Sick Flix Archives - Psycho Drive-In

January 25, 2019 0 85

If you’ve only seen one film by the brilliant Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, then it was probably Audition.

Sick Flix: Murder-Set-Pieces (2004)

October 5, 2018 0 524

The glorious gore effects were courtesy of Fred Vogel’s Toetag Pictures production studio and Vogel himself even cameos in the film.

Sick Flix: Three Tears on Bloodstained Flesh (2014)

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March 9, 2018 0 139

Overall, certainly a film worth watching and viewers who do take the journey will be treated to a great visual experience with some satisfying, brutal kills.

Sick Flix: Hectic Knife (2016)

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February 23, 2018 0 55

Hectic Knife knows exactly what it’s doing and it’s fucking hilarious!

Sick Flix: Baskin (2015)

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January 26, 2018 0 183

Based upon the 2013 short film of the same name, Baskin is a surreal and gruesome journey into a nightmarish world.

Sick Flix: Martyrs (2008)

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January 12, 2018 0 255

One of the defining films of the New French Extremity movement, Martyrs, is a brutal endurance test that is not even remotely concerned with appealing to mass audiences or casual horror fans.

Sick Flix: Inside (2007)

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December 29, 2017 0 94

Inside is a film in which the very concept is enough to make most people’s skin crawl.

Sick Flix: Frontier(s) (2007)

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December 15, 2017 0 91

Xavier Gens’ Frontier(s) is one of the most recognizable films of the French Extremity movement and certainly earns its stripes with graphic, visceral violence.

Sick Flix: Ichi the Killer (2001)

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December 1, 2017 1 161

Based on the Manga of the same name, Ichi the Killer is one of controversial director Takashi Miike’s most well-known (and most gruesome) works.

Sick Flix: Visitor Q (2001)

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November 17, 2017 0 272

Is it possible to have a film that features incest, necrophilia, rape and a whole lotta violence and still have it infused with genuinely heartfelt sentiment?

Sick Flix: American Guinea Pig – Bloodshock (2015)

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November 3, 2017 0 221

Even more than the black and white style or the male protagonist, what really sets this apart from other Guinea Pig films is actually the runtime.

Sick Flix: American Guinea Pig – Bouquet of Guts and Gore (2014)

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October 20, 2017 0 1473

Does this update properly capture the look and feel of the original Japanese films and set itself as a worthy standard bearer for the series in the new millennium?

Sick Flix: Guinea Pig 6 – Mermaid in a Manhole (1988)

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October 6, 2017 0 1180

This film marks the return of Flower of Flesh and Blood director, Hideshi Hino, and it’s no coincidence that these two entries are not only the most brutal of the series.

Sick Flix: Guinea Pig 5 – Android of Notre Dame (1988)

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September 22, 2017 0 365

Since this is a Guinea Pig film, fans come in expecting a certain level of graphic violence and on that, Android delivers quite nicely.

Sick Flix: Guinea Pig 4 – Devil Doctor Woman (1986)

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September 8, 2017 0 243

The film is essentially just a series of bizarre sketch comedy shorts that center around the unlicensed transvestite “doctor” known as the Devil Doctor Woman.

Sick Flix: Guinea Pig 3: He Never Dies (1986)

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August 25, 2017 0 178

For its third entry, the Guinea Pig series goes in a very different direction with He Never Dies.

Sick Flix: Guinea Pig 2 – Flower of Flesh and Blood (1985)

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August 11, 2017 0 2456

There are also numerous aspects beyond just the gore itself that make this film a very disturbing experience.

Sick Flix: Guinea Pig – Devil’s Experiment (1985)

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July 21, 2017 0 1439

The first film in the series, Guinea Pig: Devil’s Experiment has a “plot” that can be easily summarized as “three men torture a woman for forty-three minutes.”

Sick Flix: Mexico Barbaro (2014)

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June 23, 2017 0 214

Typically, anthology films will feature a common theme or wraparound story and in this case, Mexico Barbaro uses Mexican folklore as a unifying factor for the segments.