A stage magician performs mutilations that look suspiciously fatal, then sends apparently intact volunteers back to their seats. The logic becomes increasingly unstable, while the theatrical gore and ponderous explanations offer an unusually gruesome evening at the variety show.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
8/10
Plot
9/10
Effects
4/10
Dialogue
7/10
Rewatchability
6/10
“Audience participation has become a serious contractual concern.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 68
Synopsis and movie facts
A talk show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician who has the ability to hypnotize and control people's thoughts in order to stage gory onstage illusions using his powers of mindbending.
