Bloody Muscle Bodybuilder in Hell
| Movie | |
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| German title | Bloody Muscle Bodybuilder in Hell |
| Original title | Jigoku no chimidoro massuru birudâ |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 63 minutes |
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| Director | Shinichi Fukazawa |
| script | Shinichi Fukazawa |
| production | Shinichi Fukazawa |
| music | Notzan Act |
| camera | Shinichi Okuda |
| cut | Shinichi Fukazawa |
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Bloody Muscle Bodybuilder in Hell (original title: Jigoku no chimidoro massuru birudâ ) is a Japanese horror film directed by Shinichi Fukazawa , who was also involved as a screenwriter and leading actor. The independent film was shot and edited over a period of more than 15 years. The film was first released in 2012.
action
In the 1970s, Shinji's father kills his lover, who appears to be possessed by a ghost. The mind enters a chain.
Shinji, now a passionate bodybuilder , receives a call from his ex-girlfriend Mika 20 years later. She is now a journalist and is currently shooting reports on haunted houses . She remembered Shinji's father's house and persuaded him to do research there. The two take a medium with them. Shinji, skeptical as always, pokes fun at the medium at first. On the spot, the three are attacked by the girl's ghost. This is only noticed by the medium, which is finally knocked out by a mirror. When he comes to in the car, he decides to go in alone. There he becomes possessed by the ghost of the girl.
Shinji and Mika enter the house after the medium stops answering. The house closes and the possessed medium attacks Shinji and his Mika. A life and death struggle ensues. Even dismembering the possessed body is of no use. Only the spirit of Shinji's father brings the saving idea: in the basement of the house is the only object that can destroy the spirit. After experimenting with an ax and a shotgun, and after Mika became possessed by the ghost, Shinji notices that it is his dumbbells.
Finally he succeeds in destroying the ghost and also freeing Mika from the curse. The two flee the house.
background
Shinichi Fukazawa was largely influenced by horror mangas and films for his debut film . The greatest role model for Bloody Muscle Bodybuilder in Hell was Sam Raimi's Tanz der Teufel (1981) and his sequel Army of Darkness (1992) and the movie Braindead . After studying film studies and publishing his short film The Ripper as a thesis, he cherished the dream of making a horror film in the style of Dance of the Devils . He wrote a script and took special leave from the company he was working for at the time. He used his parents' house as the filming location, which belonged to his father and was supposed to be demolished. Filming began with the three main actors in 1995. During the filming, which took place in the heat of summer, some unforeseen things happened, including several reels of film disappeared without a trace and the small house was ravaged by an insect plague. So the film couldn't be finished right away. Until 2009, scenes, especially the special effects, were shot again and again. Then the post-processing began, which took another year. On the advice of his family, two more scenes were poorly re-shot. In 2010 the film was finally completely finished.
The film was shot on Super 8 . All splatter effects , some of which were very bloody, were handmade (with the exception of a shotgun hole). On CGI effects had to be dispensed with for cost reasons.
The film contains numerous allusions to other works. In addition to Tanz der Teufel and its sequels, there are allusions to Hellraiser - The Gate to Hell , The Thing from Another World and the Hulk television series with Lou Ferrigno in the film.
In 2012 a first, limited edition of 100 pieces followed, which the director made by hand. In the end, he actually managed to find a production company that put the film on the regular market in 2014. The film was briefly very successful in Japan. An international publication took place in 2017 via the British label Terracotta Distribution. A version with German subtitles premiered on June 2, 2017 at the Japan Film Festival in Hamburg. A DVD release followed in 2018 on the Midori Impuls label.
Reviews
Outside of the horror film market, the film received little attention. James Mudge from Easternkicks.com described the film as an insider tip for fans who like Japanese splatter and lo-fi gore. Scott Clark of The People's Movies also called the film an insider tip. However, he was somewhat bothered by the constant references to Dance of the Devils . He highlighted the good splatter effects. Horrorpedia's David Flint, on the other hand, described the film as sloppily staged, especially as far as the blood was concerned, and the plot was too confused.
Web links
- Bloody Muscle bodybuilders in Hell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shinchi Fukazawa: The dream of your own horror film . In: Booklet of the Bodybuilder from Hell DVD . Midori Impulse, 2018.
- ^ Anton Bitel: Discover the amateur insanity of this Japanese Evil Dead rip-off. In: Little White Lies. Retrieved January 2, 2019 .
- ^ Bloody Muscle Bodybuilder in Hell in the online movie database . Retrieved January 3, 2019
- ↑ James Mudge: Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell. June 5, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ Scott Clark: DVD Review - Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell. In: The People's Movies. April 17, 2017, accessed January 2, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ David Flint: Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell - Japan, 2009. In: Horrorpedia.com. March 19, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2019 (American English).