Grotesque
2009 · Movie · 73 min · ★ 5.7 · 35% critics
An unnamed doctor seems to have everything, but it fuels increasingly extreme, depraved urges. He kidnaps a young couple and forces them into a brutal torment game, stripping away their hopes as they struggle to survive.
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Details
- Original title
- グロテスク
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-01-17
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 35/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (252 votes)
About
If you want an intensely disturbing torture-focused horror experience with a cold psychological edge, Grotesque may hit hard; Not for you if gore and cruelty are deal-breakers or if you dislike Hostel-style shockers like Guinea Pig or Salo.
Pros: relentlessly intense; extreme shock factor; some story layers | Cons: very disturbing content; weak pacing/plot; divisive style
Themes
- sexual abuse
- pain
- sadism
- sexual violence
- mad doctor
- chainsaw
- torture
- cruelty
- bizarre
Cast & crew
Hiroaki Kawatsure
as Kazuo Kojima
Tsugumi Nagasawa
as Aki Miyasita
Shigeo Ôsako
as The Doctor
Kotoha Hiroyama
Directed by Koji Shiraishi