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Blind Beast

Blind Beast

Thriller · Horror · 1969

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.

Movie details

Blind Beast

1969 Thriller · Horror 1h 24m

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6.5 / 10

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A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists' model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of sensual and sexual obsession is acted out in world where sight is replaced by touch.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Blind Beast?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Yasuzō Masumura

Written by

Yoshio Shirasaka

Eiji Funakoshi

Eiji Funakoshi

Michio

Mako Midori

Mako Midori

Aki

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Shino

Court is in session

Put Blind Beast on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.