Product Details

• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Unearthed
• DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000679MJM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,168 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Mermaid is the fourth title in the Guinea Pig series. An infamous painter looking for inspiration visits the place of his childhood. In the years that have passed, the beautiful river where he used to play has been turned into a sewer. He descends into the sewer and finds a dying mermaid who he takes home to his apartment. In the ensuing nightmare, the mermaid’s rotting body becomes the artist’s palette. Plus: He Never Dies is a gore-soaked comedy that will thrill and disgust all that see it.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MIAM review., August 11, 2006

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Renfield "Up the Irons" (Edmonton, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mermaid in a Manhole/He Never Dies (DVD)

INTRODUCTION: THe 4th in the shock-horror series Guinea Pig was a direct-to-video hit in Japan called "MERMAID IN A MANHOLE", ironically a good follow-up to HE NEVER DIES.

STORY: A young painter looking for inspiration goes down into a sewer and finds many things down there, such as a dead guinea pig (Which he picks up asnd asks "So that's what you deserve? To be in a horrible place like this?") and then finds a beautiful mermaid, who is sick with a condition that causes the mermaid to grow nasty sores all over her. He takes the mermaid home, where condition grows worse.

THOUGHTS: A good movie! One of the better films in the GP series. Plus this one actually feels like a movie for a change, as this one is 63 minutes (the others are 41-53 minutes). Plus, the ending has a HUGE twist.

So buy this if you like this kind of horror!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You Will Need a Stong Stomach and a Sense of Humor!, March 17, 2007

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Marina, the Fire Eating Mermaid! "MeduSirena" (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mermaid in a Manhole/He Never Dies (DVD)

I couldn't resist watching this movie. As a mermaid performer, I'm always interested in others' depictions of mermaids. If you can get past the gory bits,(and there are a lot of gory bits!) you may even discover a simple story line that is quite interesting. The special effects of the mermaid tail upon first encounter are actually quite lovely. Intriguing ending~ however, if you have a weak stomach- this may not be the movie for you.
As for 'He never Dies', I actually found it to be quite amusing, once I had become a bit gore-numbed by the 'Mermaid' film.

5.0 out of 5 stars if you know what you're getting yourself into...., November 21, 2008

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NoGod (coral springs, Fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mermaid in a Manhole/He Never Dies (DVD)

are you a diehard japanese horror fan? if you answered yes, you will enjoy this film. it is not scary....not at all. but still I loved it. not much of a plot for either 'mermaid' or 'he never dies'...but this dvd belongs in any j-horror purists collection. I will say it again...it has no scary elements, nor does either film TRY to scare you. you are more likely to laugh. I didn't find it as disgusting as described.

A LOT OF FUN.