This is my second to last Friday in Los Angeles. Aww.
I did what I said I would and watched Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. Ahem. * fans self *
What a bodacious babe of a movie. Yum. I enjoyed the first film, but this was made in 2000 (I was about four years old around that time, gosh) and it’s vastly different as far as production goes. It’s gorgeous and formidable. And, you know, this one had heart too. A little more complex than the first and certainly bittersweet. I’d say more but that might be a bit spoilerific. It’s the kind of vampire universe I really enjoy, is what I’m saying. I’m seeing how much this has probably inspired down the line too. Iconic.
From what I understand these are the only screen adaptations that exist outside of a TV series that’s in the works. But I crave more! Guess I’ll be working through the manga/novels (they were light novels first, adapted to manga later). I wanna see how this world develops. Plus, I like D’s character. He makes me think of Guts and vice versa. They’re extremely different from each other but they both have that cursed character that really does care sensibility about them. That, along with everyone absolutely ragging on them without too much justification when they’re just trying their best. 😢But yeah, check both the films out.
Oh, and since I have leftovers for a while… I tried the blood sausage again today but researched how I’m supposed to eat it. You dip it in a salt and pepper mixture (which came with my meal) but outside of that it’s free game. Feel free to fry it or toss it in soup. I heat it up in a pan and ate it with the salt mixture along with the chive kimchi that came with it. Much better. Despite being blood sausage it has a pretty inoffensive taste and I don’t really taste much of the blood at all. Not strong like liver. I’m sure its composition would vary depending on where I get it but I’ll keep trying it if I see it.
Also, random thought, but if anyone can tell me what this anime film is I would be so grateful. I caught it once on the Action Channel (I think?) late at night once when I was supposed to be in bed and not browsing mature television, ha. It began with a sex scene, a rather realistic one now that I think about it. A young woman panting and sweating on a bed while her boyfriend thrusts into her. She keeps mentioning how she’s hungry, he doesn’t listen and tells her to hold on a little bit longer, then her body transforms and her stomach takes a chunk out of him. I can’t remember what part of him gets bit off but I don’t think it was his groin like one would expect, I think it was his hand. She collapses to the floor, gasping hard, with her monstrous stomach mouth in full view. Then we cut to the rest of the film. I wanna say the protagonist was a scientist looking guy with glasses. The next bit I remember was her being locked in a jail cell with her body covered in demon faces with gaping maws. She’s still cognizant but is clearly possessed by demons and begging for help. I’ve tried looking for this movie several times and I’m wondering if it’s real. There’s tons of ultra violent and gruesome one off anime movies and I don’t know what year it was made. Still not even sure what channel it was on, Encore, Cinemax, Starz, Showtime, one of the ones where they showed mature anime. I’m worried about searching further because everything I typed up above would probably bring up some concerning results that I’m not keen on seeing. If anyone knows what movie I’m talking about or could point me in the right direction please feel free to send a message my way. It had to have been made in the 90s/early 2000s and the setting was modern Tokyo. It may also be referred to as an Original Animated Video (OAV) as opposed to a movie. I’m going to keep looking through lists of anime that were broadcasted on US television but… man it’s hard. There’s so much. I can at least rest if I know it’s real, and it’d be cool to finish it since I don’t think I ever did. It’s probably not even that amazing but the visuals left a huge impact on me. And it’s not Tomie. This character was horrified at what was happening to her and a huge plotline was trying to fix what was wrong with her.
Anyway….
After talking about all this anime I think I’ll go back to an old favorite, Ninja Scroll. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it and I have yet to watch it as an actual adult. Plus, I believe the person that directed the Vampire Hunter D film I watched earlier also made this, which makes a lot of sense.
UPDATE: Oh my god, I found the movie. And it’s one I had been looking over because I was convinced it wasn’t the right one. Bio Hunter from 1995. Over a decade searching for this. Wow. And of course I remembered some details wrong. It does begin with a sex scene, and it’s as explicit as I remember but a little different. The girl that transforms is way more monstrous, at first I thought her expression was that of a normal human but her whole visage changes. I correctly remembered that she takes the hand off the guy that’s having sex with her. What I remembered wrong was her stomach being the area where a mouth comes out. It’s uh.. actually her breast. The dude was groping her and when she couldn’t control her hunger anymore her breast turned into a mouth and just ate his hand. She doesn’t collapse on the floor, she stays panting on the bed while you see the dude’s hand get eaten up into her freaky monster breast mouth. I won’t know if she’s the girl that appears later until I actually watch it. I’m gonna guess it’s not about demons but experimental monstrosities. Wow. I clicked on it since it seemed like it would be as close as I could get, watched the trailer, then found a stream of it online and lo and behold. Part of what I recalled with the main character was that he had a ponytail. That made it possible to find and why I clicked on the movie listing in the first place. Gosh. Now I know what I’m watching, haha. I have no idea how the rest of it will play out compared to my hazy memory but I’m stoked and relieved to have finally found it.