God Told Me To (1976) ***1/2

God Told Me To (1976) does that gritty NYC thing and that horror/sci-fi conspiracy thing that Larry Cohen does so well. It's a bizarre, low budget affair, as only the King could churn out, but it also has perhaps the greatest sense of cohesion of his directed work (of which I've seen). As much as I love Michael Moriarty and his wackiness in later Cohen jams, Tony Lo Bianco (and his comparative restraint) was the right choice for this film, which has a melodramatic flair, as opposed to the wall-to-wall zaniness of The Stuff (1985) (review).

Recommended for fans of Q (1982) (review), Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978), and The Brood (1979) (review).

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