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Horror screenwriter, Umeki, has writer's block. He goes with his pregnant wife, Akiko, to a check-up and is struck with an incredible idea - a horror story about a woman who gives birth to a reptile! Despite his wife's disgust, Umeki goes ahead with the screenplay, which the critics love. But the horrible prophecy fulfills itself, as his wife gives birth to a freak of nature. His baby is born half human, half lizard! The reptilian baby slithers on the floor, leaving a wet trail of slime behind [it]. To his horror, his wife, Akiko, holds it lovingly in her arms. His movie has become a mirror image of his own life as Umeki slips slowly into madness.
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- Director
- Yoshihiro Nakamura
- Written by
- Hideshi Hino, Yoshihiro Nakamura
- Origin country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 50m
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB
- 3.3/10 (3 votes)
- IMDb
- 4.7/10 (87 votes)
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Crew
Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror
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