Flowers of Flesh and Blood is the second film in the Guinea Pig series. It was followed by four more sequels, as well as a compilation video. In Japan, the films were infamous cult classics, thanks to a collection of the films found in the possession of serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki. As a result of the controversy, both local and international, it is now illegal in Japan to produce films under the Guinea Pig name.

FFB is a straightforward film. It opens with a prologue that explains how one day, horror mangaka Hideshi Hino (the director of the film) received a package with a 48-page letter, detailing the dismemberment and goring of a young woman, along with a reel of film showing the act. This is, supposedly, a recreation of the film reel that he received (which is, in fact, just a movie realization of a manga by Hino himself).

We then see our lovely victim chased, drugged, and dragged away to her impending doom. When she awakes, she finds herself strapped to a hospital bed with some ugly fellow in a samurai costume sharpening his blades nearby. If there's one thing in this film that is endlessly amusing, it's got to be the faux-samurai's wonky teeth. He looks absolutely ridiculous.

So, after cutting off an innocent chicken's head to scare the poor girl (who's doubling as a bad actress) the festivities begin. Dismemberment and gore abounds until the finale, whereupon the samurai cuts off her head and plucks out her eyes. Followed quickly by a lovely sequence where we get a glimpse at the samurai's rotting body part collection, complete with earthworms and maggots! Did I mention the samurai sings during this part? I guess I can't really call it singing as much as a simulation of scraping a screaming cat down a chalkboard.

In all seriousness, it's not that great. I only really watched it to say I watched it. The gore is pretty realistic but, truthfully, the only reason to watch it is if you're a gorehound.