"Ricky, his best friend and a handful of others board a plane to the fictitious South American country of "Santa Flan" where, it's revealed, his new corporate masters are dumping excess toxic waste. Soon, Ricky learns there's a "freak farm" in Santa Flan lorded over by a mad scientist (Randy Quaid) who manages to transform them into members of his traveling freak (or "freek") show, whose supporting cast includes Mr. T as the bearded lady and an uncredited Keanu Reeves as a humanoid dog."
"With " " opening titles by the brilliant claymation artist David Daniels scored by Blind Idiot God (featuring Henry Rollins), it announces itself from the jump as a pugnacious referendum on the slick, superficial world of celebrity newly entered by Winter at the time. The filmmakers tapped Japanese VFX maestro Screaming Mad George ( Predator, Arena , ) to design some of its phantasmagoric characters before expanding the remit to makeup wizards Tony Gardner (Alterian Studios) and Bill Corso (of XFX Studios, founded by Steve Johnson),"
Alex Winter and Tom Stern created a 1993 cult comedy that pits pop culture celebrity against subcultural grotesquery. The plot follows Ricky Coggin, a shallow TV idol who becomes a spokesman for an evil chemical corporation and discovers toxic dumping and a "freak farm" in the fictional Santa Flan. A mad scientist transforms locals into sideshow "freeks," including bizarre creatures played by Mr. T and Keanu Reeves in a cameo. The film relies on striking practical effects by Screaming Mad George, Tony Gardner, and Bill Corso, and mixes claymation titles and a punk-inflected score to skewer celebrity and corporate slickness.
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