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This compilation features (2) two films about the art of hypnosis. Patients are put into hypnotic states by hypnotists and then tested for reactions to a variety of stimulus, both physical and psychological. This is a fascinating look at this psychotherapy technique. Table Of Contents: (1) Photographic Studies in Hypnosis (1930s) - This silent film shows a woman being hypnotized and includes both pre and post hypnosis scenes. The hypnotist demonstrates how a patient's mind can be manipulated as he pinpricks and burns his patient with controlled and suggestive reactions 9 Minutes (2) Unconscious Motivation (1940s) - This unrehearsed session of hypnosis features two students whom are given false memories. The pair are then tested about their memories and are given some basic psychological tests to see the effects of the hypnosis 39 Minutes
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An obsessed talking poodle who wants to be a man! A love-starved psychiatrist who wants to be a poodle! Sexy naked mannequins that come to life when their clothes are removed! And a house haunted by gorgeous naked ghosts that cook, water the plants, vacuu
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OK but not great nudie cutie.......2004-10-05
Dr. Sex is a pretty good nudie cutie type movie from the 60s. A bunch of psychiatrists (who obviously need psychiatric help themselves) discuss their unusual case histories of patients with unusual sex disorders. What follows is a bunch of outrageous episodes. Wanda was disappointing. The movie has a great beginning with a guy looking into the window of a curio shop at figurines of beautiful nude women in various poses. As the titles roll the figurines are replaced by real nude women in those poses. Unfortunately, the movie never lives up to the promise of that great beginning. Wanda and her live-in girlfriend are OK but not really hot looking babes who live in a big house with a big pool in southern California. Wanda has some hypnotic ability and the two women like to waylay men and then bring them back to the house and play mind games, etc. Eventually they release the victim unharmed when they grow bored. They capture a guy and then play around a while. Some friends come over and then join in the mind games. Wanda tells a hypnotized lesbian that she is a man-hungry nymphomaniac. She has a hypnotized Mary Kay Cosmetic lady perform a striptease, etc. An inmate from the local funny farm escapes and makes his way to the house where he releases the current victim and the two men then proceed to play some games of their own with the captured bunch of women. That's about it. It was OK but not as good as I expected. The Toy Box and the Godson were much better SMV DVDs.
Loads of Fun.......2004-02-23
After Kiss Me Quick, Dr. Sex is the best nudie cutie film I've seen. In Dr. Sex, a trio of sex therapists share humourous, Twilight Zone style stories about their patients. Unlike most nudie cutie films, there is a lot of genuinely funny storytelling amongst the cheesiness. Dr. Sex is also noteworthy for being the first film made by Ted Mikels.
The print is not great, but apparently there will never be a better one (Something Weird used the only known surviving print of the film), and it is still extremely watchable. The biggest problem is that a short section is missing from the third story (told by a serious, skeptical psychiatrist). The psychiatrist sets up the patient's problem, and his patient is shown putting his solution to practice, but part of the exposition between the two scenes in which the psychiatrist apparently recounts his advice is missing. This missing portion appears to be no more than 5 to 10 seconds, and is not essential to the story. Thankfully Something Weird has preserved the vast majority of this worthwhile film.
Wanda is not as strong (it plays like a second rate Harry Novak film) but is still an interesting historical curiosity. The DVD is rounded off by nudie cutie shorts of varying quality. "Jane on a Train", which I've already seen on another SW DVD, and which will be included on the Best of Burlesque DVD as well (someone must love it!) has some interesting special f/x, but my favourite is the extremely surreal "Handyman" which takes place at an apartment building straight out of a David Lynch film.
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- Beware of the green monkey!
- The Hypnotist ,Serpent rises
- When the serpents bits its tail !
- Routine potboiler with intriguing premise
- To understand this film, you must understand life in Japan.
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The Hypnotist
Starring:
Ken Utsui
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ASIN: B00005LPZL
Release Date: 2001-08-14 |
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A series of mysterious deaths has erupted across Japan: an athlete runs herself to death; and a man throws himself out of a window while his wife ignores him. What is the connection? Searching for answers, a police detective's search leads him to suspect that a popular entertainer, the Hypnotist, may be planting subliminal messages in the minds of his victims…messages that ultimately lead to murder? Will he be able to solve the crime? Or has his investigation into the Hypnotist already turned him into a unknowingly victim?
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Beware of the green monkey!.......2005-10-11
"You're falling deeper and deeper into the dark abyss. You can't stop now! You're falling feet first, dragged into the depths of your heart, and you will meet the conscience which you've never known."
Three bizarre and grisly suicides take place. A 73-year old man jumps out of his apartment window after giving his wife a present on her 70th birthday. An 18-year old girl literally runs herself to death on an outdoor track, grisly for the shots of her twisted and bent legs. And a groom strangles himself to death at his own wedding reception. What they all have in common is that before they went berserk, they all mentioned "the green monkey."
Officer Sakurai, a veteran officer in his early sixties, is in charge of the case, and baffled, as he is unsatisfied with possibilities that they just suddenly lost hope. He bewails the state of affairs at a bar. "In the old days, murderers stole money to escape from poverty. Later, they wanted money to buy expensive things for vanity. Then they grow tired of material desires. Humans lives are so devalued. Humans are losing their hearts. When did people start dying so illogically?" However, a young psychologist named Saga, whose specialty is disassociative identity disorder, poses the possibility that the three were hypnotized. Sakurai befriends Saga and asks for his help. Saga points out that via post-hypnosis, an outside sign could have been given to the victim while under hypnosis, and when that sign is given, they act as ordered. "They all mentioned what broke their hearts and acted on it. They were hypnotized to isolate those wounds and widen them. Anyone would want to die then." Heck, I've had enough wounds that don't need hypnosis to widen them-I do that fine myself, but maybe memory control to erase those bad memories would help me.
Hypnosis does have its benefits, motion control, pain control during surgery or dental work, and memory controls, namely, erasing bad memories. Furthermore, the hypnotized reacts only to the hypnotist alone. However, one's actions is controlled by one's unconsciousness, so one cannot be forced to go against one's own morals, say killing someone. The hypnotizer is a guide, to help people into warm places.
But there are ways can be abused. Jissouji is the main offender in this film. This nefarious, smug-looking creep likes nothing better than to use his powers to get women in a state of undress, or even exhibit them on a sensationalistic live variety show, mainly to get laughs from the audience. A frightened girl named Yuka Irie frantically beseeches him to help her from the green monkey, but when he realizes there is another personality existing within her, an alien named Andria from Fatima who speaks in a mechanical monotone, he doesn't hesitate to exploit her. Nice guy, right? Furthermore, people are bombarded by subliminal advertising on billboards or TV, so one can't stay pure in the big city.
The police find out about Yuka and Jissouji and start investigating Yuka, who was hospitalized for anorexia. Sakurai and his cute female assistant, Mitsui, learn some sordid details that occurred while she was being treated. As the story goes on, more people commit suicide in hideous ways, such as locking oneself in a freezing meat locker, and turning on the gas stove while washing one's face as the flames engulf the face. All the while, Saga tries to help Yuka and figure out what the sign is.
As the frightened Yuka, Miho Hanna does a superior job portraying someone suffering from split personality and retreating into another personality when feeling cornered. Kanno also appeared in two other horror thrillers, in Eko Eko Azarak as Mizuki, and the title role in the first of the Tomie horror films.
An interesting police thriller with some grisly images. One image has a neon billboard reading TERROR, with a dead person forming the T, and an unexpected villain. However, in the final half hour leading to the climax, the Hypnotist veers into Ringu territory, namely scary long-haired women wearing white. Not bad of its type.
The Hypnotist ,Serpent rises .......2005-06-23
A frightfully fun thriller from director Masayuki Ochiai (Parasite Eve), Hypnosis ultimately succeeds thanks to its unusual ability to successfully pile on scare after scare. Viewers jaded in the aftermath of Ringu (1996) may argue that long-haired girls in flowing white gowns just aren't that scary anymore, and despite yet another appearance of such a menace, Ochiai has seemingly compensated by timing out his various other horrors at a consistent and truly satisfying pace. While not entirely original in concept, Hypnosis certainly stands out among its contemporaries when it comes to tone. Successfully balancing his horrors with an offbeat air of quirkiness, there are few films that can match the oddball air of menace that Hypnosis achieves effect bieng a good film,highly reccomend it.
When the serpents bits its tail !.......2004-09-10
A real plague of mysterious suicides rocks Japan . A police is designed to investigate a entertainer who seemed to be inviolved somehow with these weird cases of murder . But beware of this suspect because he wiil be in the middle of a double chase , the police and the possible victim of a mastermind. And that circunstancewill arise a film of horrid and gothic proportions.
Even if the story is a real tribute to the film noir the film by itself develops its own musculature and personality . Imaginery and solid script makes the difference.
Routine potboiler with intriguing premise.......2004-09-04
THE HYPNOTIST [Saimin] (Japan - 1999): Following a series of bizarre and apparently unrelated 'suicides', an experienced Tokyo detective (Ken Utsui) enlists the help of a young psychoanalyst (Goro Inagaki) who believes the victims were acting on a post-hypnotic suggestion. But their subsequent investigations reveal an even darker force at work, linked to a young girl (Miho Kanno) whose life has been blighted by sadistic abuse...
Based on a novel by Keisuke Matsuoka, this densely-plotted mystery takes inspiration from a variety of sources (Italian gialli, traditional Japanese ghost stories, etc.), though some of the images in the climactic showdown reveal a more immediate influence: The recent commercial success of Hideo Nakata's RING (Ringu, 1998). For all its ambition, however, THE HYPNOTIST is a routine potboiler which stumbles badly after a powerhouse opening (the 'suicides' are particularly impressive, despite some feeble CGI effects), though director Masayuki Ochiai - who co-wrote the script with Yasushi Fukuda - rallies proceedings for an extended finale in which the narrative's startling secrets are finally revealed. Ochiai is best known for his film adaptation of novel-turned-video-game PARASITE EVE (Parasaitu Ivo, 1997) - which also starred leading man Inagaki (a member of Japanese pop group SMAP) - and while THE HYPNOTIST echoes that movie's strong visual sense, it falls short as drama, and most of the characters are mere ciphers, undermining the storyline's emotional pay-off. Which is a shame, because the final half hour is galvanized by a series of dynamic set-pieces - most notably, a concert hall sequence in which Dvorak's 'New World'symphony is transformed into an instrument of murder! - and Ochiai is well-served by an excellent production team. However, those lured by the promise of gory carnage may be disappointed - the film is long on atmospherics and short on splatter.
Performances are varied, due to the script's limitations, but Kanno (TOMIE) is outstanding as a young woman suffering from multiple personality disorder - which, the subtitles on this print assures us, isn't recognized as a viable medical condition in Japan! - who falls prey to a sleazy TV hypnotist (Takeshi Masu), a prime suspect in the murders. Inagaki is bland in a one-dimensional role, and he's constantly upstaged by Utsui, a veteran performer whose career stretches back to the "Super Giant" (Supa Jaiantsu) series of the 1950's. Original English export title: HYPNOSIS.
ADV Films' DVD is an OK representation of the original film, though the soft-looking print makes the film look as though it was photographed digitally rather than on 35mm film! The soundtrack is excellent, with bravura use of surrounds for various creepy effects. The only extra is a video trailer which sells the film a little short.
109m 10s
1.85:1 / 16:9 enhanced
DVD soundtrack: Dolby Surround 2.0
Theatrical soundtrack: Dolby Stereo SR
Language: Japanese (with optional English subtitles)
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To understand this film, you must understand life in Japan........2001-12-14
I love this film. Yes, the special effects leave alot to be desired, and yes their are some characters and scenes that are not explained well enough. That's why I gave it a 4 star rating, instead of a 5 star rating. But as a whole, this film shows you what girls in the "hostess" business do to guys, specifically Japanese working males, that get caught up with them. Males that are simply looking for love in all the wrong places. This is one of those films that needs to be looked at more then once. It can serve as a blueprint, teaching you about the pyschology of the average Japanese resident, both male and female. If you can get past the sensationalism, and the weak effects, you will see what I am talking about. If you love Japanese modern-pop culture, chances are you will love this film.
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HYPNOTIST TOM SILVER'S HOW TO CONDUCT A SUCCESSFUL COMPANY & CORPORATE MOTIVATION SEMINAR
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Release Date: 2006-08-20 |
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Ormond McGill was also known as The Dean of American Hypnotists Mr. McGill was one of the leading experts in the field of hypnotism. Ormond McGill authored over 30 books including two wonderful books on hypnotism that he co-wrote with his close friend Hypnotherapist Tom Silver. The books are entitled The How To Book of Hypnotism and Hypnotism A Training & Techniques Manual. This Ormond McGill special training course DVD has never been seen or released before and it is the first of a series of training dvd's that will teach you "The Secrets of Hypnotherapy" from Ormond McGill himself. Recorded live at The Tom Silver, Ormond McGill Advanced Hypnosis Training Seminar in Bath England in October 2003. A must for any hypnotist and for anyone who wants to learn some wonderful and powerful techniques from Ormond McGill "The Dean of Amerian Hypnotists".
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Based on Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Empty House, this "Sherlock Holmes" entry finds Holmes and Dr. Watson trying to solve the case of the "Finger Murders". Several beautiful women have been found murdered, all with their right forefingers severed from their hands. The murders seem apparently unconnected, and a possible suspect is added to the murder list. The trail leads to a society of hypnotists and a mysterious, glamoruos woman. The fiendish Dr Moriarty, though reported hanged in Montevideo, is belived to be involved.
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