the initial premise of a gothic cop and horror movie hybrid be a pretty good idea and certainly prompt me to hire out the film . however the film be badly hamper by wooden acting and especially in the case of the police chief who remind me of kenric and moss from a black adder the third episode and seem to be unable to grasp the difference between screen act and stage acting and the main one be that you do not need to scream your line at the camera . carly turnbull performance at albany be very flat and while acceptable in place seem like she spend the majority of the film read her line of an autocue . have say that the two main lead do put in a pretty good effort with kevin howarth and who i think be criminally underrated and prove his worth yet again a a villain by contribute a very convincing and creepy performance show his character descent from maverick cop to homicidal monster . luke goss do his best and put in a comparatively good performance . also matt lucas cameo be well acted prove he can play straight as well . another resound floor in the film have to be the americanisation element and with the police act like american cop dress like american cop and do all but speak in american accent . the attempt to dress luke goss a vin diesel be especially frustrating . also the parasite be a blatant copy of the stomach burster from the alien quadrilogy . the director andrew goth do well all be consider and use the camera angle and cut to good effect but with all the gaping plot hole and wooden acting he be unable to turn it around but a they say in wayne world you cant polish a turd . all in all a good idea that go horribly wrong .