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Horrors of Malformed Men

1969 · 99 min

A feverish, grotesque descent into madness and identity, staged with surreal theatricality and unsettling body horror.

Directed by
Teruo Ishii
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Starring
Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa, Teruko Yumi
Tagline
Banned for decades! The most notorious Japanese horror film ever made!
Overview
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.

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Directed by
Teruo Ishii
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Starring
Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa, Teruko Yumi
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • madness
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • betrayal
Places
  • single country house
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour2
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Teruo Ishii
Written by
Teruo Ishii, Masahiro Kakefuda
Starring
Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa, Teruko Yumi, Mitsuko Aoi, Michiko Kobata, Yumiko Katayama, Kei Kiyama, Reiko Mikasa
Cinematography
Shigeru Akatsuka
Runtime
99 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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