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Manster
Manster
Actors: Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Tetsu Nakamura, Terri Zimmern, Norman Van Hawley
Directors: George P. Breakston, Kenneth G. Crane
Genres: Indie & Art House, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
NR     2003     1hr 12min


     
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Actors: Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Tetsu Nakamura, Terri Zimmern, Norman Van Hawley
Directors: George P. Breakston, Kenneth G. Crane
Creators: George P. Breakston, Robert V. Perkins, Ryuichi Aimono, William Shelton, William J. Sheldon
Genres: Indie & Art House, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sub-Genres: Indie & Art House, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Studio: Alpha Video
Format: DVD - Black and White
DVD Release Date: 01/21/2003
Original Release Date: 03/28/1962
Theatrical Release Date: 03/28/1962
Release Year: 2003
Run Time: 1hr 12min
Screens: Black and White
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Languages: English
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Member Movie Reviews

Jefferson N. from BLAIRSVILLE, GA
Reviewed on 10/27/2011...
The Manster is one of the first of the man-with-two-heads films and it's definently different. A Japanese doctor is experimenting with a serum that can cause mutations in humans. Instead of finding willing subjects, he just randomly uses it on people and then imprisons them in his lab. An American reporter seeks out the doc to do an interview and finds himself on the receiving end of the mutation formula. He starts growing another head out of his shoulder and attacks people psychotically. This is an American movie filmed to look like a Japanese creature feature...and it is definently weird. It's goofy and kitschy as all get-out...and if you're into weird movies full of monsters, crazy docs, and hot Japanese girls in kimonos...this one is for you!
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OBSCURE 50's HORROR FLICK IS A GAS
FRED C. DOBBS | USA | 07/12/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)

"To appreciate this little-mentioned but memorable little horror gem from the late 50's you have to repeat to yourself that our current cybertech special effects crews were nonexistent back then. Directed by a Frenchman, filmed in Japan, only 72 minutes long and low-budgeted it, nonetheless, is one of my most remembered grade B horror films of the 50's. Actually, it was superior to a lot of the awful flicks of this genre being churned out here in the States and merits a grade B+ status among cultists. This one is a somber, creepy and atmospheric flick about an American reporter [Larry Stanford played by British actor Peter Dyneley] who sets out to interview a reclusive Japanese scientist. The doc, cordial but nuts, is experimenting with some sort of serum that's supposed to enhance the human condition. He uses the reporter as an unwitting guinea pig using dame and drink to inject the mojo into him. Minor problem: the Doc's last recipient of his invention, his wife, is a hideously deformed mutant. Larry should have interviewed her first. Anyway, after getting vaccinated, Lar turns into a tyrant---wife and pal unable to control him---then violent and then into a murderous nocturnal man-beast. Where's Claude Raines with that wolf's-head cane when you need him. There are two unforgettable scenes in this one: 1- an eye begins to appear on Lar's injection site [luckily he got stuck on his shoulder and not his butt] and as the movie goes along it becomes evident that a new mutant is beginning to grow from this site, head first! ; 2- at the finale, with the cops at his tail, an INCREDIBLE separation of the hideous mutation from the original human. For 1959 this was ASTOUNDING. Stark black and white filming with lots of shadows and fog + bleak acting by all gave this one an eerie feeling throughout. This one was superior to a lot of the stuff coming out from Corman, Arkoff, Nicholson and American International Pictures [AIP] at the time. A definite overachiever. Recommended for fans of this specific genre or anybody who likes a good man-into-monster flick."
Keep a eye on your shoulder..........
George Carabetsos | Chicago Ridge, IL USA | 07/16/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Great creepy classic. A doctor experiment goes wrong, then all hell brakes loose. A eye on a shoulder that become a monster. Seen lots of copy of this film. Retromedia is the best print so far. Keep them classic coming Fred O'lay."