Death Powder

Directed by Shigeru Izumiya

A repellant "underground" film, Death Powder ressembles the cursed video in the first Ring. It has strangely intercut images of burning heads, seething liquids, torture, drugs and hallucinations. The plot is minimal involving a kidnapped hi-tech android in a rubber outfit, but the film can only be appreciated as channel-surfing in a freakish universe. Weighing in at under an hour, its shortness adds to its impact. If it were longer, it would lose its potential admirers in the chaos.