A director tries to bring his nightmares to life—but then production itself becomes a nightmare, and 15 years later, his passion project finds itself in our Slop Bucket. What happened, and is the final product—Andrew Getty’s The Evil Within—worthy of redemption?

Released after the tortured Getty heir’s death, this twisted psychological horror movie strikes Noah and Eliza as outsider art, with troubling themes and shockingly imaginative filmmaking. It’s not always tasteful or sensible, sure…but there’s just something about this movie—something painful and honest and entirely unique—that keeps us fascinated. Listen for the whole sordid tale of Hollywood fortunes gone down the drain, disability on screen, and animatronic octopi.