Guinea Pig Devils Experiment /Andriod of Notre Dame Double Feature
by Kazuhito Kuramoto
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Actor: Mio Takagi, Mirel, Tomorrow Taguchi, Toshiki Hino, Yumi LoriDirector: Kazuhito Kuramoto
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full length, Import, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Unearthed Films
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Movie Review: Can you watch this?
Summary: 4 Stars
Whatever you expect of the "Guinea Pig" film series, you are probably wrong. For one thing, only the first two in the series are anything "extreme". The following films are just cheesy gore fests, almost on the same level as Basket Case and with about the same level of realism. But those first two...I don't even know if one can classify them as "horror films".
The series producer, Ogura Satoru, said that he wanted to "test the limits of human pain", but he is also testing the limits of what people are willing to watch. People liked blood-splatter flicks, so he wanted to see just how much they could take, and to find if there a limit where even the most hardened fan would close his eyes and say "enough!" Apparently not.
This DVD has the first Guinea Pig film, "Devil's Experiment" (A literal translation of the Japanese title "Akuma no Jiken") and the fifth film "Android of Notre Dame" ("Notorudamu no andoroido").
"Devil's Experiment" is probably the harshest of the series, although not the most famous. This is not a gore fest, this is just abuse. A group of men kidnap a young girl, and proceed to torture her both physically and psychologically for an hour. That is it. No story, no conclusion, just a girl in a room being beaten, covered in animal guts and worms, thrown to the floor and kicked...and that is it. It is a brutal film.
"Android of Notre Dame" could not be a further contrast. Pure blood and cheese, this one tells the story of a midget scientist trying to bring his girlfriend back to life by doing experiments on beautiful naked women. There's not much to say about this one. It is a goofy gore fest, and a nice relief after watching "Devil's Experiment".
Like most people, the reputation of the "Guinea Pig" series is what made me seek them out. For gore and horror aficionados, they fall on the must-see list along with Cannibal Holocaust and the Faces of Death films. If you haven't seen them, you don't get to join the club as a full member, so to speak.
They are not as realistic as I thought they would be, and it is hard to imagine that people once thought they were actual snuff films. Maybe we are more jaded nowadays. Just to prove the point that it is all just theatrics however, this DVD even includes a "Making of..." feature for "Devil's Experiment". Apparently, Ogura's greatest worry, finding an actress to play the part, was no worry at all. Literally hundreds of women auditioned for the chance to be tortured and murdered on film.
Summary of Guinea Pig Devils Experiment /Andriod of Notre Dame Double Feature
For the 1st time ever the infamous Japanese horror series "Guinea Pig" will be released in North America. Devils Experiment: A Video Tape and a letter are given to the Tokyo police in a small discreet envelope with no return address or postal mark. The accompanying letter tells of an experiment on human endurance and how much the human body and mind can endure before succumbing to death. Android of Notre Dame: A scientist's sister has a dreaded heart disease that is slowly killing her. He must find a way to cure her in any way possible. Animal research can only do so much but, on the other hand, a real human body could work wonders.Art House & International DVD Video
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