Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Scott LeBrun Based on the writings of Rampo Edogawa, this original, amusing, arty Japanese shocker stars Teruo Yoshida as Hirosuke Hitomi, a surgeon who one day discovers himself confined to a mental institution. He escapes after killing an attacker, and becomes determined to solve the mystery of his past, and his possible relationship to another young man (also played by Yoshida) who is his doppelganger. Receiving a lead from the lovely young Hatsuyo (Teruko Yumi), he decides to impersonate the other man, traveling from a sideshow to a family estate to a remote island, where a web-fingered mad scientist (Tatsumi Hijikata) is busy pursuing a horrific agenda.While, ultimately, the plot and the necessary exposition is related through a lengthy monologue near the end, this film sure does take one on an interesting, crazed journey. If the prospective viewer seeks this out, hoping for some memorable depravity, be advised that it's largely relegated to the second half. The narrative is somewhat more straightforward during the first half. The filming is (mostly) top notch, with director Teruo Ishii creating a plethora of freakish imagery. (One could easily see this as a Japanese update of such earlier stories as "Freaks" and "The Island of Dr. Moreau"). Ishii also gives us a generous dose of exploitation in other ways, as there are shots of nudity utilized almost right from the start. He does a fine job of reeling you in, making you wonder what the Hell is going on, and only faltering somewhat towards the end. Still, it's a twisted marvel of a story in general."Horrors of Malformed Men" is also noteworthy for its color widescreen photography, its lovely music, and its solid cast. Yoshida is an appropriately grim faced hero, some of the ladies are ravishing, and Hijikata is a rather graceful, vivid villain. (As we will see, this is a tragic villain as well.) The makeup effects are effectively off putting.Highly recommended to lovers of cult Japanese cinema.Eight out of 10.

Witchfinder General 666 ***SPOILERS!****The title to this review may be slightly confusing: Teruo Ishii's KYÔFU KIKEI NINGEN: EDOGAWA RAMPO ZENSHÛ aka. HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN (1969) is not an adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU nor some sort of remake of the adaptation THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1933). It simply also deals with a maniac who rules an island on which he does EXTREMELY maniacal things to other living creatures. The late Teruo Ishii is one of the most notorious Japanese Exploitation directors of the 60s 70s, and HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN is maybe his most notorious work. For understandable reasons as this highly bizarre and brilliantly demented flick just screams controversy.HORRORS OF MALFROMED MEN starts out as a mystery, in a 19th century Japanese Insane asylum, from which the doctor Hirosuke Hitomi (Teruo Yoshida) escapes after several disturbing hallucinations. After being wrongly suspected of a murder, fate takes him to a seaside estate the proprietor of which was his spitting image... Without giving too much detail about the storyline as such i can say that the second part of the movie which takes place on an island ruled by a madman is more than a little weird and disturbing.Tatsumi Hijikata, who was primarily a dancer and choreographer, delivers an incredible performance as one of the most scary-looking, bizarre, insane and diabolical villains ever seen. Unlike fellow mad island-ruler Dr. Moreau, the insanity of Hijikata's malformed Jôgorô Komoda is not driven by scientific interest, but by pure vengefulness and bizarre perversion. Disfigured himself, he enslaves 'normal' people on his island and turns them into 'malformed men', e.g. by sewing a beautiful female baby to an ugly male baby, and hence creating a male/female, ugly/beautiful Siamese twin. This is just one of the many nasty, bizarre and utterly perverse ideas in the second part of this film.HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN is a haunting, sometimes beautiful and often truly disturbing and disgusting, highly bizarre and utterly unique viewing experience that can not quite be compared to any other film. This film has the reputation of being a forerunner for the Toei Company's (and particularly Teruo Ishii's) Pinku Eiga/Pinky Violence films of the 1970s. It is definitely the most bizarre flick from Ishii I've seen thus far, and also my new personal favorite (FEMALE YAKUZA TALE and THE EXECUTIONER sharing the second place). For lovers of Japanese Exploitation Cinema or any kind of Bizarre stuff in general, HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN is a true must-see. Definitely not for the squeamish, and a truly unique viewing-experience.

christopher-underwood Well, where to begin? This notorious Japanese horror has finally surfaced and our first concern is what was so terrible that kept it banned for so long? Made just over 20 years after the atomic bomb was exploded over Hiroshima, some of this film looks as if some of the short-lived survivors might have made it to the set. Both the way the deformity issue is enthused over here and the clear connection with the bomb attack, make this a true horror. We begin with vivid scenes inside a mental institution but then the film settles down into a creepy mystery before cracking open about half an hour in, whence we find ourselves in the Mexican, Jodorowsky territory, and then worse. This film is not particularly well written and is uneven and occasionally rather silly but nevertheless this is still a work of some considerable power. A one off and a must see for those not easily shocked.

Indyrod Wow, this is a must have for Japanese horror fans, and can you believe it, banned for all those years. Outstanding story involving a man finding his way back to his origins, which include his Father making malformed men, and ladies. My favorite, the goat women. This is quite a gruesome horror film from 1969 or so, that got banned in Japan, and therefore restricted everywhere. Don't worry, it's available now, and you need to see it, before it disappears again. Great DVD too, as it contains a commentary from some historians that will bore you to death. It did me at least, but nothing could damage my affection for this excellent shocker for the times. You thought your Father had problems, wait until you meet this dude. I like this one, it is decadent, gruesome, and has some naked girls. And should I forget, a pretty shocking depiction of the result of malformed men. Yes, Malformed Men, you have been warned.