Lying somewhere between the words of William S. Burroughs, Philip K. Dick, and Roger Corman, John Dies at the End is a trip to say the least. Adapted from the horror/fantasy novel of the same title by David Wong—which was first published in 2001 as a webserial—Don Coscarelli's cinematic take on the work plays close to original text while bringing to life all those things you imagined too bizarre to burst onto the screen. Giving off a narcotic effect of its own, John Dies at the End takes place in a world where a new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has become available. But there's one problem: some people return as no longer human. Two slacker heroes set out to save human kind from this otherworldly invasion, but not without some obstacles in their way— i.e. a monster made of freezer meat, doorhandles that turn into phallic objects, etc.
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