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Not as Shocking as the Teletubbies
These films have a legacy as being shocking, brutal, explicit and unsettling. True horror fans take note: they aren't. I could name a hundred gorier, more shocking DOMESTIC films. (Re-Animator, I Spit on Your Grave, to name a few comparative films) Charlie Sheen thought Devil's Experiment and Flower of Flesh and Blood were real. What a gullible schmuck. These two, the first volume of offerings from Unearthed Films, are pretty tame. The first, Devil's Experiment, is a 'snuff' film where three laughing men mildly brutalize a complacent girl. They slap, kick, poke, and spin this poor girl for about a half hour. Oh yeah, and then they stick a needle through her eye. All except that last one are just humiliating and boring (considering I expected death and gory dismemberment), but the last 'stab' is well done (Fulci was proud). The other is just a poor man's Re-Animator, that is enjoyable but only mildly gory.
Let's just say, if you have seen Braindead (Dead Alive), then this gore is a wasted fix. These aren't as brutal as I Spit on your Grave or Last House on the Left. Maybe the susposedly ultimate Flower of Flesh and Blood will soothe that aching need for staged violence and gore, but these were a disappointment. I have seen all the Fulci, Argento, Romero (Savini's gore), and some D'Amato, and these are just not as good. Try Guts of a Beauty for shock.

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Andoird of Notre Dame only...
(I'll get around to Devil's Experiment soon. Promise.)

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Guinea Pig 5: Android of Notre Dame (Kazuhito Kuramoto, 1988)

Man, someone at IMDB has been messing with the numbers of the Guinea Pig flicks. How could Android of Notre Dame (1988) be Guinea Pig 2, when Flower of Flesh and Blood (listed as GP3 at IMDB) was made in 1985? I don't know either. Besides, I've seem the tapes. This really is Guinea Pig 5. Unfortunately, it seems the series went downhill.

The plot of this one concerns a doctor (Toshihiko Hino) whose sister (Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dina's pretty young thing Mio Takaki) is dying of some unspecified heart disease. The doctor is trying to save her. Why this involves attempting to bring the dead back to life, we have no clue. It does, however, involve high finance, and thus blackmail by a computer hacking geek (Tochiro Taguchi).

There are some amusing moments, and a few that will probably trip the gore scale for most folks, but those who have seen Flower of Flesh and Blood or Mermaid in a Manhole are probably going to be saying to themselves "this is Guinea Pig?" For completists, or those who are uncomfortable with the personalized brutality of the earlier films. ** 1/2

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Fun to watch, but not as disturbing as it's reputation says.
I've not seen all of the Guinea Pig movies, but I have these 2. Both of them are ok, but nothing special.

Devil's Experiment - This one's only good if you want to see a fake snuff movie. It's got no plot or story, but it's not supposed to. It's just 3 Japanese dudes torturing a Japanese chick. The nail being pulled off was the only difficult part to watch. Kind of boring, but it was ok.

Android of Notre Dame - A tad better than Devil's Experiment, but only because it has a plot. This is also pretty boring. The gore is ok and it's also the only reason I bought the dvd in the first place. The story is ok, but just watch it for the gore. Easily squeemish beware. But, gorehounds probably won't find anything special. I didn't.