: Reviewers from Sarah G. Vincent Views note that the high school setting allows the film to use body horror as a metaphor for the natural discomfort and "ickiness" of adolescence.

: The final cut leans heavily into slapstick and "mean-spirited" humor, such as a janitor contaminating the punch bowl with bloody urine. Visual Style and Practical Effects

The most significant aspect of the film is director public disavowal. West, now a celebrated genre filmmaker ( X , Pearl ), envisioned a satirical, idiosyncratic film influenced by John Waters and Todd Solondz .

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