Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

I've been following this for a while. It looks brilliant.

Rumor has it that this film (that has been getting rave reviews) is about to be recut by a stupid studio and retitled "HYBRID"- GOD DAMNIT!

My brain is still in a jelly-like state after seeing this. I'm not sure what to tell people. I loved this film, but its NOT a mainstream type movie at all and its NOT for everybody... and that's an understatement. Some people will be too cynical to buy some of the absurdity, some people will be too weirded out by it and others will find it a brilliant breath of fresh air in the stale genres of horror and sci-fi. I thought it was fantastic, but that's just my own weird f*cked up tastes talking.

I'm a seasoned veteran of Cronenbergian weirdness, but this took even that to a new level. Even I couldn't have foreseen this movie being so bizarre, and I thought I was totally prepared for it. Instead, this was one of those films that just disarms you by taking your expectations and pulverizing them. This movie is absurd, disturbing, deeply psychological/Freudian, and just plain f*cked up. I enjoyed every second of it. Every time you think "oh, it won't go there," it goes there... and not in terms of gore or anything like that, but in terms of the boundaries its willing to push. I CANNOT BELIEVE a major studio bought this and put it in wide release... Its fantastic that they are willing to take chances, but this is just gonna be way too bizarre and out there for today's cynical audiences. I can't believe that Warner Bros bought this and they are advertising the hell out of it. It'd be like if Videodrome were marketed as a mainstream horror film... Splice is THAT nutty.

The third act starts with something that a lot of people might see as jumping the shark, and yes its totally ABSURD, but its handled so well that its when the film really starts to get interesting.

If you like David Cronenberg movies or Stuart Gordon's 80s output, you should find plenty to like here. Highly recommended, but only for people who can handle something so batsh*t crazy... this is the weirdest of the weird and I can't stress that enough.

I wouldn't be surprised if this movie got popular in Japan... see it and you'll know what I mean.

I'm pretty excited for this! Might see it this weekend...

I was interested in seeing this movie until they revealed what the creature looked like in the second trailer. After that, my need to see it died. I'll try to catch it on video though.

I would definitely see this if the local 4-screen theater was playing it. I guess it's very important that mountain folk have a couple more weeks to see Robin Hood and Letters to Juliet.