Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood (Japanese: ギニーピッグ2 血肉の華, Hepburn: Ginī Piggu 2: Chiniku no Hana) is a 1985 Japanese splatter horror film written and directed by Hideshi Hino. The second film in the Guinea Pig film series, it is based on a manga by Hino, and stars Hiroshi Tamura and Kirara Yūgao.
Synopsis[]
The film's plot concerns a man dressed as a samurai who drugs and kidnaps a woman, and proceeds to take her to his home, where he dismembers her and adds her body parts to a collection.
Controversies[]
Tsutomu Miyazaki[]
This movie gained controversy after it was suspected to have influenced serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki—also known as the Otaku Murderer—who abducted and murdered four young girls in the Saitama and Tokyo prefectures.[1][2] Miyazaki had an extensive collection of videotapes, many of which were horror films; one of the Guinea Pig films was reported to have been found in Miyazaki's collection, though writer-director Hino has asserted that it was not Flower of Flesh and Blood.[3]
FBI report[]
In 1991, American actor Charlie Sheen is said to have obtained a copy of the film from film writer and critic Chris Gore.[4] Upon watching and becoming convinced that what was on screen was a genuine snuff film that depicted the dismemberment and killing of a woman,[5][3][6] Charlie Sheen quickly reported it to authorities in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation purportedly opened an inquiry into those involved in the film's production and distribution. Any official investigations were dropped after it was demonstrated that special effects were used to simulate the violence in the film.[7] This incident, and the frequency with which it has been recounted by "hard core" fans of horror films, has been compared to an urban legend.[5]
Series[]
- Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment
- Guinea Pig 2: Flower of Flesh and Blood
- Guinea Pig 3: He Never Dies
- Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole
- Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame
- Guinea Pig: Devil Woman Doctor
References[]
- ↑ https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=zS1BAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ↑ https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=zS1BAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.vice.com/en/article/flowers-of-flesh-and-blood/
- ↑ https://screenrant.com/charlie-sheen-guinea-pig-2-snuff-film-police-japanese-horror/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20020528165802/http://www.guineapigfilms.com/History.html
- ↑ https://uproxx.com/movies/about-that-time-charlie-sheen-thought-a-horror-film-he-watched-was-actually-a-snuff-film/
- ↑ http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/snuff.htm