The first half is overstuffed with too many story threads that don’t go anywhere (although we can largely forgive this because “Black Leather Rock” is great). And good Christ it is molasses-slow. The second half is much more straightforward Hammer fare, albeit a fairly middling entry, with radiated children being kept under wraps by a secret government agency.

There’s an interesting streak of nihilism peeking through here that I wish they’d leaned into.