Biotherapy (1986)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Herbert P. Caine is the pseudonym of a frustrated academic and genre movie fan in Pennsylvania. You can read his blog at https://imaginaryuniverseshpc.blogspot.com/. Biotherapy is a Japanese horror short from 1986 that takes full advantage of its short running time. Although it does not have much in the way of plot or […]
Happy Face (2018)
Stan has a complex life. He’s dealing with a manipulative cancer-stricken mother and in order to find a place to fit in, he’s taped up his face to distort it, which allows him to join a therapy group for those with disfigured faces. The other encounter group patients soon discover his trickery, but they allow […]
Tomie (1999)
Manga creator Junji Ito grew up in a house where he was afraid to go to the bathroom, as it was at the end of a long underground tunnel filled with water crickets. While working as a dental technician, he was drawing at night and submitted a story to a magazine called Monthly Halloween that would […]
Kyûketsu Shôjo tai Shôjo Furanken (2009)
Monami is a transfer student with a secret and a burning need for Mizushima. As Japanese women share chocolate to show their love, a piece of the candy with her blood in it has brought him into her world of vampires, while his jilted girlfriend Keiko pays the price by accidentally dying, then coming back as […]
Tōkyō Zankoku Keisatsu (2008)
You know how Videodrome would destroy the brains of those that watched it? Yeah, that’s exactly what this movie is. While working on special effects for The Machine Girl, Media Blasters asked director Yoshihiro Nishimura if he was interested in making another movie. He decided to take his short Anatomia Extinction and expand it into this film, which more […]
Genkai Jinkô Keisû (1995)
Otherwise known as Anatomia Extinction, this film starts what Tokyo Gore Police would push forward thirteen years later. A salaryman sees a murder in the subways and is soon pursued by the killer, who wants him to join a group called The Engineers, who have taken it upon themselves to reduce Japan’s overpopulation. Despite not wanting any […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.