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| aka Gurotesuku |
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| Grotesque screenshot |
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| Hiroaki Kawatsure |
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| Tsugumi Nagasawa |
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| Shigeo Ôsako |
"Grotesque is a Japanese film submitted
on DVD which focuses for the majority
of its runtime on the sexual assault,
humiliation, extreme torture and
eventual murder of an abducted male
and female victim. Virtually from the
start the couple are restrained and
stripped and masturbated, before
injuries including amputation, eye
gouging, castration and evisceration
are inflicted upon them in a torture
scenario. After the gory and violent
death of both hostages, the film ends
with the killer choosing his next victim.
Unlike other recent ‘torture’ themed
horror works, such as the Saw and
Hostel series, Grotesque features
minimal narrative or character
development and presents the audience
with little more than an unrelenting
and escalating scenario of humiliation,
brutality and sadism. BBFC Guidelines
in consideration of compulsory cuts
state that such intervention is most
likely with regard, amongst other
things, to sexual or sexualised
violence which endorses or eroticises
the behaviour, and sadistic violence or
torture which invites the viewer to
identify with the perpetrator in a way
which raises a risk of harm. Given that
Grotesque features material which can
be described in these terms throughout,
primarily with a singular focus on the
unacceptable content, cuts were not a
viable option. Consequently Grotesque
was refused a classification certificate."
on DVD which focuses for the majority
of its runtime on the sexual assault,
humiliation, extreme torture and
eventual murder of an abducted male
and female victim. Virtually from the
start the couple are restrained and
stripped and masturbated, before
injuries including amputation, eye
gouging, castration and evisceration
are inflicted upon them in a torture
scenario. After the gory and violent
death of both hostages, the film ends
with the killer choosing his next victim.
Unlike other recent ‘torture’ themed
horror works, such as the Saw and
Hostel series, Grotesque features
minimal narrative or character
development and presents the audience
with little more than an unrelenting
and escalating scenario of humiliation,
brutality and sadism. BBFC Guidelines
in consideration of compulsory cuts
state that such intervention is most
likely with regard, amongst other
things, to sexual or sexualised
violence which endorses or eroticises
the behaviour, and sadistic violence or
torture which invites the viewer to
identify with the perpetrator in a way
which raises a risk of harm. Given that
Grotesque features material which can
be described in these terms throughout,
primarily with a singular focus on the
unacceptable content, cuts were not a
viable option. Consequently Grotesque
was refused a classification certificate."
BBFC Annual Report 2009 P 59-60
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