I never saw this back in the day so it was nice to find a good '80s flick I missed. The satire reminded me a lot of
RoboCop, and the practical effects were a lot of fun. It got quite icky and gross when you see what the stuff does to people's insides. I love the dog being possessed, controlling the owner. That was strange. Hopefully, institutions like the FDA would protect us yankees from something like this, but obviously, sometimes things slip through the cracks or you get corruption especially if a product makes so much money. It's a bit scary when you think about it, and you see enough dangerous items on the market like those stupid energy drinks, etc. We all know that crap is bad for us but so many people still drink it.
I love the tagline, "Are you eating it or is it eating you?" I saw the
Maniac Cop trilogy that Larry Cohen wrote and of course Phone Booth, but I haven't seen most of his other work like
Q or
It's Alive so I'll have to check those out. I always remember their posters especially the glorious one for
Q, which I'm sure their low-budget can't live up to but still got to watch them.
