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Begotten (1989)
wow
Here's one of those that, judging from previous reviews, you either get it or you don't. I was grabbed with some very powerful Pagan symbolism. The god in the start, who kills himself. This idea was passed into Christianity and continues to teach people in many faiths the foundation of Mother Earth. That by dying, we are renewing life. A cycle. She impregnates herself with his seed, so that his masculine energy will be reborn. Along the way (as I interpreted it) ugly troll-like creatures try in vain to destroy the new growth. The decrepid looking man being dragged. I saw this as the winter months. The forces at work that attempt to keep everything barren and dead. But then we see that the goddess figure is actually pulling him, the rope symbolizing the umbilical cord. As the sprouts begin to grow, the beasts disappear. Life is reborn. This movie is something that needs to be experienced I believe. It takes a very ancient myth about life on this planet and presents it in such a way that the viewer will (for better or worse) be different by the end.
Faces of Death VI (1996)
what a crock of doodoo
I bought this movie and was really annoyed. The back promises some nasty scenes of bullfighters being killed, car bombings, etc. None of these were in it. It also supposedly runs 90 minutes. That too is false as it clocks at about 70 minutes. Here's what rips the most though. It is not new footage. If you've seen part 1 and part 4, you've seen all the footage. The first ten minutes is the end of part 4 while the remainder is all from part 1. Nothing new, so to shell out bucks for this crap is totally unreasonable. Don't waste your time unless you want to reminisce about previous entries. Thumbs down. Boo to you, Gorgon video!
Nekromantik (1988)
Funny as all hell!
I heard about this one and was able to see it tonight. I read a lot of the other comments when considering it and had built it up in my mind to be this disturbing tour-de-force ala Men Behind the Sun. It wasn't, but I was far from disappointed. This is what happens when you mix equal doses of cheap 70's sleaze, The Evil Dead, and Bad Taste. It's pretty gory but it's bad gore. Ketchup bottle gore. Funny gore, even. I found myself laughing more than anything else. This guy, Rob, is just so screwed up that it's hard not to giggle at his every pathetic move. He's a jellyfish. People walk all over him and he just takes it, as long as he has his jars of body parts and the occasional cat blood bath. The scene with the rabbit I didn't get, until the end though. I thought, "OK, this is just one of those artsy-fartsy scenes." Now it makes a bit more sense. Yes, this movie has blood and guts, but no more than your average KNB movie. As for the sex scenes? No biggie. Except that I think Ol' Rob could have found himself a fresher specimen. Don't be fooled. This isn't a horrific movie. It's fun, and I think that's what Buttgereit had in mind. Enjoy!
Hei tai yang 731 (1988)
EXTREME!
As a new fan of the more extreme titles in horror cinema, I was led to this movie but I admit now that I was going in over my head. I saw Cannibal Holocaust and was not really fazed by it so me being cocky, I figured I could handle anything. I was wrong. Men Behind the Sun is hands down, the most shocking motion picture I have ever had the misfortune to see. It focuses on the Squadron 731, a Chinese concentration camp run by the Japanese in World War II. They recruit young boys to join the troup and they are witness to a myriad of dispeakable evils involving bio-chemical warfare experiments on the Chinese. These "marutas" as they are called are subjected to heinous torture, such as the woman whose frost biten arms are stripped of their flesh, or the man who expells his intestines out of his butt due to the decompression chamber.
The most atrocious act is when a cat is tossed into a room of ravenous rats, who eat it alive. This was actually done in the film which sickens me beyond belief! The atmosphere is very sterile and matter-of-fact and has no humor to soften the blow. It has an air of evil which hangs around you days after seeing it. It will cause nightmares in most people and really is quite a shocker. I know these comments will be seen as a challenge to some, who may want to see it even more now, but do so at your own risk. Don't say I didn't warn you when you start sobbing like a little baby! I've heard Salo: 120 Days of Sodom is worse. I don't know and I don't care to see a movie about pedophilia and poop anyways. For me this dethrowned the champion Cannibal Holocaust and took my title for the world's most extreme movie.