Niku Daruma (Tumbling Doll of Flesh, Psycho: The Snuff Reels) (1998)

• Aspect Ratio: 4:3
• Year: 1998
• Language: Japanese
• Directed by Tamakichi Anaru

Niku Daruma is an insult to cinema. Though I have said that about many, many films, Niku Daruma makes me look back at movies like Black Devil Doll From Hell and Bryan Loves You, realizing I could sit through them once more knowing that there are movies that are far, far worse out there, movies with no expression, movies with no effort, and movies with no value what so ever. At least it was fun to get pissed off at Bryan Loves You. With Niku Daruma, there is nothing.



Niku Daruma is a 69 Minute long half porno, half torture film. The first half consists of a girl participating in a home made porno only to be knocked out, leading to the rest of the movie consisting of this poor woman:

• Having her tongue peeled with a potato peeler
  
• Having her arms and legs amputated, and then stumps raped
• Chest cut open, and raped

That's the movie for ya! It's shot and edited as if it were a fake snuff film. It's not even disturbing, the effects look realistic, but it's really just a bore. The only reason I'd imagine this would exist is for people who truly get off on these types of things. It has gone beyond that though, it has grown a cult status amongst the underground horror film fans (most of which spend great money for cheap bootlegs). I'm curious as to why I've never seen bootlegs of this at horror conventions because this is a very sought after video, most people not even knowing what the hell I was talking about when I brought it up. I guess now it's started to surface, and torrents (most of which are dead) have started to pop up on various pirating websites. It makes me curious though, if this film was once just a myth among hardcore horror fans, and then I start to wonder, do I really give a shit?


The main question I still wonder, does this really count as a movie? It's a fake snuff film, which by definition, a snuff film is a motion picture genre that depicts the actual death or murder of a person or people, without the aid of special effects for the express purpose of distribution and entertainment or financial exploitation [Source: Wikipedia]. So could that mean that this is a sub genre of film created for the underground market. But there really is no motive for this madness, there is no expression behind this. So I guess this really isn't a movie, just a gore filled porno for those people who really enjoy it.


So overall, this doesn't even deserve a rating, just go somewhere else. There is a reason that this movie's IMDB page doesn't show up on the search engine. Viewing this as a movie, it's crap, but I am not the target audience. For the audience that does enjoy sick and twisted shit with no motive, this is your Exorcist.