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Poster for Horrors of Malformed Men (1969) |
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| Directed by | Teruo Ishii |
| Written by | Edogawa Rampo (novel) Teruo Ishii Masahiro Kakefuda |
| Starring | Teruo Yoshida Teruko Yumi |
| Music by | Masao Yagi |
| Cinematography | Shigeru Akatsuka |
| Distributed by | Toei |
| Release date(s) | October 31, 1969 |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Horrors of Malformed Men aka Horror of a Deformed Man aka The Horror of Malformed Men (江戸川乱歩全集 恐怖奇形人間 Edogawa Rampo Zenshū: Kyoufu Kikei Ningen) is a 1969 Japanese film in the Ero guro (erotic-grotesque) sub-genre of Toei's style of Pink film. Directed by Teruo Ishii, the film is considered a precursor to Toei's ventures into the "Pinky violent" style in the early 1970s.[1]
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Tom Mes of midnighteye.com calls Horrors of Malformed Men "one of the most singular cinematic experiences not just in Ishii's history, but in all of Japan's. Combining a spectrum of influences that stretches from Rampo to butoh, it taps into the country's post-nuclear trauma so audaciously that people fled theaters in disgust upon its release and that it has been consistently barred from appearing on video or DVD since. Yet, it is beautiful, haunting and oneiric; it is the closest one can come to a dreamlike experience without closing one's eyes."[2]
In effect banned in Japan, Horrors of Malformed Men was rarely seen in the decades after its release. On August 28, 2007, Synapse Films and Panik House gave Horrors of Malformed Men a mass-market release on region-1 DVD.[3]
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