The film's certainly one of a kind. Horror, erotic thriller, farcical folk-rock musical, black comedy and study in comparative religion, all in one!

On a superficial level it's pulp nonsense, very much of its time, but underneath it all I still find it rather disturbing- the viewer's sympathies are manipulated against Howie until the reality of the ending kicks in.

Incidentally the book-of-the-film gives much more depth into Howie's character. In the film he comes across as self-righteous, but in the book he's much more human, young and idealistic, if a little misguided, and not without his own internal conflicts.

Anyone else read it?