HELTER SKELTER (2012)

How far will you go for beauty?

Top model and fashion idol Lilico (Erika Sawajiri) is used to being the centre of attention – the living epicentre of her own universe and of a multimedia-saturated hyperreality in which everything is airbrushed and colour-adjusted to perfection. When she begins to suffer traumatic side effects from her repeated illegal cosmetic surgery sessions, she finds fame comes at a cost, as she is plunged into a nightmarish world where her sense of self-image and identity begins to fracture.

This lurid body horror, based on a manga by Kyoko Okazaki and directed by critically acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Mika Ninagawa (Sakuran), is a candy-colored nightmare, presenting both an assault to the senses and to the picture-perfect world of the fashion and advertising.

EXTRAS

• HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION IN 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO
• ORIGINAL STEREO AUDIO WITH NEW ENGLISH SUBTITLES
• AUDIO COMMENTARY BY TORI POTENZA AND AMBER T.
• INTERVIEWS WITH ERIKA SAWAJI AND DIRECTOR MIKA NINAGAWA
• BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE OF THE MAKING OF HELTER SKELTER
• PRODUCTION SITE PRESS CONFERENCE
• JAPANESE PREMIERE STAGE GREETING
• OPENING DAY STAGE GREETING
• TAIPEI FILM FESTIVAL INTRODUCTION BY MIKA NINAGAWA
• STILLS GALLERY
• TEASERS AND TRAILERS
• BOOKLET ESSAY BY VIOLET BURNS
• ORIGINAL AND NEWLY COMMISSIONED ARTWORK BY LUKE INSECT