original
Japanese title ABUNOMARU INGYAKU [Abnormal Ugly Abuse] Also known as: CELLULOID NIGHTMARE and REWIND
director:
Hisayasu Sato
starring: Kiyomi Ito · Yukio Ono · Reika Kazami ·
Kazuhiro Sano
A gruesome
snuff video is found in a sex booth. It shows a young woman who is tortured,
killed and dismembered by an unknown sadist. The deadly blade is hidden
inside the camera itself. But this is only the beginning as numerous more
such videos surface. A female self-proclaimed detective amuses herself
by tackling insolvable mysteries and she decides to investigate the Gro-VT
cold cases.
This
is rough stuff from director Sato, generally considered the most extreme
of the movies he did with scripter Shiro Yumeno (also see their LOLITA
VIBRATOR TORTURE). Much has been written - both pro and con -
about director Hisayasu Sato and his bitter, sledgehammer cinematic style.
[Also see an exclusive interview in Asian
Cult Cinema magazine #34.] His 50+ movies are loaded with disenfranchised
people, lonely victims of urban paranoia, desperately trying to communicate
but not knowing how. Often, his films are difficult to watch, filled with
savage brutality, rape and sexual abuse. He says these images are used
symbolically to "emphasize loftier concerns about alienation"
but his critics say 'dark ultra-violence is the only message, simply atrocity
as entertainment.' In the horror arena, he is probably best known for
SPLATTER!
NAKED BLOOD. He also helmed the gay S&M film BONDAGE
ECSTASY.
A
Japanese film with optional ON/OFF English subtitles, uncut 64
min,
widescreen, encoded for ALL REGION, playable on any American DVD machine.
Extras include selected trailers.
Nudity/Graphic
Violence/Gore/Drugs/Sexual Brutality
Intended for Adult Audiences 18+
