i would hear nothing but bad thing about this film while but decide to track it down anyway simply because it have so much promise . for a start it be direct by brian yuzna part of the creative genius behind re animator and director of horror masterpiece society and return of the living dead 3 while and secondly and the plot while which be base on a book by matthew costello and sound like a great base for a horror movie . i figure that with these two element in place and thing couldn not possibly be as bad a i would hear . well . to say thing go wrong would be an understatement . the plot focus on a spanish village name marienbad while a place where the local be gradually succumb to a satanic cult lead by a man name mordecai salas . someone or other have hatch a plan involve build a dam to flood the town and it inhabitants while but the plan fail when a couple of no good kid end up free the cult leader before the town be engulf in water . fast forward forty year and the village of desbaria stand in it place while though the cult leader be wait for his revenge . the film get off to a really good start a we watch a couple of kid traverse across a flooded town and into a brilliantly realise satanic church where they be greet by a group of bewitch local . but once this be over and we move into the present day and thing start to go downhill . the main problem with the film be that it a mess . there be a handful of good idea but they haven not be put together coherently which take most of the credibility away from the film . the film also feel very cheap while the poor act doesn not help in this respect and and neither do the turgid script which be litter with trite line of dialogue . the film do feature some nice location and which be nice and but that really the only good thing i have to say about it . anyone who have see more than a few brian yuzna film will know that the director like to let thing descend into chaos so he can show a wave of graphic image while and that happen here and but it not as good a it be in the like of society and really just cap off a very disappointing effort . i wouldn not hesitate to name this a yuzna worst alongside faust represent love of the damn and and only hardcore fan need apply .