Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

Megumi, a young karate student weighed down by guilt after her younger sister's suicide, travels with a group of older friends to a forest for a weekend escape. What begins as crude jokes and hotheaded bravado gradually gives way to unease as the woods reveal themselves as a trap. The group encounters a bizarre threat in the form of undead beings splattered with feces, turning their retreat into a chaotic survival test. The movie skirts between comedy and gross out horror, leaning into exaggerated set pieces and outrageous visuals rather than quiet dread. Through the chaos, Megumi confronts memory, friendship, and the pressure of facing painful pasts in a world gone wildly unpredictable.

Released in 2012 in Japan, Zombie Ass is a collaboration directed by Noboru Iguchi, Tadayoshi Kubo and Jun Tsugita, produced as original material rather than adaptation and has since cultivated a small cult following on home video.

Among fans of offbeat genre cinema, Zombie Ass has carved a niche for its over the top premise and toy like practical effects, including cartoonish splatter and exaggerated set pieces. The title and its bathroom humor have become a talking point in cult film circles and retrospectives on strange Japanese horror across fan sites and zines. Its effects mix practical makeup with over the top sound design to heighten the shock and humor.

Critical response was mixed, with some praising its audacity and others finding the tone uneven. The film leans into satire and surreal violence to examine guilt, peer pressure, and escape from trauma through a wild, carefree approach that never quite hides its gross out heart, even when the laughs falter.

Box office numbers are not widely reported, reflecting the film niche release status and limited distribution outside Japan, which makes international grosses hard to track and compare with mainstream horror hits.