is cult filmmaker
Shozin Fukui's 1996 follow-up to ''
964 Pinocchio
, released in the United Kingdom as ''Screams of Blasphemy'', is a 1991 Japanese cyberpunk horror film directed by Shozin Fukui. It deals with the theme of brain-modified sex slaves as well as mental breakdowns in a hallucinogenic thrill ride.
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''. Like its predecessor, it is an underground
Japanese cyberpunk film, shot in black and white.
Premise
Often interpreted as a prequel to ''964 Pinocchio'',
''Rubber's Lover'' details a
clandestine
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* Secrecy, the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups, perhaps while sharing it with other individuals
* Clandestine operation, a secret intelligence or military activity
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group of scientists who conduct
psychic
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experiments on
human guinea pigs they take from the streets. Using brain-altering drugs,
sensory deprivation
Sensory deprivation or perceptual isolation is the deliberate reduction or removal of stimuli from one or more of the senses. Simple devices such as blindfolds or hoods and earmuffs can cut off sight and hearing, while more complex devices can al ...
and computer interfaces, they subject their patients to gruesome scientific tortures that often end in brutal death. After continued failure and pressure from the company to cancel the project, they pursue one last experiment using one of their own as a test subject - yielding dangerous results.
Similar works
Like ''
Tetsuo: The Iron Man'', it is filmed in stark black and white and set in a decayed postindustrial city. Like that film, it utilizes horror imagery.
References
External links
*
Rubber's Lover at rottentomatoes''Rubber's Lover'' Rubber’s Lover
a
horrordrome.com
1996 films
1990s science fiction films
Cyberpunk films
Japanese science fiction horror films
Japanese black-and-white films
Films directed by Shozin Fukui
1990s Japanese films
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