10 Monster Movies You Should See Before You Die

9. Meatball Machine

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If you’re looking for an over the top splatter movie where alien parasites engage each other in combat, look no further. It’s not known where these creatures come from, but they have only one purpose and it’s not to improve life on Earth.

Upon their arrival, the aliens take over human bodies and transform them into Necroborgs, biomechanical weapons intent on tearing their opponent apart. Think Mighty Morphin Power Rangers by way of Tetsuo, with a healthy dose of Cannibal Holocaust, and you’re on the right track.

Meatball Machine was the breakout movie for special effects creator Yoshihiro Nishimura, who later directed the equally berserk Vampire Girl Vs Frankenstein Girl. For monster fans, his movies are a real find: every one features mutants, dismemberment performed with power tools and spurting blood that hits the lens. The uninitiated should check out Samurai Princess (2009), Mutant Girl Squad (2010) and Dead Sushi (2012).

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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'