[.ca] Guinea Pig: Flower of Flesh and Blood/Making of Guinea Pig

what are you talking about?:
i dont understand why some people are saying that the effects in the guinea pig films,especially the two simulated snuff titles, flower of flesh and blood and devils experiment, look unrealistic because it just isnt true. these people obviously have no clue what their talking about. i have seen multiple mondo films and shockumentaries and one of the scenes that has always stuck with me was of an iragi man getting his hand cut off for stealing which in comparison to the woman in flower suffering the same type of mutilation to her hand isnt any more realistic or convincing but as most of you probably know the previously mentioned iragis fate was not staged and was not a gore effect it was for real. there are very few faults as far as the special effects go in both films. the only minor details that show either film to be staged are objects in the enviroment that just shouldnt be their such as the blanket that covers the woman throughout her mutilation (flower) or the actresses response to her torture (flower and devils exp.) all i want to clarify by writing this is that all these pretentious people that have seen either of the two films and call the effects bad should sit down and watch what its like to see a real persons body be mutilated its not a pretty sight and unless you have just shut the hell up and dont criticize the effects in either film because you have no idea how trully realistic they are. oh yeah make sure your kids dont get ahold of 'em because if they do they will certainly be scarred for the rest of their lives.

yawn.................:
after the scene where the 1st hand is cut off she'd have been dead in 10 minutes. however...........she's still breathing until the evisceration. don't think so. secondly, why would someone sedate a victim who he's OBVIOUSLY out to torture. for being based on something that really happened, this is weak suace. oh yeah......i've been living in japan for the past year and a half, none of my friends in tokyo have ever heard of these crimes.

a cheese wheelin' on:
I like this movie, sometimes when it's cold outside, and I'm in my basement, and I'm all alone... I put this DVD in and... and... and... marvel over this snazy piece of trash. hint, when on the display menu, click on the lips... this little easter-egg allows you to view flower of flesh the way it's supposed to be seen. All gritty and stinky like the way I originaly saw it in the early 90's. MMMM Dub's of dub's from a friends friend.

Boring!!!:
If you can't spot the flaws in the special effects of this film, then you need thicker glasses! The gore in Cannibal Holocaust is more realistic because its's filmed from a distance where you can't see latex skin and cat food filling like in this film, Men Behind the Sun has an absolutely real cadaver disected on camera, their plenty of graphic mondo docos and shows on tv with real surgery on display. If you have seen any of these then nothing about Flowers will shock or disturb you. While the make up crew came up with the goods the problem is the way the film is shot and scored. The director should commit hari kari for ruining any realism with lingering closeups and silly sound effects. This is easlily one of the most over-rated films out there. Everyone raves about "wild anything goes Japanese cinema" when in reality they cannot even display genitals in Japanese films without them being optically blurred!? In all reality I had high hopes for this film and if it was a genuine looking snuff film then it would have being well worth the time. However it's boring, dragging out every single scene in order to fill out the running time and when the payoff comes the special effects are filmed ineptly enough that any seasoned viewer will see right through them. No plot, no depth. All this film has is special effects and they are not as great as several sheltered viewers would have you believe.

Awesome!:
I have the complete set of Guinea Pig films and trust me, 'Flower of Flesh and Blood' is by far the best. The special effects are incredible and extremely believable. The plot is simple - a girl gets kidnapped by a stranger who ties her to a bed and whilst wearing a samurai suit, starts to disembowel her and hack her to bits. It's super-strong stuff and not your average gore flick but I heartly recommend this one. Well done to Amazon for making this so freely available and on such a good DVD.