The RED ROOM is another in a growing list of "extreme" gore films from sicko director, Daisuke Yamanouchi. His films are usually entertaining just to see what kind of nastiness that he'll portray in his film next - but in my opinion has yet to surpass his surprisingly straight-forward and straight-faced filth-fest, MUZAN E, which in my opinion is one of the most repulsive, yet addictively interesting films I've ever seen...RED ROOM is "fun", in it's own twisted way, but is pretty typical of Yamanouchi's other films...
My copy is in Japanese with no subs/dubs - so all I got out of it was that 4 people (a guy, 2 girls, and a hermaphrodite/tranny - not sure which she/he is...) play cards - whoever draws the "crown" card wins, and that player gets to choose 2 other players to go into a cage and perform some sort of perverse or torturous act. They start off relatively tame, but the ante gets upped pretty quick. There are some dialog scenes that I wish I could have understood to get the whole picture - I guess I'll wait to see if Unearthed ever actually puts these out...
This type of thing is DEFINITELY not for everyone. Although I typically find these types of films humorous - others may just think it's demented. And even though there appears to run a vein of dark-humor through the film, there are still graphic depictions of rape, violence, lightbulbs breaking off in vaginas, penis biting, and some good ol' golden-shower urine drinking that some may find somewhat offensive...If you like the newer wave of Asian gore and "extreme" films, or have seen some of Yamanouchi's stuff before and dig it, give it a look. RED ROOM is better than Yamanouchi's KYOKO VS. YUKI, and is pretty much on par with his films SISTERS OF BLOOD and GIRL HELL (though not quite as strange as that one...) and RED ROOM 2 is even "harder", if not necessarily better than part 1. MUZAN E is definitely still my favorite of his films and highly recommended - but RED ROOM is still worth a look if you can get your hands on it...7/10
My copy is in Japanese with no subs/dubs - so all I got out of it was that 4 people (a guy, 2 girls, and a hermaphrodite/tranny - not sure which she/he is...) play cards - whoever draws the "crown" card wins, and that player gets to choose 2 other players to go into a cage and perform some sort of perverse or torturous act. They start off relatively tame, but the ante gets upped pretty quick. There are some dialog scenes that I wish I could have understood to get the whole picture - I guess I'll wait to see if Unearthed ever actually puts these out...
This type of thing is DEFINITELY not for everyone. Although I typically find these types of films humorous - others may just think it's demented. And even though there appears to run a vein of dark-humor through the film, there are still graphic depictions of rape, violence, lightbulbs breaking off in vaginas, penis biting, and some good ol' golden-shower urine drinking that some may find somewhat offensive...If you like the newer wave of Asian gore and "extreme" films, or have seen some of Yamanouchi's stuff before and dig it, give it a look. RED ROOM is better than Yamanouchi's KYOKO VS. YUKI, and is pretty much on par with his films SISTERS OF BLOOD and GIRL HELL (though not quite as strange as that one...) and RED ROOM 2 is even "harder", if not necessarily better than part 1. MUZAN E is definitely still my favorite of his films and highly recommended - but RED ROOM is still worth a look if you can get your hands on it...7/10