A couple Peggy (Stacy Edwards) and Brian Bell (Brian Bremer) back in 1955 are being used as guinea pigs during the hydrogen bomb tests. Peggy becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son they name David. I believe it is the very day he is born both his parents end up as balls of flame. Fast forward to 1990 and David now goes under the name Sam and is played by Brad Dourif who also deals with migraine headaches. He also starts to notice weird things about himself like parts of his body being engulfed in flames and people that make him angry seem to die of spontaneous combustion.
It is great to see Dourif given the starring role in a film and early on does help the film, but by about the halfway point it just becomes more and more silly until you reach and ending that does not make 100% sense or really add up. When visiting this site I am surprised to see this film with a rating as high as it has got.
The effects in this film are cheesy and not very good. They do not really help the film and are left just in awe of how silly the effects do look.
Tobe Hooper co-wrote the script with Howard Goldberg and directed the film. This is without a doubt the worst film of his I have ever seen. I think I have seen maybe 7 of his other films and they range from okay to amazing. This one to me is just terrible. Also starring William Prince, Melinda Dillon and director John Landis in a very strange scene where he is set on fire by Dourif while they are talking over the phone.
It is great to see Dourif given the starring role in a film and early on does help the film, but by about the halfway point it just becomes more and more silly until you reach and ending that does not make 100% sense or really add up. When visiting this site I am surprised to see this film with a rating as high as it has got.
The effects in this film are cheesy and not very good. They do not really help the film and are left just in awe of how silly the effects do look.
Tobe Hooper co-wrote the script with Howard Goldberg and directed the film. This is without a doubt the worst film of his I have ever seen. I think I have seen maybe 7 of his other films and they range from okay to amazing. This one to me is just terrible. Also starring William Prince, Melinda Dillon and director John Landis in a very strange scene where he is set on fire by Dourif while they are talking over the phone.
