Eat the Schoolgirl: Osaka Telephone Club (1997)? With a title like that, say no more!

If only Japan was still making classics like this! How I wish. Here is another film I shouldn't like as much as I do but it's my kind of crazy. It's very much what I was hoping for from the first Siren 妖女伝説 セイレーン although that one failed to deliver but Eat the Schoolgirl is brilliant! Sure it's gory and sleazy but it's also artistic. Is she an angel? Or is the main character just really that nuts? This needs a Blu-ray with a 10-hour making of so we can ponder all these sordid details with the creators. I am very curious what inspired this and what the influences were. There is a 45 min interview with the director on the Japanese Blu-ray. Some boutique company needs to pick this one up. Such important cinema has to be preserved. I've actually seen quite a few of the director's other films as well like Erotibot, Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies, Maid-Droid, etc. but this is my favorite so far. We need a box set.

Trilogy of Lust 2: Portrait of a Sex Killer (1995) shouldn't be one of my favorites but it is.

I just love how insane it is and I feel like it's pushing boundaries. I certainly don't think it's playing things safe by any stretch so I really admire that. Reviews for it seem less than favorable but dammit I love it. The very end is odd and a lot of it is brutal but they were completely fearless in going to some extremely dark places. So much horror feels safe now especially if you gorged yourself on it. Clive Barker said the same thing recently when I saw him speak at Spooky Empire. Thus, I have to say a film like this should be applauded because it's unique and totally out there. The lead actress Julie Lee is also wonderful and so brave to do something like this (she was great in the first part as well). I know there are German releases of this (you rule, Germany) but dang it someone give this a nice English-subtitled Blu-ray with extras please. We don't deserve this but we need it for our dark little souls.