A dentist visit goes full vampire fever dream in 80 minutes of pure psychosexual chaos.
An artist named Kurahashi and a female artist named Cheiko wait in a dentist's waiting room. The man feels attracted to the woman but says nothing to her. Later in the examining room, both patients are going under anesthesia, but the man looks over at the woman and sees the dentist and nurse taking off her clothes, while sucking her body for blood like vampires. The man and woman escape from the dentist's office, but their horror is only about to begin...
Direction
Imaoka's pink film pedigree brings unhinged eroticism to horror.
Practical Effects
DIY vampire dentist office that looks genuinely wrong.
Director
Shinji Imaoka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Shinji Imaoka was a prominent pink film director; this represents the genre's occasional drift into experimental horror.
Based on a short story by Edogawa Ranpo, Japan's master of grotesque detective fiction—the same mind behind 'The Caterpillar' and 'The Human Chair.'
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