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Rubber's Lover

1996 · 91 min

A grimy, monochrome descent into sensory overload and bodily ruin, cold and clammy, more endurance test than entertainment.

Tagline: Psychic power is realized when mental anguish exceeds physical pain.
Overview: After the explosive demise of their last subject, scientists must look for a replacement on whom to continue their bizarre experiments with brain-altering drugs.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, eerie and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, obsession, isolation, power
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
obsession
isolation
power
violence
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: horror, science fiction
Directed by: Shozin Fukui
Written by: Shozin Fukui
Starring: Norimizu Ameya, Yohta Kawase, Mika Kunihiro, Zeeko Uchiyama, Sosuke Saito, Shizuka Matsui, Kawamura Hiroshi, Tatsuya Kondo
Music: Tetra Tanizaki
Runtime: 91 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese