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Grotesque is an upcoming 2020 Horror-Comedy film directed by Kevin Greutert and produced by Jason Blum, it is an American remake of the controversial 2009 Japanese splatter film of the same name.
The movie was released on October 30th, 2020 and was a moderate financial success, making $15,875,400 on its opening weekend and $30,468,660 worldwide on a budget of $10,000,000.
Synopsis[]
Aki and Kazuo, a young couple who have both just met, get snatched off the streets by a mysterious doctor, it only gets worse for the two love-birds, as their captor conducts sadistic experiments on them.
Cast[]
Awkwafina as Aki Miyasheta
Akihiro Kitamura as Kazuo Koijima
Shigeo Osako as Dr. Osakae
Plot[]
TBA
Transcript[]
TBA
Release and Reception []
Release[]
October 30th, 2020, worldwide
Critical Response[]
This movie has mixed reactions from both critics and audiences alike, Rotten Tomatoes gives a 46% to the film claiming this consensus: "While the special effects in this film are rather impressive, "Grotesque" is pretty much an hour and 30 minutes of nothing but gore and cheap jumpscares, and on top of that, follows a rather confusing plot line". This movie currently sits at a 5.9/10 rating on IMDb.
Rating[]
This film is Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and for brief nudity.
About 10 minutes of the movie had to be cut in order to avoid an NC-17 rating.
Trivia[]
- This is Blumhouse Productions' most goriest film yet.
- Shigeo Osako is the only actor/actress from the original film to reprise his role.
- This film was originally going to be released October 25th, 2019, but due to time constraints, it was pushed forward a whole year later.
- Unlike the original film, this remake has a more comedic approach, and is somewhat of a satire on the torture subgenre.
- It also spoofs various other torture films, for example; Saw, Hostel, The Human Centipede, ETC.