AshUnow
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
Gary
The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Sorpse
you know I suppose I get this movie. its just meant to emulate a real snuff film and come across as authentic as possible. I guess for that reason alone the movie would score somewhat high. however there are parts of it that fail. The actress really didn't seem to be getting tortured in some scenes. You know shes getting beaten and slapped yet she just takes it. Never does she fight back or resist and never does she question what is going on. This made it seem fake. Also the kicking scene they clearly were not hitting her. The infamous scene of the needle through the eye was the absolute most effective effect and I have no idea how they pulled it off. had they not waited till the end to do this It would have made the movie feel more real, which is the only reason to watch this movie, to feel what a real snuff film would feel like without actually seeing a real murder. There is no plot, barely any dialogue and zero entertainment value. This is a group of guys standing around a room torturing a girl for reasons unknown. You'll get what you pay for.
Cawley Millward
the American ACTOR CHARLIE SHEEN thought GUINEA PIG 2 was the snuff film, not this one. This film had very bad acting, like the start when they were slapping her, her head didn't even move. I cringed when they pulled off her fingernails. Also the ending was disgusting. I liked this entry to the GUINEA PIG SERIES because of its attitude. Very in-your-face. Not as good as the second one. For me, GUINEA PIG 1:THE DEVIL'S EXPERIMENT did not fail to impress. cool movie. At the end, all thats left of her is burned, painful body. If you like this film, watch JACK KETCHUM'S THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. also WES CRAVEN'S THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. Overall, the maggot scene made me feel dirty and then i started getting itches in my hair...UGGHH
BA_Harrison
The first in the series of ultra-gory movies from Japan, Guinea Pig: Devil's Experiment is a nasty little pseudo-snuff film that lovingly documents the torture of a woman.Each of the steps in her ordeal are titled: Hit (she is slapped repeatedly, and then hit across the face with a bag full of coins); Kick (she is pushed to the ground and kicked); Claw (pliers are used to pinch her skin); Unconscious (the woman is spun in a chair and forced to drink whisky until she is sick); A sound (she is made to listen to a terrible noise for hours on end until she is a dribbling wreck); Skin (fingernail removal via pliers); Burn (hot oil is poured onto the victim's arm); Worm (maggots are applied to the wounds).Then, in a section which lacked an English translation on my copy, the torturers chuck offal at the girl, slice open her hand with a scalpel before smashing it with a hammer, and finish off with the old 'needle through the eye' gag.To be honest, Hit through to Worm is fairly lame stuff. Sure, it is nasty in tone, but it could've been thrown together by any group of morally retarded film students (myself included). 'Unconscious' looks like your average teenage drinking game (I'm sure I played that one during my college days), whilst 'A Sound' is nothing shocking: I've had to listen to my workmate Phil's ipod for 9 hours solid—now that is torture!For fans of gore, it is only the final few minutes that will be of interest. The hand slicing and smashing is VERY realistic, as is the puncturing of the eyeball. It's easy to see how, in this film's early days of being circulated on VHS, it was often mistaken for the real thing.Devil's Experiment is certainly an interesting film if you're studying the history of the underground horror scene, but as far as entertainment goes, it's actually quite dull. I rate this film as average, giving it a 'middling' score of 5/10.
zorasguitar
First off, this is not supposed to be a brilliant and thought provoking film like so many other reviewers seem to compare it to. the first review says something along the lines of anyone who likes this knows nothing about horror cinema, apparently its the other way around. If one were to look back after the film it really wasn't meant to be convincing, it was a low budget ipecac. But really thats all it was aiming for, it was meant to blow viewers away with sheer shock value (and all the flaws it its visuals were much less noticeable back in the original VHS versions). I gave this one a high score because it reached its goal and even though it was not downright horrific (in non-shock sense) it did make me slightly sick and thoroughly paranoid/pessimistic(i didn't trust anyone for about a week because i didn't want to wake up strung up and tortured)
