The controversial 1980's Guinea Pig series of gore/horror films from Japan are good examples of what happens when you give splatter-happy, gore-hound, sicko's the films they want minus any story to get in the way of the disgusting spectacle of torture and bloody dismemberment. At least the first few films could be described that way but by the time it got to this 4th entry they started getting a bit more experimental with the nauseating acts. This one is basically the tale of an artist who finds a mermaid in a sewer and and brings her home, keeps her in a bathtub and while she slowly dies there(because every idiot knows you can't keep a mermaid in a bathtub!) he paints her using the colorful puss from her festering wounds as paint. As a bonus there are lots of gooey night-crawlers and other worms exiting her body also. So if that sounds like something that would turn you on or if you just want something to gross your friends out with this might be a suitable choice. Personally I find this entry pretty boring for long stretches and also pretty silly especially when compared to the first two films which play like pretty straight forward reenactments of snuff films. I know these films only exist to disgust and shock and I guess in that context this one works well enough just don't expect any profound work of extreme art.
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