6.8
The Empire of Corpses
屍者の帝国
6.8
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Synopsis
By the 19th century, humanity has cultivated technology enabling the reanimation of corpses. Unable to experience individual thoughts or emotions, the corpses are programmed by humans to act as laborers in various occupations. This newfound technology, however, comes with a catch. Science may be able to restore the corpses' ability to move, yet it cannot return what every corpse loses at death: the soul. But Doctor Victor Frankenstein, who vanished shortly after his revolutionary work on corpse...
Background
Winner of the Platinum Grand Prize during the 2016 Future Film Festival, held in Italy.
Audience Guidance
AIRecommended age: 17+ recommended floor+
strong
ViolenceGraphic battlefield combat with reanimated corpse soldiers, surgical gore during reanimation procedures, and visceral body horror imagery throughout.
strong
Disturbing themesCentral premise explores existential horror of consciousness-less laborers, human experimentation, colonial exploitation, and the philosophical terror of simulated souls.
moderate
LanguageOccasional strong profanity in high-stress military and scientific contexts.
A steampunk psychological thriller where Victorian-era corpse reanimation technology creates unsettling body horror and existential questions about consciousness. Expect intense battlefield violence, graphic surgical imagery, and mature philosophical themes that linger well beyond the runtime.
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The Empire of Corpses has 1 episodes.
The Empire of Corpses is currently finished airing.
The Empire of Corpses was produced by Wit Studio.
The Empire of Corpses aired Oct 2, 2015.
The Empire of Corpses is based on a Novel.
A steampunk psychological thriller where Victorian-era corpse reanimation technology creates unsettling body horror and existential questions about consciousness. Expect intense battlefield violence, graphic surgical imagery, and mature philosophical themes that linger well beyond the runtime.
