Source: 4Digital Media, The Associates
Special Thanks to Steve Beecham and Farhana Shaikh

SciFi Japan is pleased to present another giveaway contest aimed at Japanese science fiction fans in the United Kingdom.

Cover art for the upcoming British DVD of MEATBALL
MACHINE. Photo courtesy of 4Digital Media. © 2005 King
Record Co.

As previously announced, the British movie and home video distributor 4Digital Media has acquired the UK rights to the Japanese splatter and gore movies MEATBALL MACHINE (Mîtoboru Mashin, 2005), TOKYO GORE POLICE (Tokyo Zankoku Keisatsu, 2008), and GROTESQUE (Gurotesuku, 2009).

Now, 4Digital Media and The Associates are giving SciFi Japan readers in Britain a chance to win free DVDs of the three films, starting with MEATBALL MACHINE.

An all out in your face gore-fest Japanese style. MEATBALL MACHINE is a wild, splatterific, experimental sci-fi/horror rollercoaster that will have your entire brain and body shaken and stirred. Capable of making biomechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it’s also a human love story, even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy, tumor-like globules. Co-directors Junichi Yamamoto and Yudai Yamaguchi (BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL) pull out all the stops and don t let up until the final epic battle. It’s a touching testament to young love, blood, and alien ooze that leaves you screaming for more.

The MEATBALL MACHINE DVD will be available for purchase in the UK from 6th July, courtesy of 4Digital Media.

And check back with SciFi Japan in the coming weeks for TOKYO GORE POLICE and GROTESQUE giveaways!
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4Digital Media Gets TOKYO GORE POLICE, MEATBALL MACHINE, and GROTESQUE
Source: 4Digital Media, The Associates press materials
Special Thanks to Steve Beecham and Farhana Shaikh

Officer Ruka (Eihi Shiina) tracks down bio-mechanical
homicidal maniacs in the cult favorite TOKYO GORE
POLICE. Photo courtesy of 4Digital Media. © 2008
Fever Dreams/Nikkatsu.

4Digital Asia, an imprint of the British movie and home video distributor 4Digital Media, has acquired the UK rights to the Japanese splatter and gore movies MEATBALL MACHINE (Mîtoboru Mashin, 2005), TOKYO GORE POLICE (Tokyo Zankoku Keisatsu, 2008), and GROTESQUE (Gurotesuku, 2009). The films will be released on DVD beginning this July.

MEATBALL MACHINE is a wild, Japanese splatter-punk monster of a movie that combines the “body horror” shock tactics of John Carpenter’s THE THING, the TETSUO movies and David Cronenberg’s most extreme work. The movie was co-directed by Yudai Yamaguchi (BATTLEFIELD BASEBALL) and Junichi Yamamoto (KABUKING Z: THE MOVIE), with special effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura (director of TOKYO GORE POLICE and effect supervisor for THE MACHINE GIRL).

TOKYO GORE POLICE— from the producers of THE MACHINE GIRL and director Yoshihiro Nishimura— combines the bodyshock horror of Cronenberg’s XISTENZ and VIDEODROME and the socio-satirical bite of Verhoeven’s ROBOCOP with the all-out, blood-letting carnage of ICHI THE KILLER.

Billed as “the cruelest Japanese splatter movie ever” (a statement that doesn’t do the film’s graphic scenes of torture and dismemberment anywhere near enough justice), GROTESQUE is a survival horror movie that makes the likes of SAW and HOSTEL look like MARY POPPINS in comparison.

Read on for more information plus a look at DVD cover art, photos, and advertising artwork for these three titles.
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