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Guinea
Pig :Android of Notre Dame
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Country
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Japan |
| Year: |
1989 |
| Genre: |
Horror |
| Format: |
DVD |
| Running
Time: |
42
min |
| Distributor: |
Unearthed
Films |
| Date
reviewed: |
3/22/2003
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| Producer: |
x |
| Director: |
Kazuhito
Kuramoto |
Cast: Toshihiko Hino ,Mio Takaki
,Tochiro Taguchi ,Yumi Iori |
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Story:
"The Android of Notre Dame is a simple tale of
a dwarf scientist who's sister is ailing from a life-threatening
disease. He has been struggling in his lab with animal
research, desperately trying to find the missing link
that could make his sibling well again. Contacted by
via phone by a mysterious man, he transfers money in
exchange for a female human body to experiment on, or
a "Guinea Pig". The body proves too old, thus
he decides to get something a little more fresh, opening
the floodgates for experiments of a more diabolical
kind.
Review: This Guinea Pig film certainly has
an interesting premise, but right off the bat it seems
to get tangled in it's mix of influence. From Frankenstein
to Re-Animator, the atmosphere and story is familiar,
but in reality this 42 minute movie is just an excuse
for gore.
But somewhere there is a mildly compelling story,
one that gets muddled in sleep inducing performances
and poor production. The lead actor fits nicely in
the role of the dwarf scientist simply for the fact
that he is a dwarf and wears a scientist outfit. Other
than that he just stumbles around and messes with
peoples body parts. While this isn't exactly supposed
to be Shakespeare, a little more should be expected,
even from the small productions. While the scientist
seems to care for his sister, he pulls off the whole
"I'm really sinister" act poorly. Changing
into a heartless scientist for the sake of saving
his sister's life, all the while carrying the most
laugh-worthy poo eating grin that truly deserves to
be smacked off his face.
So with such a tear jerking plot and gag reflex
acting, conjured in the depths of hell by maniacal
mosquito larvae with atomic typewriters, the one saving
grace of this film should be its uncanny ability to
make one lose their lunch with exquisite gore, right?
Unfortunately, after already falling from grace in
the first five minutes, the film manages to burrow
underground with slow, dragging scenes of dollar store
special effects and more Karo syrup squirting at a
snails pace then you can imagine. Attention levels
will drop at an alarming rate once the film turns
into "Johnny's First Re-Animator Parody".
After all is said and done, there are one or two
redeeming qualities in this movie. "Android"
has a few laugh out loud moments, and while they are
typically at the expense of the movies poor effects
and ridiculous acting, they add a little light to
this grim, dank cave.
Considering it comes as part of a Double Feature
DVD with "Devil's Experiment", you could
do worse things with your money, but you can't do
too much worse. This movie is borderline entertaining,
but at least it's a step in a better direction for
the Guinea Pig series. A step away from fake snuff
and towards film with an actual resemblance of a plot.
Pass on it unless you're extremely masochistic.
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DVD
[ NTSC, All Region
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As part two of the Unearthed films "Guinea Pig"
Double Feature, the film is full screen and looks
about as good as it's going to, considering the source
material. The subtitles are nicely done, and overall
this is a decent package for the Guinea Pig collector.
You've gotta be out there somewhere.
Reviewed
by Joseph Luster
You
can purchase this movie at : 
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Entertainment |
Subtitles |
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