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Overbearing and death-obsessed religious fanatic sculptor Luthor Redmond (splendidly played with bracing intensity by the always excellent Fred Ward) wants to recreate a murder/suicide using hunky drifter Cal (a solid turn by the handsome Scott McGinnis) and his fed-up abused girlfriend Arielle (a sturdy and affecting performance by Denise Galik) as his models. Complications ensue when Arielle falls for Cal and persuades Cal to get her away from Luthor's unrelenting tyranny. Director Kees Van Oostrum relates the absorbing and grimly serious story at a steady pace and ably crafts a dark and eerie atmosphere rife with dread and a certain macabre tension. The bleak script by Maurice Noel and William Rontog makes a powerful point about how one person's insurmountable demons can have a profoundly toxic and destructive impact on other people who are exposed to said demons. Ward's strong acting really holds everything together. Moreover, the downbeat ending packs a potently depressing punch and the morbid nature of Luthor's twisted art gives this particular episode an extra creepy and unsettling edge. Ron Orieux's sharp cinematography provides a neat alternately bright and shadowy look. The moody score by Shuki Levy and Haim Saban does the brooding trick. As a tasty added bonus, the deliciously buxom Ms. Galik bares her exquisitely ample breasts in a steamy barnyard tryst with Cal. Worth a watch for fans of this series.