About 60 of this feature's tortured 95 minutes elapse before a discernible plot materializes. Most of THE DEADLY SECRET, scripted by Douglas Stalgren but based on a "concept" by co-directors Jason Hammond and Erik Hanson, is trippy imagery: colored lights, monochrome seashores, dead
animals, large-breasted nude women, classical art, pixilation, more large-breasted nude women, knickknacks on shelves, skulls, large-breasted women, etc.
The story as such concerns Randall Parks (Joe Estevez), cutthroat boss of a brokerage firm. Back in 1970 the venal yuppie was a mere counterculture dropout who, during a drugged-up beach party, raped and murdered flower child Sarah...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
98 mins