Director : Unknown
Starring : Unknown
Run Time : 30 minutes approx
Aspect : 1:1:33
Sound : Dolby Digital
Supplier : Unearthed Films
Website : www.guineapigfilms.com or www.unearthedfilms.com
Format : DVD
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A video tape was discovered floating around the Japanese underground in the mid 80`s. One unlucky viewer happened to receive a copy in the mail. Not knowing what it was he watched the tape. The film was titled "The Devil`s Experiment" and it changed his life forever. He sent the video to the police, who after viewing it started an intensive search to find the perpetrators. The case was never solved.
More Guinea-pig madness.

Director : Masayuki Kuzumi
Starring : Masahiro Sato, Keisuke Araki and EVE
Run Time : 30 minutes approx
Aspect : 1.33:1
Sound : Dolby Digital
Supplier : Unearthed Films
Website : www.guineapigfilms.com and www.unearthedfilms.com
Format : DVD
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He Never Dies is a gore soaked comedy that should thrill anyone who sees it. The tale begins in Tokyo, with a man tired of the status quo and daily grind. He takes of from his job, locking himself in his small apartment...
As his mind starts to loose grip on reality, he decides to kill himself by slashing his wrist. He notices that the blood stops flowing and the death rattle is far from close. What follows is a self mutilation spree that has to be seen to believe.
More convincing latex special effects and a shit load of blood from the guinea pig guys. Nice one.

Director : Hideshi Hino
Starring : Shigeru Saiki, Go Riyju and Masami Hisamoto
Run Time : 30 minutes approx
Aspect : 1.33:1
Sound : Dolby Digital
Supplier : Unearthed films
Website : www.guineapigfilms.com and www.unearthedfilms.com
Format : DVD
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An infamous painter looking for inspiration visits the place of his childhood. In the years that have passed the beautiful river where he used to play has been turned into a sewer. They say that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. That comes easy as the painter finds a mermaid in the depths of the sewer. He remembered that she visited him when he was a child and her image has since haunted his mind. He soon discovers that the mermaid has a disease and takes her to his home to care for her. This is where the lovely dream stops and the gruesome nightmare begins. More derranged and twisted shit from the guinea pig guys.

Director : Atsushi Muroga
Starring : Kaori Shimamura, Yuji Kishimoto and Osamu Ebara
Run Time : 83 minutes
Aspect : Anamorphic Widescreen
Sound : Dolby Digital
Supplier : Artsmagic Ltd
Website : www.artsmagic.co.uk
Format : DVD
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Tag Line : The dead will devour the living
In a secret military laboratory scientist`s are struggling to defeat man`s oldest rival. Death. With the development of a revolutionary drug, DNX, the fight to restore life has been won, so they think until the corpses they raise from the dead have an insatiable taste for human flesh. Meanwhile a group of jewelry thief`s decide to meat up with their fence at an abandoned factory which happens to be where the corpses are stored along with the DNX. A fight breaks out between the crooks and the DNX is spilt all over the corpses, turning them into living dead flesh eaters and all hell breaks loose. A Great action packed zombie flick with all the usual Eastern style gore.

Director : Toshiharu Ikeda
Starring : Miyuki Ono, Fumi Katsuragi and Hitomi Kobayashi
Run Time : 100 minutes
Aspect : Anamorphic Widescreen
Sound : Dolby Digital
Supplier : Eastern Cult Cinema
Website : www.artsmagic.co.uk
Format : DVD
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A viewer posts a video tape to a host of a late-night reality show which contains scenes of sadistic mutilation. Nami, the host of the show, is shocked by it`s content. Determined to find out if the tapes content is authentic and possibly scoop the story of the year Nami and her crew set out to investigate. The search leads them to an old abandoned army base where they quickly come to realize that the tape is indeed authentic. Now the trap has been sprung and one by one they are knocked off. Great Eastern movie with a lot of gore and atmosfere. I have only seen the U.K. DVD release which is cut but there is an uncut U.S. release available. I will do a more detailed review when it arrives.

Director : Izo Hashimoto
Starring : Akiko Nakajima, Rie Kondo and Shiroo Sano
Run Time : 97 minutes
Aspect : Anamorphic Widescreen
Sound : Dolby Digital
Supplier : Eastern Cult Cinema
Website : www.artsmagic.co.uk
Format : DVD
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The evil has returned in this stylish sequel to the 1988 cult classic. A series of vicious murders rock the county as young girls keep being discovered with their innards ripped out. Some how, Aki, the fat, ugly, projectionist at the cinema has something to do with it and she doesn't know why. And who is this strange child that keeps appearing before her ?
Not the best Eastern horror but, none the less, worth a watch if you liked the first of the series.

Director : Nam Nai-choi
Starring : Fan Sui-wong, Yukari Oshima and Frankie Chan
Run Time : 88 minutes approx
Aspect : 16:9 Anamorphic Version
Sound : Dolby Digital 5.1
Supplier : Hong Kong Legends
Website : www.hongkonglegends.com
Format : DVD
A.k.a. : Riki-Oh
Tag Line : Warning : contains scene's of explicit gore !
This is not about the actor in Eastenders, it's based on a Japanese comic strip, "Erik" and banned in many countries."The Story of Rick" is set in a futuristic prison where Rick is mistakenly locked up and then tortured by the warden and his cohorts. Rick soon becomes a hero to the other inmates for his attitude towards the warden and initiates a daring plan to break out of the place.
This film is nuts and contains some of the best gore on celluloid, wicked martial arts and superbly blood splattered special effects. A well executed movie which in my opinion has earnt a place amongst the Asian cult classics. Check out the UK DVD as it has been released totally uncut for the first time.

Director : Higu Chinsky
Starring : Eriko Hatsune Fhifan Keiko Takahashi and Ren Osugi
Run Time : 90 minutes
Aspect : Anamorphic Widescreen
Sound : Dolby Digital
Supplier : Eastern Cult Cinema
Website : www.artsmagic.co.uk
Format : DVD
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Uzumaki means spirals and in this film spirals are everywhere. Wherever you look a spiral isn't`t far away so look deep into the film as they might surprise you.
In the sleepy town of Kurouzucho long time friends Kirie and Shuichi have discovered how deadly spirals can be. A spiral obsessed man commits suicide in a washing machine and his body is discovered contorted into, guess what ?.. Yes that`s it, a spiral. A young student falls to death down a spiral staircase and a woman becomes so afraid of the spirals in her finger tips she cuts them off! One by one the people of the town get so twisted that even reality begins to distort into a horrific vortex.
Bloody excellent movie and unique in everyway.

Director : Takeuchi Tetsuro
Starring : Endo Masashi, Shitichai Kwancharu and Ianmiya Makoto
Run Time : 99 minutes
Aspect : Anamorphic Widescreen
Sound : Dolby Digital
Supplier : Eastern Cult Cinema
Website : www.artsmagic.co.uk
Format : DVD
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Tag Line : This is a Rock and Roll JET-MOVIE!
Aliens are invading our planet making the dead rise from the grave. Wannabe rocker, Ace, saves his rock star heroes "Guitar Wolf" from a back stage shoot out and for his reward he is made a "Blood brother" by the band. They give him a whistle to call them at anytime he needs help which is lucky because the town is full of marauding zombies and the guy he saved the band from is after his scalp. With the help from an arms dealer and a mysterious girl the ground is soon splattered with blood and guts in this all out zombie-rockin-haleys-comet of a movie.

directed by Takashi Miike

Based on the ultra violent Manga comic of the same name "Ichi the Killer" is an action packed gangster movie packed with blood gushing gore. It uses computer generated effects which look superb, and it`s about time too. It seems these days we have amazing technology but no one wants to make a real bloody gore film with it. Well "Ichi the Killer" has turned the tables.

The story basically goes like this, There is a killer on the loose. Not just any old killer, one that goes in for the absolute massacre. Kikahari, who is one sick motherfucker, is on the hunt for Ichi for offing some of his cronies. The story takes the torture first ask questions later approach and there is plenty of violence to go round as Kikahari and his gang struggle to find out who is doing the murders. On the flip side the film tells another story. One of Ichi. A twisted and emotional character and his struggle with sanity.

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The film is very bloody in places and has some excellent special effects, for instance, when Ichi chops a guy in two and then splits the woman's throat. Blood was shooting out all over the place. There is black vein of humor running throughout the movie which adds to it`s appeal and to persons who are into bondage, you will love it because of the wacky latex outfits and seeing as there is a lot of it going on. Overall it`s a cracking movie and not to be missed.

It seems recently the Japanese are taking over with the special effects and releasing some real good gore busters on to dvd. Take a look at this websites for more info : http://www.hongkonglegends.co.uk/premierasia
http://www.tartanvideo.co.uk
http://www.artsmajic.co.uk
http://www.guineapigsfilms.com
http://www.unearthedfilms.com

Director : Hideo Nakata
Starring : Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno and Mirei Oguchi
Run Time : 98 minutes approx.
Aspect : Anamorphic 1.77:1
Sound : Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0
Supplier : Tartan video
Website : www.tartanvideo.com and www.darkwaterthemovie.com
Format : DVD
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From the director of "the Ring" comes this suspenseful supernatural thriller. The story is very well written and directed and yet again puts most western films to shame. The story is about a young lady who is going through a divorce and is trying to keep possession of her daughter. She is looking for a place to live and a job so she decides to move in to an old high rise block of flats. As the film progresses she gets more stirred up by the bizzare things she has heard and seen in the building and a wet patch on the ceiling in her daughters room continues to grow. What could be causing these things and what is the relation with it to water.
Chilling and down right spooky, this is one to watch. Better than the recent remake.

Director : Takashi Miike
Starring : Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Yasushi Kitamura, Shoko Nakahara and Ren Osugi.
Run Time : 103 minutes approx.
Aspect : Anamorphic 16.9 widescreen
Sound : Dolby Digital
Supplier : Eastern Cult Cinema (Artsmagic)
Website : www.artmagic.co.uk / www.artsmagic.com
Format : DVD
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Tag Line : Part Man, Part Machine, All YAKUZA
EASTERN CULT CINEMA….? WHO ARE THEY YOU MIGHT ASK. THEY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR A WHILE NOW IN THE U.K. BUT ARE FINALLY SPREADING THEIR CRAZY CINEMA TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. WITH SUCH GREAT TITLES AS “EVILDEAD TRAP”, “WILD ZERO” AND “THE SPIRAL” AMOUNGST THERE COLLECTION THEY ARE AT THE FORFRONT OF EASTERN HORROR AND ACTION AND ARE MAKING AN IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE U.K. THERE LATEST RELEASE IS “FULL METAL YAKUZA”, AN ACTION PACKED GANSTER GORE FILM WITH A DARK VEIN OF BLACK HUMOUR RUNNING THROUGH OUT.
FULL METAL YAKUZA WAS DIRECTED BY TAKASHI MIIKE (“ICHI THE KILLER”) AND IF ANY OF YOU KNOW OF HIS WORK HE KEEPS THE PACE FLOWING AND THE ACTION COMES THICK AND FAST. HEADS AND ARMS COME OFF IN THE FIGHT SCEENS AND AS USUAL THERE IS BUCKET LOADS OF BLOOD.
A GANGSTER WANNABY JOINED THE ELITE YAKUZA GANG AND WAS SHOT DEAD, WELL ALMOST! PROTECTING THE LEADER TOSA JUST AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON. LITTLE DID THE ASSASINATORS KNOW THAT A SCIENTIST HAD REBUILT THE GANGSTER USING HIS HEAD AND THE HEART FROM TOSA. NOW THE GANSTER IS OUT FOR REVENGE. AND WON’T STOP UNTIL HIS ASSASINS ARE COMPLETELY WIPED OUT. AMONGST ALL THE KILLING AND SALYING OUR ROBO-HERO FALLS IN LOVE, BUT AFTER SEEING HIS LOVE INTREST BE GANG RAPED AND THEN BITE OFF HER OWN TONGUE TO END IT ALL, HIS WIRING SHORT CIRCUITS AND HE BLOWS A FUSE SENDING HIM ON AN EVEN MORE MURDEROUS RAMPAGE.
FORGET ROBOCOP HERES ROBOCOCK!
A WORTH CONTENDER FOR YOUR COLLECTION.

Director : KEITARO MONTONAGA
Starring :
Run Time : 80 MINS APPROX
Aspect : 4:3 FULL FRAME
Sound : DOLBY DIGITAL
Supplier : ARTSMAGIC
Website : WWW.ARTSMAGICDVD.COM
Format : DVD
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Tag Line : I AM A DOLL AND I WILL GIVE YO A KISS.....
Humanity has wiped itself out and all that is left roaming the streets are prostitute robot dolls. One of these dolls is named "Malice". One day she goes on the scout for the Repairer but ends up getting molested by a grotesque tentacle creature. Some how she gets transformed into a human being and overcome with joy she finds as many robots she can to share here gift. She does this with a loving kiss (because that is what she was made for), but something goes terribly wrong. All the other robots start turning into grotesque half-robot-half-human-half-fucking-ugly mutations. This film is great with all the usual japanese twists and turns and in some parts gets quite perverted. Malice@doll has been widely acclaimed by websites internationally and is a key title in japanese anime. I don't usually pay much attention to these styles of films but in the case I really enjoyed it. If your into anime or just good old tentacle sex, this ones the beef. 5 big ones from the home of horror.

Director : TOSHIAKI TOYODA
Starring : RYUHEI MATSUDA, HIROFUMI ARAI, SOUSUKE TAKAOKA AND YUSUKE OSHIBA
Run Time : 83 MINS APPROX
Aspect : 16:9 ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN
Sound : DOLBY DIGITAL
Supplier : ARTSMAGIC
Website : WWW.ARTSMAGICDVD.COM
Format : DVD
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Toshiaki Toyoda is the most important young director working in Japan today and his latest work does him some justice. Blue Spring is a "Battle Royale" style film, starring young actors and containing reams and reams of psycho violence. A group of students are in their final year at school and decide to fuck the system and revolt. Instead of studying Maths and Japanese they delve deep into the study of gritty and shocking violence. A lot of thought has gone into the making of this film and it is definitely not to be confused with the usual school kid flicks, this one has real balls and will be around for quite a while, it's a kind of "Breakfast Club" crossed with "Reservoir Dogs". If you into Japanese flicks go buy this film or just rent it out, I promise you wont be disappointed.

Director : Gregory Goodall
Starring : Linda Haynes, Geoffrey Lewis, Ellen Travolta, Jackie Coogan and Aldo Ray.
Run Time : 82 minutes
Aspect : 4.3
Sound : mono
Supplier : World of Video
Website :
Format : VHS
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Tag Line : A journey into terror and madness
Winner of 2 gold scroll awards and the film festival of science fiction and horror award for Lynda Haynes being the best actress, Human Experiments is one of the better exploitation flicks.

The story goes like this : In a secret room, deep in the catacombs of Gates Prison, there are experiments happening on humans. The victims... you`ve guessed it, are young female inmates...(wayhey!). They are subjected to these terrible tests by the sadistic prison psychiatrist, Doctor Klein. (No relation to Calvin Klein)

Rachel "Nice Tits" Foster, a beautiful young singer, is falsely convicted of murder and sent to the prison-o-doom. Stripped naked, she is subjected to bizarre humiliations and her brain slowly turns to pulp in a carefully planned program to send her mad.

In a desperate effort to escape, she embarks on a chase through the dungeons, but instead of finding her freedom and resolve, she finds a prepared gallows awaiting her and her final confrontation with Calvin Klein.. um. er. I mean the evil Dr. Klein. What a climax!!! I enjoyed watching this film but fuck knows why the BBFC banned it?