In Clive Barker's Crazyface, we witnessed the journey of Tyl "Crazyface" Eulenspiegel through Medieval Europe (a twisted history-ridden limbo, more like) plagued by large-scale warfare involving 15th century superpowers, England, France, Italy and Spain.

Poor, hapless Tyl, followed by a hellish guardian angel and abandoned by his family, begins a seemingly hopeless quest for a way to get back into his mother's graces - or perhaps he is only trying to survive in a hostile world. Unfortunately, he gets caught up in the workings of international spies who are all after a mysterious little box. Naturally, what ensues is a bloody mess... courtesy also of Tyl's long-lost sociopath brother, Lenny.

Crazyface is a strange string of loosely connected scenes where the script and the action move swiftly from serious drama to Monty Pythonesque absurdity, swinging from political satire to crude violence to superficial, simple fun and back again. Clowns, in all possible forms, pop up everywhere, as do men (and women) of the cloth. An anarchic sense of humour mixes with comments on the insanity of war and the dangers of both power-hungry politicking and religious fundamentalism. Oh, and remember - a sweet tooth can prove fatal.

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