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Tetsuo is about a man that discovers bits of metal protruding from his body. They slowly start to take over his body as he transforms into a machine.

Tetsuo may be one of the most bizarre cinematic experiences of my life. It is very reminiscent of a Nine Inch Nails video, with a lot of stop motion photography, seemingly random images, and very little dialogue. It comes in at just over an hour long, but can still be difficult to follow at times. I imagine that most of the film is symbolic, at least to the Director, but often seems like an amalgam of violence and sex filmed in black and white on a shaky camera.

The entire film is rather grainy and shot in black and white. The shots used are anything but conventional, as heads are often out of center, out of focus and difficult to discern. You could look at it as poorly done or genius I guess. It is without a doubt different than anything I have ever seen before.

Japanese employee Tetsuo is just having a normal day until he runs into a bizarre man with strange objects shoved into his body and gets into an accident. After that, strange things start to happen to Tetsuo as metal pieces start appearing on some parts of his body and becomes a bizarre semi-cyborg as the person that started the accident begins to taunt him through his horrifying transformation to the path of destruction.

Weird and mind-bending Sci-fi horror film from Japan contains surreal and disturbing imagery blended with bizarre special effects and stop motion animation. The plot is a little farfetched but this is a very gory and hyperactive movie that feels like a nightmare come true for the viewer in the tradition of David Cronenberg, H.P. Lovecraft and David Lynch. It's not for all tastes but still a fine shocking Japanese film for fans of Sci-fi, horror and gore.

This DVD contains excellent picture and sound with Japanese language and English subtitles and only one extra which is a first look at the director's newest movie called "Vital".

Also recommended: "Re-Animator", "The Toxic Avenger", "Basket Case", "Videodrome", "Scanners", "Akira", "Bride of Re-Animator", "Class of Nuke'Em High", "Street Trash", "Ichi The Killer", "Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky", "Battle Royale", "Men Behind The Sun", "The Untold Story", "The Devil's Rejects", "Evil Dead 1 & 2", "The Fly (1986)", "The Thing (1982)", "The Blob (1988)", "C.H.U.D", "Versus", "Perfect Blue", "Terror Firmer", "The Brood", "Cannibal Apocalypse", "Sin City", "Ghost in The Shell 1 & 2", "Dead Alive (a.k.a. Braindead)", "Fist of the North Star (Anime)", "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Grindhouse", "Hellraiser 1 & 2", "3 Extremes", "Event Horizon", "Driller Killer", "A Nightmare on Elm Street Series", "Freddy Vs. Jason", "Oldboy", "Tokyo Fist", "Bloodsucking Freaks", "Hostel 1 & 2" and "Blood Feast".