Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) movie poster

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

鉄男

1989 ·1h 7m · ★ 7.0 (696)

A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.

Why it matters
11 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
71
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
86
Supernatural
0
Creature
55
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
85
Survival
33
Transformation

Tone

Whimsical

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanization

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

absurdangryaudaciousblack and whitebriskcyberpunkdystopiaenthusiasticexcitedexhilaratedfetishismfranticgoreromantic

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