Cryptozoologist, David Gates, looks into the mass disappearance of a small town for a producer who has just green-lit the filming of four episodes for a program concerning the hunt for supernatural phenomena. His investigation uncovers some disturbing secrets and, even worse, unleashes a cosmic nightmare on himself and his cameraman. His mind already on some shaky ground, David’s producer sends him to film an exorcism in New Jersey… something way out of David’s realm of comfort. He does it despite his reservations and shit gets bad when whatever evil presence that festers inside the young girl murders the exorcist and sends David and his cameraman fleeing. David’s health starts deteriorating and a biological nightmare emerges, all tied into that horror incubating in the isolated small town they explored. Of course, there’s evil machinations afoot and our two heroes are thrown smack-dab into the middle of something they can’t even fathom. Blood and other fluids mix in with slime, flesh and tentacles, a hitman gets involved and everything goes to hell. Micro-budgeted nightmare from Brian Paulin (Reap of Evil, Bone Sickness) suffers from the usual less-than-convincing performances and plot-advancing idiotic behavior but cranks up the spookiness, sound design and ick factor to distract from the constraints. Eldritch horror slips comfortably into disgusting body horror brought to life by some impressive and some not-so-impressive effects work. The issue remains, the plot pretty much exists to showcase the SFX craftwork so any lasting power the film could have had is diminished for the sake of splatter. Which is a shame, because the story has seeds of interest and further development could have made this an underground classic.
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