25 Incredibly Well-Made Horror Films Directed By Women

15. Kei Fujiwara - Organ (1996)

It shouldn't be surprising that Kei Fujiwara - the female lead from director Shinya Tsukamoto€™s 1989 cult classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man - would explore similar material and themes with her directorial debut, Organ; a grotesque, gooey thriller of human organ pirates, deviant sex killers, and festering biology experiments. Organ follows two undercover detectives - Numata and Tosaka - investigating a black market organ harvesting scheme who find themselves in trouble when the bad guys find out who they really are. One detective is able to escape but the other is left behind and subjected to a variety of horrible "experiments". The detective that was able to flee vows to find his missing partner and exact revenge on his abductors. Like Tetsuo and many other Japanese body horror classics, Organ is best when treated simply as a visual experience. The special effects, makeup and atmospheric cinematography are breathtaking and the gore is so detailed and realistic that any self-respecting genre fan would have to applaud it. To put it plainly, Organ is a movie that you can either accept or you can€™t. You are either able to see beyond the trappings presented on the outside, or all you see is the outside.