The Empire of Corpses (2015) movie poster

The Empire of Corpses

屍者の帝国

2015 ·2h 0m · ★ 6.2 (126)

The story takes place in 19th century Europe, and revolves around John Watson. He is scouted by the government to become a secret agent. However, Watson lives in a world where "Frankensteins"—human corpses that are re-purposed with a false soul in order to use them as laborers—are used to improve industrial development.

Why it matters

Horror DNA

Gore
85
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
86
Supernatural
0
Creature
73
Disturbing
67
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
71
Survival
33
GothicHistoricalPsychological

Content Warnings

Body HorrorDehumanizationMedical Gore

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

19th centuryadult animationanimebased on novel or bookgoregovernment agentgunfightreanimated corpsesteampunk

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