Tag: Gore
Female Harakiri: Glorious Death is a 1989 Japanese ero guro/fetish gore film directed by Akio Fuji. Sitting alone in a darkened room, a kimono-clad former soldier commits seppuku. Setting a precedent for the series, Female Harakiri: Glorious Death is a bleak and disturbing depiction of ritualistic suicide. The ambiguous lack of narrative or dialogue (recurring
While Phallacies was a brazen exploration of male genitalia, and Analogies took an unflinching examination of the anus, filmmakers Domiziano Cristopharo and Jon Devlin have returned to tackle human extremities situated a little lower on the body: the humble foot. Heavily stigmatised throughout the world with its association with uncleanliness, and often the butt of
Cradle of Fear is a 2001 British extreme horror anthology film written and directed by Alex Chandon, and starring Cradle of Filth Frontman, Dani Filth. Cutting his teeth in the industry as writer and director of the short horror films Chainsaw Scumfucks (1988), Bad Manor (1989), Bad Karma (1991), and Drillbit (1992), Alex would go
Lost Paradise: Riding Habit Harakiri (‘Shitsurakuen’: jôbafuku onna harakiri) is a 1990 extreme horror/Ero Guro short film written and directed by Masami Akita. While best known as one of Japan’s leading noise music composers under the stage name Merzbow, Masami Akita has also directed the similarly themed horror short Bandage Anatomy Woman (1995)—a film often
Splatter: Naked Blood is a 1996 extreme splatter horror film written by Taketoshi Watari and directed by Hisayasu Satô. Watari is known as a screenwriter and actor who worked closely with the director, collaborating on numerous titles in both roles. Satô is notable as a boundary-pushing director, known for films such as Lolita Vibrator Torture
Being a fan of both the original Japanese Guinea Pig series and Stephen Biro’s American Guinea Pig series, I was excited to hear the announcement that the latest instalment of the long-running franchise would be one of the most graphic entries released so far. And directors Stephen and Eric certainly weren’t exaggerating when they announced
U.V.F: Underground Video Films is a 2026 extreme found footage horror anthology comprising shorts directed by João Augusto De Nardo (Tenebre Radio, Corrupted Pleasure, Presenter Interludes, Room 44, Tenebre Video Store, Channel 6 Commercial), Jill Gevargizian (Call Girl), Peter Hatch (Cereal Man), Lampros Kordolaimis (Rotting Love), Simon Spachmann (SWAT Raid), Phil Stevens (GOTT IST GUT
*I feel the need to add to this article the fact that I was engaged as a freelance contributor to the film’s post-production team, specifically responsible for creating the end credits. While this does make me part of the film’s crew, this fact has not influenced my thoughts on the film in any way.* Human
Director Kenichi Ugana is profoundly interested in exploring societal outcasts and obsessives in his work, whilst maintaining a distinct punk and transgressive style. With titles such as Visitors: Complete Edition (2023), Extraneous Matter: Complete Edition (2021), and The Curse (2025), to name a few, the young director’s vast number of films feature elements from all
Some movies are so bad that they’re fun, like an 80s slasher flick with gratuitous gore and cheesy tropes. You know, the type of films that are so bad that they’re good and end up with a cult following? Well, Your Host isn’t one of them. Directed by DW Medoff and premiering at Frightfest 2025,