On August 11, 2026, Visual Vengeance is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A) for 1987’s Cyclops. Emerging from Japan’s late-’80s direct-to-video boom, Cyclops stands as an early, unhinged entry in the country’s underground splatter movement.
Directed by Jōji “George” Iida in his debut, the film fuses Cronenberg-style body horror with low budget V-cinema rawness – building methodically before erupting into a chaotic finale packed with grotesque practical effects and full-throttle gore. A lean, mean descent into pure biological terror, it’s a classic cult relic of experimental Japanese horror at its most hardcore and bizarre.
A secret team of scientists has crossed the line between medicine and madness, implanting embryos into human hosts in a series of hideous experiments designed to create a new form of life. But when their latest subject takes her own life before giving birth, the operation spirals into desperation. Accompanied by a malformed cyclops mutant as muscle, the researchers descend into the city in search of a new victim–dragging an unsuspecting young woman into a nightmare of medical horror that degenerates into a frenzy of deformed flesh, slimy transformations and mutant showdowns.
Limited Edition Feature:
- ‘Stick Your Own’ VHS stickers (FIRST PRESSING ONLY)
- The Creation of Cyclops – 16-page liner notes booklet (FIRST PRESSING ONLY)
- A (Short) Horror Trip – 8-page liner notes booklet (FIRST PRESSING ONLY)
- Limited Edition slipcase art by The Dude (FIRST PRESSING ONLY)
- Folded mini-poster featuring original pressbook art (FIRST PRESSING ONLY)
Features:
- New 2K transfer from original 16mm film elements
- Commentary with Justin Decloux of The important Cinema Club and Patrick Macias, author of Tokyoscope: the Japanese Cult Film Companion
- No Compliance: New Interview with director Joji “George” Iida
- Not In The Way Your Expect: The Films of Joji “George” Iida – Video Essay
- All the Monsters Are Here: The Japanese DTV Market of the Mid-80s – Video Essay
- Image gallery
- Koji Yamamura Sketch Gallery
- Visual Vengeance trailers
- Optional English Subtitles
- Japanese language or English subs options
- Reversible sleeve featuring original Japanese VHS art
This title is now available for pre-order at The Goodie Emporium, a U.S.-based online store that currently has many Import Shaw Brothers/Golden Harvest/martial arts DVD/Blu-ray movies in-stock – with New titles being added regularly!
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