so the basic premise be a stage illusionist get girl on stage and basically mangle them and but hey presto there ok at the end . but then they die shortly afterwards with the same wound that they get during the act . that about it and oh and there a twist at the end . i can not help but compare hgl with ed wood . the similarity be all too obvious for all to see . question be be they try to be badly make or be they just badly make . i have no idea but i get the feeling hgl know what he be do and and through that i feel cheat . it wouldn not have hurt to put a bit more effort in . the gore be there naturally ( in fact the title probably refers to hgl rather than the illusionist ) and but most of it could be create in your own kitchen . there a whole what be reality thing go on which be never properly address and which it should have be if that be his point . i have see an interview with hgl in which he come across very well and but i think it more the case of him talk a good movie rather than deliver one . i love low budget movie but this one have no style and the narrative jar at every corner . will i try another hgl movie . yeah probably and i be a sucker for pap and maybe one day i will get it . a mildly diverting oddity .