964 Pinocchio (Japan, 1991)

Pinocchio 964, lobotomised cyborg sex slave, is thrown out onto the street by his owners because of his inability to maintain an erection. He is befriended by a criminally insane, memory-wiped, homeless girl. Meanwhile, the corporate entity who manufactured and sold him plots to kill him because of his malfunction.

An insane and surreal journey with some really crazy characters. The camera-work is reminiscent of the cult classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) and makes it even more of a mad experience. It's considered to be one of the most important works in the genre of Japanese cyberpunk. 

Genre: Sci-fi/Horror

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Japan, 1989)

A strange man known only as the "metal fetishist", who seems to have an insane compulsion to stick scrap metal into his body, is hit and possibly killed by a Japanese "salaryman", out for a drive with his girlfriend. The salaryman then notices that he is being slowly overtaken by some kind of disease that is turning his body into scrap metal.

Tetsuo is the film that introduced me to the mind of famed director Shinya Tsukamoto, and after that, it's been one long, happy love story. If the description above doesn't make you want to watch this movie, then I don't know what will. Though certainly not a film for everyone, being filmed in black & white and a little slow in the beginning, but those who stay will discover a twisted, disturbing story with surprisingly enjoyable practical special-effects and body horror madness. Some scenes really are among the most insane things that ever have happened in the history of cinema.

Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi