Tokyo Grand Guignol

Oct 10, 2015

1h 55m

★ 0.0

Overview

4 shorts from French Directors, working in the tradition of Grand Guignol, set in Tokyo. Stories about a man repeating a bloody day running from the Yakuza; a woman's violent encounter with her mirror image; a woman and her lasergun fighting of a shadowy demon; and a man being cursed by the famous Hachi-statue to become a werewolf pining for a prostitue.

Genres

Action

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Dice Entertainment

Tokyo Grand Guignol Trailers

Cast

Shinichi

Hiroyuki Mori

Wife

Akiko An

Miss Kaji

Rei Atsumi

Boss

Toyo

Butoh Dancer

Tenmetsu

Hiroyuki Taniguchi (Gang 1)

Kenzo Fukutsu

Kenji Oketani (Gang 1)

Yuji Tominaga

Jyunya Tabata (Gang 2)

Kazuhiro Nagao

Yamato Koganemaru (Gang 2)

Satoshi Yashiro

Rachel

Shibuken

Nami

Megumi Nasuno

Niki

Haruka Yamamoto

Loren doesn't like her new neighbor, Jared, or his vicious dog. Along with her friend Steven, Loren spies on Jared and begins to suspect he's a werewolf, responsible for a rash of disappearances. But Jared is watching her just as closely because Loren reminds him of his dead wife. As a full-moon night nears, Loren enlists the help of TV star Redd Tucker, who knows how to hunt -- and who believes her werewolf theory.

6.4

Night of the Werewolf

Apr 8, 1981

An evil witch brings back to life the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young women and bathing in their blood.

5.3

The Beast and the Magic Sword

Nov 25, 1983

His bloodline damned by a witch, Waldemar Daninsky heads to Japan to seek a cure for his werewolf curse.

2.6

13th Child

Oct 25, 2002

People are being killed by someone or something using superhuman strength. A clever DA Assistant is sent to investigate. Is this just a way to commit the perfect murder or will the legend of the Jersey Devil prove to be true?

3.2

Spirits

Nov 1, 1990

A priest, trying to regain his standing in the church after "falling" and sleeping with a woman, teams with a group of ESP experts to investigate a haunted house. It doesn't help that one of the experts is a beautiful young woman.

5.5

House of Dracula

Dec 7, 1945

A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.

4.9

The National Mummy

Oct 21, 1981

Saturnino, a young archaeologist, bourgeois and wealthy, lives in a luxurious mansion. He receives a visit from his old teacher, Don Felipe, accompanied by his daughter and a monumental mummy he has just discovered in one of his excavations in the Upper Nile. The Mummy, was in his time a princess and has on his bandages a curse, that when it breaks ... it will be dedicated to chasing and raping all the men it finds in its path.

5.8

Abhimanyu

Jul 4, 1991

Abhimanyu movie is all about Hari (Mohanlal) who is a welder in a small factory, witnesses a gang-related murder and gets inadvertently involved with the underworld. The murder of a benevolent local boss complicates life in the slum where Hari lives, causing his slow transformation to a life of crime. Decent performances, in an otherwise weak script.

3.8

Moonchild

Jan 1, 1994

A government agent cursed by lycanthropy goes on a dystopian fueled adventure to find his son, who has parted ways with his father.

4.9

Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch

Aug 28, 1985

When a young journalist dies in violent circumstances, her brother soon learns, by way of the mysterious Stefan Crosscoe, that his sister has succumbed to the werewolf curse.

4.5

The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals

Jan 1, 1969

An unfinished film by veteran b-movie director Oliver Drake. He took his first (and last) directorial foray into horror with this film.

5.2

Bloody New Year

May 11, 1987

Six shipwrecked English teenagers take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them…

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0.0

All Hallows

Jan 1, 2006

No overview available.

7.5

Stray Dog

Oct 17, 1949

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

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6.0

Wolfsbayne

Mar 15, 2005

No overview available.

6.3

Villain

May 26, 1971

In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.

6.0

Bronze Head and Steel Arm

Aug 31, 1972

A debt-ridden martial artist is forced to work for a gangster, who then murders his family.