Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 by
J. Luis Rivera
Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: Norman Sinder and David Cronenberg based on a book by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland
Release Year: 1988
Love is the deadliest disease
Few filmmakers have a style as clearly defined as Canadian director David Cronenberg, whose career has been developed on a constantly evolving path moving from the themes of extreme physical horror of his early years (which culminate in the awesome remake of “The Fly” in 1986) to the subtler, psychologically oriented (though no less disturbing) themes of his recent work. Like a trip from the outer body horror to the inner one, the one of the mind.
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Monday, April 5th, 2010 by
Coventry
Director: Shunya Ito
Writer: Hirô Matsuda based on a manga by Tooru Shinohara
Release year: 1973
Japanese title: Joshuu sasori: Kemono-beya
Bird of Prey, Bird of Retaliation
Nami Matsushima (aka Sasori aka Scorpion) is loose in the city streets, continuing her frantic quest for freedom. Driven by her instinct for survival and desire to lead a normal life. Having fled from prison once again, she will now enter an urban world of crime & prostitution, while being hunted down by a one-armed cop out for revenge.
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Monday, March 15th, 2010 by
Coventry
Director: Shunya Ito
Writer: Shunya Ito, Fumio Konami and Hirô Matsuda, based on a manga by Tooru Shinohara
Release year: 1972
Japanese title: Joshuu sasori: Dai-41 zakkyo-bô
Surreal Female Convicts’ Road trip!
A year has passed since Nami’s last imprisonment. A year she spent in complete solitude, deep down between the walls of an isolated dungeon. A year of torture, rape & humilation. But her spirit is not broken yet. When a prominent figure arrives to inspect the prison facility, Nami sees another opportunity to attempt another break-out. And this time, she’s not alone…
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010 by
Coventry
Director: Shunya Ito
Writer: Fumio Konami, Hirô Matsuda based on a manga by Tooru Shinohara
Release year: 1972
Japanese title: Joshuu 701-gô: Sasori
W.I.P without dull clichés and stereotypes
In love with a corrupt police detective, Nami (Meiko Kaji) foolishly agrees to infiltrate the Yakuza. Things go very wrong. Betrayed, battered and bruised, she ends up in a violent prison environment with only one thing left on her mind… Revenge.
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 by
Vomitron
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Writer: Hisakatsu Kuroki and Shinya Tsukamoto
Release year: 2008
The world’s nightmares, on one man’s shoulders.
Terrifying acts inflicted on fellow student Kikukawa are about to have deadly consequences for Yukie and her friends. Now she can only pray that The Nightmare Detective will live up to his reputation and stop the events which have been set in motion.
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Director: David Cronenberg
