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Meatball Machine (2005)

Meatball Machine poster
Original title
ミートボールマシン
Directed by
Yūdai Yamaguchi
Genre
horror film, science fiction film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 85 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Alien parasites infect people in a rundown Tokyo neighborhood and turn them into cyborgs who fight each other. A lonely factory worker gets caught up in the chaos.

grotesquegorysleazyfreneticclaustrophobicabsurd

What happens

Meatball Machine (Japanese: ミートボールマシン, Hepburn: Mītobōru mashin) is a 2005 Japanese tokusatsu horror film directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi and Jun'ichi Yamamoto based on a film by Yamamoto from 1999. Special effects and makeup effects were by Yoshihiro Nishimura. It was followed by a sequel, Meatball Machine: Kodoku. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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