NO-BUDGET NIGHTMARES: SCIENCE CRAZED (1991)

  You have never, ever seen anything like SCIENCE CRAZED. I promise you. Even calling it a “movie” lumps it in with an art form that it only tangentially resembles. Lensed in 1987, Ron Switzer’s one and only horror opus obviously comes from a place of real genre love, and its skeletal structure resembles the films it’s trying to ape. A mad scientist injects a woman with a serum that makes her give birth to a fully grown “fiend” that slowly (slowly. slowly. slowly.) stalks and kills a variety of people in hallway-accessible locations. Simple enough, right? But in practice things start out a bit pear shaped, and then just get stranger and more surreal. Thirty minutes in, and you might start wondering about Switzer’s mental state. An hour in, and you’ll certainly be worried about your own.     First, everyone is dubbed. This isn’t anything new for exploitation film fans, but it’s HOW the characters are dubbed which will give you pause. The voices are prevailingly stilted and … Continue reading NO-BUDGET NIGHTMARES: SCIENCE CRAZED (1991)