Horrors of Malformed Men

Horrors of Malformed Men

Directed by Teruo Ishii (Joys of Torture, Black Cat's Revenge, Female Yakuza Tale, Sonny Chiba's The Executioner, Japanese Hell, Screwed, Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf)

Based on stories by Edogawa Rampo (Black Lizard, Watcher in the Attic, Rampo Noir, Blind Beast, Gemini, Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf)

Starring Teruo Yoshida (Goke - Bodysnatcher from Hell), Minoru Oki (Shogun Assassin), Tatsumi Hijikata (founder of butoh dance in Japan), Yukie Kagawa (Female Convict Scorpion - Jailhouse 41), and Asao Koike (The Yakuza Papers).



Plot *From Twitch film*

osuke Hitomi has a very bad time. Not only is he plagued by weird nightmares, he suddenly gets thrown into a mental hospital where people keep trying to kill him!

He manages to escape though and goes searching for the source of both the nightmares and the assassins.
When the trail leads him to a coastal village, he assumes the identity of a recently deceased rich man who bears an uncanny resemblance to him. He manages to fool everyone into thinking he’s the same guy, miraculously resurrected, but soon finds himself caught in a web of fraud, deceit, adultery, torture, incest, mass abduction and murder…



Using his newly found resources as master of the household, Hitomi plans a visit to the nearby island where the rich man’s hideously disfigured father has for many years been toiling away at a secret project. On arrival, he discovers (gasp) THE HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN!

One of my favorite japanese horror films, and from what I've seen so far my favorite Teruo Ishii film. This film is probably one of the craziest I have ever seen, it doesn't make much sense due to the fact Ishii threw loads of Edogawa Rampo stories in to it... but somehow is all works.

I agree, pure genius....

this is a great stuff. although the dialogs sound dull, but it's still a good film.

I just watched this and I'm quite impressed with the excellent Synapse/Panik House video transfer. Very interesting and bizarre film.