Meatball Machine belongs to a special offshoot of Japanese body horror, one which contains plenty of medical imagery and often grotesque combinations of man and machine. This is especially poignant for a country like Japan, which is known for its high tech gadgetry and giant, shimmering metropolises like Tokyo.
The Queen of Black Magic actually has a bit of meat on its Halloween store skeleton bones, and can be appreciated on its own without the need for MST3K style commentary.
There are certain movies I definitely had in mind when I began this column; absolutely bonkers stuff that I felt needed to be seen by more people, just so they would know that this type of horror film actually exists.
Today’s film, Biozombie, was released only one year after the handover, and was something of a bellweather, not necessarily of Chinese horror film, but rather the fact that it is likely the first horror film to be heavily influenced by video games!
Iranian cinema is generally celebrated by those in the know. Despite the ever-worsening political climate in the region, Persian film makes for some of the best, most uniquely crafted in the world today, and horror is no exception.
