J-Meme Hell aka The Inferno (1979) Something about the Japanese Hell films is unsettling & frightening in a way conventional horror can’t accomplish – Imagine if Estus Pirkle had access to these guys for The Burning Hell? February 7, 2024
J-Meme Hell aka The Inferno (1979) Clip – Japanese depictions of hell are among the most unsettling things I’ve ever seen in a film – “Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother’s grief from beyond the grave.” February 5, 2024
J-Meme [NSFW]Nuns That Bite (1977) There is NOTHING as bizarre as late 1970’s Japanese cinema – A generation of film makers raised on Teruo Ishii took what he started in the 1960’s and ran with it [NSFW] February 4, 2024
J-Meme The Executioner II (1974) Damn, I think he’s dead Sonny – Even Teruo Ishii’s lesser films are still awesome – Damn, look at Etsuko Shihomi outcooling her teacher in his own movie January 31, 2024
J-Meme Legend Of The Shadowy Ninja (1990) What happens when you combine 1980’s style bloody squib ultra violence, two female professional wrestlers & Japanese Steven Seagal peeling off peoples faces? Succeeds at feeling like a live-action manga January 31, 2024
J-Meme [NSFW]The Iron Crown (1972) Classic Japanese horror – How many films have successfully merged titillation with legitimately frightening scares? – “A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night.”[NSFW] January 26, 2024
J-Meme Trapped – The Crimson Bat (1969) Japan’s mesmerizing Yôko Matsuyama helped separate the Crimson Bat films from Zato Ichi and made them among the coolest & most unique chanbara (sword fighting) films ever January 24, 2024
