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Summary: Not as Shocking as the Teletubbies
Review: These films have a legacy as being shocking, brutal, explicit and unsettling. True horror fans take note: they aren't. I could name a hundred gorier, more shocking DOMESTIC films. (Re-Animator, I Spit on Your Grave, to name a few comparative films) Charlie Sheen thought Devil's Experiment and Flower of Flesh and Blood were real. What a gullible schmuck. These two, the first volume of offerings from Unearthed Films, are pretty tame. The first, Devil's Experiment, is a 'snuff' film where three laughing men mildly brutalize a complacent girl. They slap, kick, poke, and spin this poor girl for about a half hour. Oh yeah, and then they stick a needle through her eye. All except that last one are just humiliating and boring (considering I expected death and gory dismemberment), but the last 'stab' is well done (Fulci was proud). The other is just a poor man's Re-Animator, that is enjoyable but only mildly gory.
Let's just say, if you have seen Braindead (Dead Alive), then this gore is a wasted fix. These aren't as brutal as I Spit on your Grave or Last House on the Left. Maybe the susposedly ultimate Flower of Flesh and Blood will soothe that aching need for staged violence and gore, but these were a disappointment. I have seen all the Fulci, Argento, Romero (Savini's gore), and some D'Amato, and these are just not as good. Try Guts of a Beauty for shock.
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Summary: Pure exploitive...- not horror, fake exploitation
Review: This is not horror - horror has substance, characters, and a brain. The people behind this film supposidly set out to make as shocking a film as they could, but ended up with exploited pseudo-snuff that sways between stupidly staged to pointlessly violent. While I thoroughly enjoy gory film (Dead Alive, Bad Taste, Riki-O, etc.), the gore is not the focus of this video as 3 men torture a lady for about 30 minutes (only about 10 have ACTUAL gore). WOW - we get to see these men tie her up and SPIN her in a chair 200 TIMES - what FIENDS!!! But first, repeatedly slap her - I've seen more heated slapping on Jerry Springer! 1 cool scene - the needle in the eye (which is blatenly fake and Fulci's Zombie pulled off the gag MUCH better - try actually having SOUND!!) Oh yeah, your only sounds come from the slapping and a few mumbles of the girl.I appologize that I did not view the second movie (Android) on the disc, but Devils Experiment was reason enough to shut off the DVD player and immediatly find another buyer. ... (Update) I did get to finally view Android and was quite pleased with the results. The gore was done fairly well and the story/characters kept my interest through the short. It's an odd coupling with Devils though, since the subject matter, tone, and even gore are not on pace with one another.
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Summary: Wow! Guinea Pig Series on DVD, finally!
Review: Well, just like everyone else i've seen the [bad] bootlegs that have been around and to think somebody put these movies on DVD in the US is nuts. I guess I'll be getting mine before some government or stay-home mom group decides to ban these blood-soaked gems. I'm glad some decided to put there balls on chopping block for the rest of us. Flower of Flesh and Blood is my personal favorite out of all of Guinea Pigs- the dismemberment is so sick and real looking I had keep telling myself that there fake. I'll be on the lookout for what other titles Unearthed Films is going to be putting out.
Rating: 
Summary: Atrocity with a capital A
Review: What I don't understand about these armchair film critics that are trying to rip this film apart is... WHat do they expect? A cool story line, character development and maybe some kung fu? No, no no! The GUinea Pig films have non of this. They are brutal to the extreme. Nasty, vile and borderline atrocities that are for the true gorehounds and something to add to the library of gore. Want a story? Find Cannibal Holo or Nekromantic. Want gore comedy, get He Never Dies, BrainDead or Bad Taste. If you want to make your friends leave the house or freak em out then buy this. Want to support an indie company taking a chance on releasing these things, then buy this. You want [stuff] like Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm St. then wait until the sequel and leave. These films are for the gorehound who has seen everything and are looking for that revolting scene that makes you wonder? Why do you enjoy violence. Cause baby, these are violent to the extreme.
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