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Biotheraphy

Original title: Biotherapy
  • Video
  • 1986
  • 36m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
270
YOUR RATING
Biotheraphy (1986)
JapaneseBody HorrorHorrorSci-FiShort

"Biotherapy" is a fairly nasty Japanese gore-fest about a group of Japanese scientists getting stalked and viciously butchered by a creepy-looking alien who's wearing a trench-coat."Biotherapy" is a fairly nasty Japanese gore-fest about a group of Japanese scientists getting stalked and viciously butchered by a creepy-looking alien who's wearing a trench-coat."Biotherapy" is a fairly nasty Japanese gore-fest about a group of Japanese scientists getting stalked and viciously butchered by a creepy-looking alien who's wearing a trench-coat.

  • Director
    • Akihiro Kashima
  • Writers
    • Kazuhiro Kasai
    • Hiroshi Takatsu
  • Stars
    • Jun'ichi Haruta
    • Yumiko Ishikawa
    • Hirohisa Nakata
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    270
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Akihiro Kashima
    • Writers
      • Kazuhiro Kasai
      • Hiroshi Takatsu
    • Stars
      • Jun'ichi Haruta
      • Yumiko Ishikawa
      • Hirohisa Nakata
    • 8User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jun'ichi Haruta
    Yumiko Ishikawa
    Hirohisa Nakata
    • Director
      • Akihiro Kashima
    • Writers
      • Kazuhiro Kasai
      • Hiroshi Takatsu
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    8HumanoidOfFlesh

    Japanese ultra-gore!!

    "Biotherapy" is a fairly nasty Japanese gorefest about a group of Japanese scientists stalked and viciously butchered by a creepy-looking alien.This relatively unknown ultra low-budget splatter film is rather well-made and captivating.The gore effects by Osamu Miki are effective and suitably nasty for example the scene where a scientist has his eye pulled out is extremely graphic.There is also incredibly bloody moment in which a female scientist is sadistically murdered by having broken test tubes jammed into her body and the blood is spraying everywhere."Biotherapy" is not as sickening as Daisuke Yamanouchi's "Red Room" series or Tamakichi Anaru's ultra-nasty "Women's Flesh",but it certainly provides plenty of red stuff for fans of crazy Japanese splatter.Give it a look,if you can find it.8 out of 10.
    7BA_Harrison

    Just over half-an-hour of juicy Japanese gore.

    If, like me, you are a gore-hound in possession of an un-subtitled and un-dubbed copy of this film, and your Japanese is a tad rusty (ie., you don't understand a word they are saying), then worry not: at 35 minutes long, Biotherapy is still entertaining stuff, even if you haven't a clue what is going on. Thanks to some brilliantly realistic and very bloody special effects, the film is definitely worth a watch if splatter is your thing.

    The story, from what I could gather, sees a glowing, masked, hat-wearing alien (who seems to be in search of some kind of special chemical), chasing a group of scientists and killing them in a variety of nasty ways. Gruesome highlights include an impressive eyeball removal, death by broken test tubes (they are rammed into a woman's chest and her blood pumps messily out of the ends—very juicy!!), and a yucky disembowelling.

    At the end of the film, the alien is unmasked, revealing a rather amusing toothy creature.

    Biotherapy is good gory fun, and perfect fare if you've a tight schedule and can't fit in a full feature.
    8mrdonleone

    Nice....

    Kashima's only movie is most definitely worth the view, and makes you wonder what would have become of his future works if he would have made any. The character development is high, special effects are okay, gore everywhere and a pleasant atmosphere as threat is hiding elin every frame of the picture. It looks like something I could have written myself, so that's very comical to see such mirror reflection.
    7Jeremy_Urquhart

    Pretty good for what it is.

    Longer than most short films, but still a bit shy of feature-length, Biotherapy hit the spot as a condensed piece of gory horror. The main villain here has the supernatural/otherworldly powers of Freddy Kruger and the love of causing pain that Art the Clown has, so every time he shows up there are inevitable shenanigans.

    People are investigating a strange substance in a lab, and then people connected to it are also dying violently, and then there's a bit of time spent with an environmental message being hammered home. Godzilla vs. Hedorah made me realise Japan was way ahead of the rest of the world when it came to making movies about environmentalism, and I guess Biotherapy follows through on that.

    Biotherapy is slim, silly, and much of it is an excuse to show extreme violence. But I kind of liked how to the point it was, and what it managed to do with a small budget and a pretty thin story. Honestly, not a bad way to kill 36 minutes at all.
    1WeYreAoung

    One Out Of Ten Aliens.

    Biotherapy is a cheesy Japanese horror that has the cliché story that might have been repeated a few times, but with scientists, sadly, the unoriginal story isn't enough, we get this very cheesy alien disguise, who appears to wear clothes, which we should explain which planet where aliens dress like human, all we got is a big fat ignorance from the director, he clearly was making a bad movie right on set and we're supposed to have that feeling, but basically Plan 9 is the best worst movie is the feeling I'm having, at least that film was fun. This was not. This is just a terrible movie with a dull story that has been used several times. We get it.

    Biotherapy might have been a good horror short but it's just a brainless gore fest where the alien goes on a rampage and kills people without any explanation. Why is the alien killing people? Where did the alien come from? It's best for the director to not answer these questions because he's more brainless than this movie.

    Biotherapy has some of the worst special effects on screen. Every creep who watches this just loves how bad the FX is. We can see the freaking pixels around the alien's hands. Biotherapy has a really irritating sound queue that loops over and over until you will go almostly insane. Biotherapy is pretty much a lost Japanese horror film and deserves that treatment.

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    • Release date
      • September 25, 1986 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Биотерапия
    • Production company
      • Suna Kôbô (I)
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      • 36m
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