A
young medical student assumes the identity of a dead man in order to solve
the mustery of a weird doppleganger. traveling from circus sideshows to
a desolate island, he discovers a web-fingered madman who surgically remakes
normal human beings into misshapen monsters. With this film and his earlier
one, BLIND
WOMAN'S CURSE, director Ishii dabbled briefly in the horror genre
before continuing with his erotic S&M fare.
A
domestic release of a 1969 Japanese film; original widescreen format (2.35:1),
fully uncut (99 minutes) in DVD encoded for ALL REGIONS NTSC, playable
on any American DVD machine; in Japanese language with removable English
subtitles plus tons of extras including the director's 2003 visit to
the Far East Film Festival.
Violence/Adult Material/Nudity:
Recommended for Mature Audiences
![Horrors of Malformed Men [Teruo Ishii]](Images/vd6227_1.jpg "Horrors of Malformed Men [Teruo Ishii]")
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