptly towards the end.
Some weird AI/CGI demons look fairly scary, the Black and White London based stuff is kind of a missed opportunity, the weird green forest when another characters nightmares/ Quadrant work better, and as I mentioned the final section, well, is probably the weakest but can't ruin it entirely.
So a promising one off production or a sign of better things ahead, only time will tell, but this time Full Moon has something worth watching, for once. With special credtit to the lead actress!
