Death Powder (デスパウダー, Desu Paudā) is a 1986 low-budget science fiction/horror film with body horror elements, written and directed by Japanese poet/folk singer Shigeru Izumiya.
Guernica's body slowly disappears into dust, fighting and shooting are laced with hallucinations and end in a final act of violence.
[2] Only the main characters:[4] Death Power is also the earliest work which combined cyberpunk with body horror.
To contradict apocalyptic fears of advancing technology, films which combine these elements offer a vision of a "New Flesh".
A thesis from the University of Arkansas explored five films of the sub-genre - referring to them as examples of "New Flesh Cinema".
Besides that, they all stress the importance and discomfort of adapting and transforming, and finally address technophobia by revealing a fascination and fear of technology as well as the necessity to change towards a new and different world.
Shortened version of the review by Niina Doherty first published on 11/19/2018: Horrornews.net [2] I wonder if I’ve become jaded since watching a number of these extreme Japanese Cyberpunk flicks.