Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Lucky Sky Diamond (1990, Izô Hashimoto)

"Lucky Sky Diamond" isn't a particularly outstanding entry in the Japanese 'gore flick' department, but it's certainly not the most awful thing I've ever seen. Definitely one for the WEIRD pile.

No English subtitles on my version, but I think I caught the drift of it: a woman is locked in some kind of hospital room where a pair of twisted doctors subject her to strange psychological and physical tortures. They also seem to be pumping some kind of liquid into her and at one point, they operate on her brain...

Strange shit occurs here n' there, like the chick's organs have a tendency of falling out, especially when she's repeatedly stabbed, yet somehow stays alive. A guy eats an insect out of a surgically planted hole in her skull and at one point a guy with face paint cuts himself out of a cardboard box and chases the terrified "patient" around with a serrated knife while still wearing the box around his torso! I have no idea why...

"Lucky Sky Diamond" sort of has the feel of a "Guinea Pig" film, although it lacks the the "extreme" shock-factor of much of that series. I didn't hate this flick, but I didn't find it especially 'stand out'. It's got an interesting, psychedelic 'tone' to it and a nice CHAOTIC element, considering the female 'subject' is constantly screaming and wounded and running away from deranged shit. It's very bizarre and fans of gory Jap-cinema might wanna give it a look...

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