Horror Queen

Why I shouldn’t listen to people who recommend movies…

THE PLOT

The movie opens on an extremely long warning, don’t show this to people under the age of 18 due to the graphic depictions of violence. Then it leads into an even longer back story about a Japanese artist who received a “fan letter” along with a series of photographs and a snuff film about exactly what he did. Supposedly this movie is based on what he saw. A woman is walking home one night when she’s attacked and drugged by a madman. Well, what did she expect? She was wearing a pair of do me pumps (not my term, I prefer the f*ck me heels). She wakes to find herself tied to a bed and the man sharpening his blades, ready to begin her greatest nightmare.

FUN TRIVIA

Charlie Sheen actually saw a few scenes from this movie and was convinced it was a real snuff film. He called the authorities and learned it was already under investigation in the US as well as several other countries.

THOUGHTS/OPINIONS

So, he fakes killing a chicken. Really, is that supposed to be gruesome? Sorry, but I actually have seen a real life chicken running around with its head cut off back when I stayed on a farm. That was a far more disturbing experience than this.

The problem is that it just feels very fake and looks incredibly unrealistic. First of all he seemingly chops through a woman’s hand (bone and all) with a knife that doesn’t even look like it can cut butter. If you look at the “hand”, it looks about as realistic as a Barbie arm. Then you have a woman who’s had both hands chopped off and she’s not only alive, but opens her eyes and looks around. Sorry sweetie, but you lose that much blood and you’re dead.

There was only one scene that really made me think gee that’s kind of gross. The man is very slowly dissecting her arm from the rest of her body, using only a chisel and hammer. It was a little disturbing, but then it went right back into the unrealistic side of things. Suddenly the woman’s missing both arms, still alive and still moving. On top of that, he’s obviously done nothing to cauterize the wounds and yet she’s stopped bleeding. Yes and there is one scene where he’s kind of playing around with her internal organs, that was a bit much.

Sometimes there’s a movie that makes you say, “why do I even bother?”. This would be that one for me. Hopefully some others from the Guinea Pig series will make up for this piece of garbage. I have no idea why anyone would think this looked real.

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