the magus meet twelve monkey meet peep tom meet no such thing . give this film a chance . sure it be clumsily produce and numbly act and ineptly direct . most film be and but the writer be work on something interesting here . what the cube be to stag and this be to plot twist . and unlike memento or mulholland drive and there be no single explanation . start with this thought represent someone in the play write the play and but to everyone else and the page be blank . whose perspective be we follow . the simple answer be that some mysterious dr. ek be manipulate the situation with drug and actor . but wait . the actor ( and ek and house ) be imaginary because someone be manipulate the whole thing directly with noodle into the brain . but if there be manipulation or noodling and it be to get the book ( the script ) which have mystical power of creation . but wait . if the book have such power and probably the whole thing be a matter of psychic hallucination result from a ritual interaction with the book . in this case and the solution be simple . but wait . the book come with the house and the house force trevor to write the book and then form the basis of nearly all the vision and force him to write constantly to populate it . this be one of the two novel idea represent that the house be one of the possible power behind the thing . orson welles work with this . a few haunt house film . belly of an architect and for instance . few others and but highly intellectual . the other clever idea be that several force be at war to control and tell u the story . trevor and ek and the book and the house . no one in particular win and the movie you see depend a lot on how you see the world . 2001 use this trick ( hal and the human and and the alien ) but most famously in popular film represent child of paradise . this be one of the few film i know which would have be improve with less nudity . it just too clunky and unnatural and it distract from the cleverness . but about that nudity represent the second time i saw this be from a dvd rent from blockbuster . a with many direct to video project and blockbuster cut out some nudity in version manufacture specifically for them . still pretty shock in one spot though . this film follow blair witch 2 in sophistication of nested and war narrative and make me impressed by the ability of kid today to manage these abstract notion . ted evaluation 2 of 4 represent have some interesting element .