Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole1988

Name: Guinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole
Genre: Splatter & Gore, Body Horror, Gothic
Released: 1988-07-25
Rating: 5.7

Directed by Hideshi Hino

5.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.5TMDB 5.5

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Year

1988

Runtime

58 min

Box Office

Budget

$5,500

The premise

An artist dealing with the grief of his wife leaving him finds solace in painting the squalor of the sewer. He discovers a trapped mermaid, whom he brings home to heal. Her condition worsens, and she asks the artist to paint her before she dies.

Horror Vault's take

A grieving artist who seeks refuge painting the filth beneath the city makes an extraordinary and heartbreaking discovery in the sewers — a living mermaid. He brings her home to nurse her back to health, but her mysterious illness refuses to yield, and her body begins a horrifying transformation. What unfolds is equal parts tender tragedy and stomach-churning spectacle, as the artist races to immortalise her on canvas while there is still time.

Content: Extreme Gore, Graphic Body Horror, Graphic Physical Deterioration, Worms And Bodily Fluids, Disturbing Imagery