Mandy
In short... I dug it.
for a few more thoughts......
Mandy owes more than a little to the Acid fuelled Rock of the early eighties. Its chock full of LSD, Mutant bikers, Astrology and a plot ripped from the sword and sorcery stories that some Rock groups started lifting for their albums. Linus Roache essentially playing the dark sorcerer who summons his creatures to kidnap Red's wife Mandy. In a bid for revenge Red gets his bow and axe and goes hunting. The LSD cult is a throwback from the really bad shit that came out of the 60's. The cult are very much portrayed as a manson-like cult. Given there's an audio clip of Regans infamous moral majority speech near the start, and the cult have embraced a toxic form of Christianity, using the demonic biker gang, rendered genuinely inhuman, as their boogeyman. I do find myself wondering if there is a side-swipe as the christian crusade against rock music that we saw in the 80's. Both Red and Mandy being Rock fans (Mandy is seen constantly wearing a Black sabbath T-shirt).
Overall its a strange trip but one I'm glad I took.
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