Meatball Machine

[rationalOne]

Has anyone heard of/seen this movie?

Judging by the production stills (http://www.gomorrahy.com/trailer-park/meatball-machine.htm), it looks like some kind of cross between Cronenberg, H.R. Giger, and... ???

I first heard about it at this spring's Philadelphia Film Festival. From the description page: (http://bside.phillyfests.com/?_view=_filmdetails&_template=phillyfests&filmId=310809&) Meatball starts off as a sweet romance, but that doesn’t last long: shy, lonely factory worker Yoji has a crush on fellow factory employee Sachiko, but just when they start to bond…well, aliens invade the earth and attach themselves as parasites to human bodies. The method of parasitism is grotesque enough – the aliens implant tumor-like globules on the shoulders of their victims and pilot them like robots There's a Quicktime trailer here: meatball_machine.mov (http://www.gomorrahy.com/images/meatball_machine.mov), which includes someone's head being sawn in half.

The imdb page (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0820111/) is fairly recent, there are no comments or details yet.

[noctuary]

Is Shinya Tsukamoto suing them yet?

[rationalOne]

Originally posted by noctuary
Is Shinya Tsukamoto suing them yet?

I'm pretty new to Japanese horror - so here's Shinya Tsukamoto's imdb page (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875354/) . Which films do you think it resembles most? The Iron Man series?

[trx1]

looks interesting...:cool:

[trx1]

now:

where can i get it :confused:

how much :confused:

[Burning in Hell]

Well, I saw Meatball Machine at the Fantasia Festival about two months ago. I had high hopes about it, and was sorely dissapointed!

There were some funny parts, but for the most of it the movie was boring and extremely cheezy. It's a cheap film by all means, so sorry to burst your bubble...

[trx1]

cheap horror is still good. now where can i find it? hopefully theres a sequel:D

[Burning in Hell]

Originally posted by trx1
cheap horror is still good. now where can i find it? hopefully theres a sequel:D

Cheap can be good if its funny or has a good story, but Meatball Machines was neither, at least in my opinion. I actually dosed off a couple of time during the screening :(

Its a new film (2006), so I don't know when there will be a DVD for this one...

[Spec7ral]

that flick looks dope. robocop meets bad taste dope.

[trx1]

man i hope so, i want to see that flik.

[trx1]

any info yet on this awsome looking flik :confused:

[trx1]

any word on if this is out on dvd yet??

[trx1]

any word yet?? also, is there a trailer out for this?

[Psycom5k]

The original was made in 1999 and it was remade in 2005

Here is a link with trailers that you hae to download.
http://www.gomorrahy.com/trailer-park/meatball-machine.htm

and if you want the dvd so badly heres a link for amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Meatball-Machine-Taro-Suwa/dp/B000NA278K/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-7123906-2341430?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1190219988&sr=8-1

Try looking next time. its not that hard.

[trx1]

wow, now if i could find the 1st version.....