Tag Archives: Japanese Sci-fi Horror

With a special edition Blu-ray coming soon—April 12th, 2021—I thought I would take another look at the techno/splatterpunk and body horror film from Japanese directors Yudai Yamaguchi and Junichi Yamamoto, 2005’s Meatball Machine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVBQedhFk0g Synopsis: Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, …

Opening with a scream followed by deafening silence as the camera pans across a gore spattered room, dismemberment and a goldfish flopping in a pool of blood, Before We Vanish wastes no time captivating one’s attention. Appearing to be void of emotion, a young girl named Akira Tachibana (Yuri Tsunematsu) …