Note From Iloz Zoc:
Since I just finished the Night Watch review, I think it only fitting to discuss The Garden, which also addresses the battle between good and evil, and good or bad decisions. I am sure Steve Brown and Zombos can take care of the little matter of the Shudderites and their mischievous pets. So let's dig in, shall we?

I simply adore Lance Henriksen. Like Jeffrey Combs, he approaches every role with aplomb and skill. Ever since his appearance in Pumpkinhead, I find his characters always interesting and entertaining.

That craggy, lined face and those penetrating eyes speak volumes before he even utters a single word of dialog. In The Garden, he gets to focus all his demeanor, and that look, to portray Lucifer. Yup, the big evil, the fallen angel himself.

In Medieval Christian belief, Lucifer's pride led him to rebel against God and thus be cast out of heaven, never to see the face of God again. Times change, of course, and the name Lucifer has assumed different connotations and reputations, including merchandising rights to a few notable brands of hot sauce.

But for The Garden, Lucifer remains the fallen angel. He desperately wants to bring the apocalypse upon the mundane world in order to once again look at the face of God. Unlike the coming apocalypse in Night Watch, this one is more subtle. It is similar in that it requires just one person to make the wrong choice, but there are no CGI bells and whistles, nor chaotic scenes of impending destruction.

Instead of the modern apartment building that is the center of annihilation in Night Watch, in The Garden, it is a tree nestled on a quiet farm. Not just any tree, mind you, but the Tree of Knowledge — The Tree of Knowledge which bears fruit that Adam and Eve were never meant to eat. Everything was fine until Eve was tempted by the serpent--Lucifer in disguise — and God quickly sends her and Adam packing with all of mankind's future woes.

Many interpretations exist for the tree and the nature of the fruit it bears. For The Garden, the interpretation that seems to fit best is the one that sees the tree as a decision tree. Eating any of the fruit means you make a really, really bad decision (as God made man "Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall").