Each October, the Unsung Horrors podcast does a month of themed movies. This year, they will once again be setting up a fundraiser to benefit Best Friends, which works to save the lives of cats and dogs across America, giving pets second chances and providing them with happy homes.

Today’s theme: The Sweetest Taboo!

“…Belial suffers through his brother’s neurosis, his girlfriend’s death, and the death of one of his children when the sheriff’s daughter drops it.”

Poor Belial. Three movies in, and he’s still trying to adequately express his emotions.

Last time, his brother Duane (Kevin Van Hentenryck) was trying to sew him back on. Now, Duane’s being held by Granny Ruth (Annie Ross), but allowed to go on the bus trip to see his ex, Doctor Hal Rockwell (Dan Biggers), so that Belial’s children with his girlfriend, Eve, can be born. They’ll also see her son, Little Hal (Jim O’Doherty), a multi-armed blob who can also practice health care.

There’s also a bigoted sheriff (Gil Roper) and his bad girl daughter, Opal (Tina Louise Hilbert), to deal with; the cops bust in at one point, guns blazing — realistic — and murder Eve. Then, they take Belial’s children as if they’re a practice run for late-child-stealing government operations. To fight back, Belial has an exoskeleton built that allows him to kill even more people and cause the sheriff to kill his own daughter. Then, they arrived at Renaldo, where they killed the host, and Granny says that freaks will no longer hide in the shadows.

This is a Frank Henenlotter film, and if you know what that means, you’re either going to love or hate this. I loved it, perhaps even more than the last one, because it just gives in and lets go.

As for the song “Personality”, being in this, “the owner reportedly gave them the rights for a dollar after he found out that Annie Ross would be singing it.” I want IMDbs to be true.