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Meatball Machine

Meatball Machine

They come from beyond

2006 1h 30mHorrorScience FictionAction

Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy, tumor-like globules.

2.7/5

TMDB score· 85 votes

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Synopsis

Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy, tumor-like globules.

The vibe

invasionalienremakecyberpunkparasiteabsurddramaticwhimsicalcruelinflammatory

Behind it

Yudai YamaguchiYudai YamaguchiDirectorJun'ichi YamamotoDirectorJunya KatoScreenplayYukihiko YamaguchiStoryTomohide HaradaComposerShinji KugimiyaCinematography

Cast

Issey TakahashiIssey TakahashiYôji
Aoba KawaiAoba KawaiSachiko
Kenichi KawasakiTanaka
Tarō SuwaTarō Suwa
Shoichiro MasumotoShoichiro Masumoto
Ayano YamamotoAyano Yamamoto
Toru TezukaToru Tezuka
Takashi NahaTakashi Naha
Shuya Yoshimoto

Director

Yudai Yamaguchi, Jun'ichi Yamamoto

Writers

Junya Kato, Yudai Yamaguchi, Yukihiko Yamaguchi

Release date

23 Sept 2006

Runtime

1h 30m

Studio

King Records

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

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Meatball Machine Collection

Meatball Machine

Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy, tumor-like globules.

2.7

Meatball Machine

2006

Meatball Machine Kodoku

Nobody knows where they came from. They parasitize in human beings, take control of them and change their bodies into hideous monsters (Necro-borg). The Necro-borg fight each other until the other dies. Where did they come from? To what end? Yuji and Kaoru, whom both have dark secrets within themselves, get caught up in the horrific battles of Necro-borg. What will their fate be?

2.9

Meatball Machine Kodoku

2017

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