Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Tetsuo: The Iron Man
6.9

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Directed by: Shinya Tsukamoto

Overview

A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Reviews (2)

  • Jeff Larsen (Not rated)

    “The penis is evil.” - Zardoz

    When was the last time your city was torn apart by a towering metal penis?

    A button-down wage earner and his girlfriend are driving in the city when they hit a man. They then cart him to a field and dump him. Seems the two were having sex while driving, and their ...

  • Charles Tatum (Rated: 10)

    Just another Japanese-language, surreal, horrifying, chilling, gross, sadistic, industrial sixty seven minute nightmare in glorious black and white. What can I say about the plot? A victim of a hit-and-run accident has his revenge on the couple that ran him over. That sounds like a pitch to an avera...

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