Director: Addison Heiman
Year: 2025
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Plot:
Desperate for some extra money, down-on-their-luck friends are forced to move out of their house and into the mansion home of her ex-boyfriend, who happens to be a hedonistic alien living among humanity, bringing their deepest and darkest desires out the longer they stay with him.
Review:
Overall, this was a generally solid if wildly problematic offering. The main idea of the friends being forced into staying with her extraterrestrial alien ex-boyfriend when they’re forced out of their house and have nowhere else to go, only to be given a crash-course on sexual desire and longing when his unorthodox treatment and sexuality make them both immensely attractive to him, sets it all in motion rather nicely. These are balanced out by the outright bizarre and oftentimes surreal imagery used to depict the alien’s deadly mission on Earth to study the species so that they can prepare to overthrow the planet, including the utterly sensual erotic scenes of them succumbing to his charms by indulging in otherworldly sexual antics that focus on them being swarmed and surrounded by tentacles during the encounter.
Outside of this, there isn’t much to really dive into with this one. The story here is almost entirely nonexistent, with them just floating around the house constantly seducing him or trying to sabotage the other through their own insecurities coming to the forefront. Hardly any of this is interesting or all that funny, as the majority of the comedy here is the matter-of-fact treatment afforded to the alien reveal, but most of his eccentric behavior isn’t all that comedic or exciting, so it’s not all that funny for a comedy, nor is his apocalyptic plot all that interesting. That leaves this part of the film without much in the way of anything to catch onto to keep the excitement going, so it tends to peter out at the wrong moment based on everything happening before, tending to hold this down overall.
Overview: **.5/5
A generally likable if somewhat problematic genre effort, this one manages to get some interesting factors to it, which are mostly undone by the series of flaws that are present in this one. Those with an appreciation for this style or who don’t mind the issues present will have the most to enjoy here, while most others out there should heed extreme caution.
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