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  1. is a 2009 Japanese exploitation horror film written and directed by Kōji Shiraishi. Plot. A young couple, Aki Miyashita and Kazuo Kojima, are snatched off the street while having their first date. They wake up shackled in a basement that has plastic-covered walls. A sadistic madman degrades, tortures, and mutilates them with no further ...

    • Kōji Shiraishi
    • Kazue UdagawaKyōsuke Ueno
    • Kazuo Satō
    • Hiroaki KawatsureTsugumi NagasawaShigeo Ōsako
  2. If you are a fan of Japanese horror movies you should definitely watch Grotesque or Gurotesuku in Japanese. The story is about a doctor who had everything he ever wanted in life but never what HE wanted.

  3. Jul 12, 2022 · John Patterson examines Koji Shiraishi's extreme horror 'Grotesque' and its surprising takedown of heteronormativity.

  4. Tonally, this is unlike other Shiraishi films and the film is actually curiously ego-less with no directorial flair; shot in a documentary style but not format, Grotesque is nothing more than a showcase for sadism and violence. No story, no characters per se, just violence and unfathomable mayhem.

  5. Sep 4, 2020 · Grotesque (2009): Story: Two young people are kidnapped and tortured by a sadistic individual. – Review: Grotesque is truly a film that lives up to its title. It is gory, disturbing, and entertaining. It also has a good background story and is oddly romantic.

  6. Mar 18, 2023 · The Codes and Conventions of Horror Films. A guide to one of cinema’s most popular and enduring genres, including analysis of its iconography and the filmmaking techniques that provoke fear in the audience.

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  8. Aug 26, 2010 · SYNOPSIS: A young couple get abducted by a perverse sadist named Tachikawa who ties them both up in his basement and begins torturing them. If either of them happens to pass out from the intense pain, he revives them with smelling salts before going back to work. REVIEW: Grotesque is really a mix of emotions.

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