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Written, directed and produced by George P. Breakston, who’s probably more known for his role as Beezy in the Andy Hardy movies throughout the 30’s and early 40’s, The Manster (1962) aka Kyofu, aka Nightmare, aka The Split, aka The Two-Headed Monster, has the distinction, as far as I know, of being the first film to deal with the issues associated with a man having two heads, appearing some ten years before the better known and definitely more schlocky vehicle starring Ray Milland and Rosie Grier, The Thing with Two Heads (1972) .
Starring the runner up in the Lon Chaney Jr. look-a-like contest Peter Dyneley, whose other vital roles include the whisper of Jeff Tracy in the Supermarionation Thunderbirds series from the 60’s, also appearing in such films as Chato’s Land (1972) and K is for Killing (1974), as foreign news correspondent Larry Stanford. Also appearing is Jane Hylton, whom I gape from Circus of Horrors (1960) as Linda Stanford, Peter’s somewhat wooden and estranged wife, Tetsu Nakamura as Dr. Robert Suzuki, and, in her first and only role, the fair Terri Zimmern as the doctor’s assistant, Tara.
The film plays out in Japan, and starts off by showing some women bathing and such, oh yeah, and then being attacked by a mysterious, extremely hairy man-creature, oh no. Now, we don’t actually bag to watch the attack, but given the blood-curdling nature of the screaming, we can pick things didn’t demolish well for these ladies. Segue diagram to what appears to be a hunting shack on a mountain where Dr. Suzuki and his assistant Tara are discussing an experiment that escaped the previous night and has now returned. The obedient doctor acknowledges that his man-thing is too unsafe, and proceeds to the cavernous basement of the shack (it’s built on a mountain, so I guess he’s utilizing the caves for his laboratory) and shoots the man-beast and dumps the body into a convenient lava pit. Now here comes foreign news correspondent Larry Stanford, trekking up the mountain to the shack. Apparently his boss arranged a meeting with the doctor, fishing for a juicy sage of sorts. The doctor informs Larry that he’s working on theories of evolution, and takes a interested interest in the reporter, as he decides that Larry has fair the proper characteristics for his experiments (if that includes smoking like a chimney and drinking himself comical, yes, doctor, he’s your man) . Anyway, the doctor slips Larry the proverbial mickey, and then injects him with something. Larry awakens with a doozy of a headache, and leaves, but not before agreeing to meet up with the doctor again in Tokyo.
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Next we gash to Larry at his newspaper, and we learn that his days of traveling the world, reporting on various events are coming to an kill as he’s soon leaving to return to Unusual York to choose down with his wife, Linda. Peter gets a call from the doctor, and they hang out in a Geisha house, where Larry gets schnockered well-behaved on saki and has a mountainous worn time. Larry has so worthy fun he puts off his returning home to Recent York to hang out with Dr. Suzuki and pitches a minute woo with the doctor’s assistant, Tara. Larry also begins suffering from peril in his shoulder and arm, and we know this has something to do with the secret enzyme shot the doctor administered not too long ago. Soon Larry’s wife shows up from Unusual York, frightened about his not coming succor when he was supposed to, and she finds that Larry is not quite himself. Larry tells her they’re through, and that he’s going to halt in Japan with the grand more exquisite Tara (who is beginning to feel a bit guilty about her involvement in Dr. Suzuki’s portion of the experiment on Larry) .
Soon Larry’s hand and arm changes, getting all hairy and claw-like, and his shoulder begins to injure more and more. What’s with this wound in the shoulder? How about the fact that he has an eyeball growing out of there? Wouldn’t that be something worth getting checked out? Maybe it’s not covered in the HMO…anyway, we learn from the doctor that Larry is evolving into a species never before seen on Earth…this should be fun…given what I’ve seen, I assume devolving would be the more fair term. Larry begins to flip out, sprouting a second head, and murdering a few Japanese locals along the design, while the police become enthusiastic as they begin hunting this homicidal manic haunting the streets of Tokyo. Things eventually arrive to a…ahem, head (pun intended) as the dash for Larry and his permanent buddy increases. What happens next? Let’s unprejudiced say Larry and his unique buddy approach to a `parting of ways’…
I rather enjoyed this movie, despite a few shortcomings…the most noticeable being given the hazardous and secret nature of Dr. Suzuki’s experiments, I am unsure why he let Larry race around Tokyo during his transformation…I would have probably kept him locked up, but then, what do I know? And there’s a stunning clunky sub-plot about Dr. Suzuki, displaying classic aroused scientist symptoms with his wintry and calculating methods, later feeling remorse and regret about his deeds, based on nothing more than the continual harping from his assistant Tara…but whatever, this movie was collected a lot of fun. With its 72 cramped hasten time, the pacing was beautiful rapidly, and the makeup wasn’t too abominable. I didn’t earn to perceive as powerful of it as I would have liked, but since this was a lower budget production, it was probably best not to highlight it too great, as it may have displayed inherent flaws.
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Retromedia Entertainment presents a passable print, with some noticeable deterioration, but given the effect of the DVD, I wasn’t expecting a whole lot in this state. There is also a special feature included in the manufacture of a rather meager photo gallery (three or four photos) .
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This curiosity, filmed on dwelling in Japan with an English speaking cast, is the horrifying account of a man who unwittingly becomes the guinea pig in a inflamed doctor’s experiment to mutuate the human life perform. Peter Dyneley, usually in supporting roles in other films, gives the performance of his career, as the foreign correspondent who is injected with a serum that makes him grow into a repugnant, two-headed murderer! Jane Hylton, dilapidated character actress and star of “Circus Of Horrors” (1960), plays his wife. The film is rich in hastily dialogue, campy sets, friendly makeup, spellbinding on-location shooting, and has a ravishing musical get to boot. Modeled after the Universal fear films of the 30’s and 40’s, the film was horrifying enough to give this reviewer nightmares as a child, and remains an palatable experience to this day. “The Manster” is certainly one of the scariest film monsters of all time, and will leave the viewer with repugnant images! Notice out for Kenji!
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