Meatball Machine (2005)

Full-throttle splatter-ific Japanese cyberpunk science fiction/horror at its most aggressive, this mind-blower about alien parasites that turn their human hosts into slave "Necroborgs" will leave you dizzy and drained - in a good way.

Directors:

Yudai Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yamamoto

Writers:

Jun'ya Katô (screenplay) (as Jun'ya Katô), Yudai Yamaguchi (story)

Stars:

Issey Takahashi, Aoba Kawai, Kenichi Kawasaki

Cast

Credited cast:
Issey Takahashi	...	Yôji (as Issei Takahashi)
Aoba Kawai	...	Sachiko
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kenichi Kawasaki	...	Tanaka
Shôichirô Masumoto
Shôjirô Suzuki
Tôru Tezuka
Ayano Yamamoto

Storyline

Full-throttle splatter-ific Japanese cyberpunk science fiction/horror at its most aggressive, this mind-blower about alien parasites that turn their human hosts into slave "Necroborgs" will leave you dizzy and drained - in a good way.

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Plot Keywords:

splatter | parasite | host | alien parasite | alien | 

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

1 April 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fundoshi Corps 1

Company Credits

Production Co:

King Records, NTT Learning System

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Meatball Machine became the international breakthrough movie of Yoshihiro Nishimura's career, as a result of the extensive coverage his special make-up effects work on it received from then-independent movie news website Twitch, beginning over a month before its premiere at the now-defunct Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival.

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Connections

Remake of Meatball Machine (1999)

User Reviews

Stunning splatterfest freakout

Wow baby, this is indeed some fine Asian horror/gore, and a crazy outlandish movie. This is a Japanese splatterfest that reminded me a little of Tetsuo, except in this case with all the blood and guts, there is a bizarre love story. It's hard to imagine how they even dreamed up this visually stunning movie, with some unique alien creatures that infect humans as parasites, turning them into part machine or I guess cyborgs. The only thing wrong with these creatures after they take over a human, is they need to kill each other and eat the other. hmmm, yum yum. This would probably be called industrial splatter or something like that, with a superb soundtrack to add to all the fun. The movie also borrows a little from Carpenter's "The Thing" in creature design and effects. I would put this in the must-have category for gorehounds, as there is non-stop carnage and some very fine gore. And a must-have for stoners, because you don't even need to read the sub-titles, the visual images alone are enough of a mind trip. The design of the little creatures that inhabit the human body like a fetus reminded me a little of Frank Henenlotter's movies, which is another homage to some excellent gore films with a sense of humour. "Meatball Machine" is great fun for gorehounds, there is no doubt about it, and I simply loved it.