Reception
The movie was considered a disappointment at the Australian box office but was highly successful internationally, selling to over 30 countries and performing well in the US.
The film was nominated in three categories, including Best Film, at the 1978 AFI Awards. Franklin also won the Best Director prize at the prestigious Sitges Fantasy Film Festival in Spain.
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy notes the similarity between the movie's plot and that of the novel Tetrasomy Two by "Oscar Rossiter" (non de plume of Dr. Vernon H.Skeels (1918-2007) ).
In Italy, the film was rescored by Goblin.
Richard Franklin says he would refer to this film as "my first film. Even though there were one and a half films before it." However he was unhappy with the American release of the film which was re-dubbed into American and recut.
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“I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, “I hear you spoke here tonight.” “Oh, it was nothing,” I replied modestly. “Yes,” the little old lady nodded, “that’s what I heard.””
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