Entrails of a Virgin

Entrails of a Virgin

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Kazuo Komizu
Produced by Hiroshi Hanzawa
Toshio Satō
Starring Saiko Kizuki
Naomi Hagio
Music by Hideki Furusawa
Cinematography Akihiro Itō
Edited by Kan Suzuki
Distributed by Nikkatsu/Rokugatsu Gekijō
Synapse Films (NTSC)
Japan Shock (PAL)
Release dates
May 31, 1986
Running time
72 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Entrails of a Virgin (処女のはらわた Shojo no harawata) is a 1986 horror film in the "splatter-eros" subgenre of pink film.

Synopsis

A group of photographers and their models go to a forest retreat. They engage in S&M play and lots of softcore sex. Eventually they get picked off one-by-one by a filth-covered "demon" with an unnaturally large penis. Most of the sex scenes are fogged.[1]

Cast

Critical reception

In his Asia Shock; Horror and Dark Cinema from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand, Patrick Galloway says that Komizu's mix of sex and horror works as a film. He describes the film as "essentially one long fuck-fest interspersed with the occasional impaling, hanging or beheading..." and concludes, "It's all rather sordid and there's a definite misanthropy to the film reminiscent of Henri-Georges Clouzot (Diabolique), but somehow the elements click into place, making for an uncomfortable-yet-can't-look-away film experience."[2]

Release

Along with its sequel, Entrails of a Beautiful Woman, Entrails of a Virgin became a notorious example of the low-quality blackmarket VHS copies which American enthusiasts traded in the 1980s. These copies usually had no English subtitles. The film was released on DVD first on the Japan Shock label in PAL format, and then by Synapse Films in NTSC. The Synapse release was a restored, widescreen version.[3]

Production

During the 1980s, slasher film-makers had begun adding increasing amounts of sexuality into their movies. Working in the pink film genre, director Kazuo "Gaira" Komizu decided to inject elements of horror into these softcore pornographic productions. The film became a box-office success.[2]

Sequel

One of a series of three by director Kazuo "Gaira" Komizu, the other two were the considerably more graphic and hardcore Entrails of a Beautiful Woman (1986), as well as Female Inquisitor (1987).

References

  1. Motion Picture Purgatory: Entrails of a Virgin (Shojo no harawata)
  2. 1 2 Galloway, Patrick (2006). Asia Shock; Horror and Dark Cinema from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press. p. 80. ISBN 1-933330-12-0.
  3. Thompson, Nathaniel (2006). DVD Delirium 3: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD. U.K.: FAB Press. pp. 191–192. ISBN 1-903254-40-X.
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