Blind Beast (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]

Author: Eiji Funakoshi

Edition: Special Edition

Binding: Blu-ray

Format: Subtitled

Release Date: 24-08-2021

Details: Product Description

Blind Beast is a grotesque portrait of the bizarre relationship between a blind sculptor and his captive muse, adapted from a short story from Japan’s foremost master of the macabre, Edogawa Rampo (Horrors of Malformed Men, The Black Lizard, Caterpillar).
An artist’s model, Aki (Mako Midori), is abducted, and awakens in a dark warehouse studio whose walls are decorated with outsized women’s body parts – eyes, lips, legs and breasts – and dominated by two recumbent giant statues of male and female nudes. Her kidnapper introduces himself as Michio (Eiji Funakoshi), a blind sculptor whom she had witnessed previously at an exhibition in which she featured intently caressing a statue of her naked torso. Michio announces his intention of using her to sculpt the perfect female form. At first defiant, she eventually succumbs to his intense fixation on her body and finds herself drawn into his sightless world, in which touch is everything.
Blind Beast is a masterpiece of erotic horror that explores the all-encompassing and overwhelming relationship between the artist and his art and the obsessive closed world that the artist inhabits, with maestro director Yasuzo Masumura (Giants and Toys, Irezumi) conjuring up a hallucinogenic dreamworld in which sensual and creative urges combine with a feverish intensity.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
Original uncompressed Japanese mono audio
Optional English subtitles
Brand new audio commentary by Asian cinema scholar Earl Jackson
Newly filmed introduction by Japanese cinema expert Tony Rayns
Blind Beast: Masumura the Supersensualist, a brand new visual essay by Japanese literature and visual studies scholar Seth Jacobowitz
Original Trailer
Image Gallery
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated booklet featuring new writing by Virginie Sélavy

Review

McLoughlin comes alive in the finale the last punch of ''One Dark Night'' delivers impressive cinematic power. It's a shame it takes so long to get to all the face-melting insanity, but in a rare case for a horror endeavor, its worth to wait. --Blu-ray.com

FOUR STARS [out of five] a guilty pleasure that is horrible in an endearing way. --Dread Central

Good, scary fun! --DVD Verdict

EAN: 0760137662389

Package Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches

Languages: Japanese