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Title: Manster (0) Starring: Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Tetsu Nakamura, Terri Zimmern, and Norman Van Hawley Director: Array Rating: NR (Not Rated) Runtime: 72 minutes Avg. Score: 4 Submit Comment Hits: 5

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• Posted on 2008-04-21
  I never forgot the creepy scene with the eye on his shoulder (3.5 stars)
  
  There are a few scary old movies I recall seeing when I was a kid back in the mid 70s, usually on a Saturday afternoon TV program called "Science Fiction Theater." One had this doctor who gives some kind of injection into this guy's shoulder and later, when it's hurting like crazy, the guy pulls his shirt back and there's an eye growing in the skin! It was enough to scare a 7 or 8 year old to death back then, and I never forgot it.
  
  Recently I discovered the movie was called "The Manster," and I found it cheaper on Amazon than renting it (if the rental stores actually had it, that is). The basic storyline is the mad scientist Dr. Suzuki, experimenting with unsuspecting victims, in this case Larry Stanford, a foreign correspondent working in Japan. I'm not sure what the doctor's goal was, but the reporter spends most of his time drunk and enjoying himself with geisha girls. Soon he gets the eye on his shoulder and the urge to kill someone. Eventually a full head pops out, followed by more killings, police chases and... the plot isn't hard to figure out.
  
  But remember, this was a B movie - it probably wasn't that good when it was new in 1962. It's in black & white and for the most part the special effects and acting are decent - the worst exception being the actress who plays the reporter's wife. It was kind of fun to watch, especially with the kids who found it mildly frightening, or at least didn't laugh out loud.
  Score: 3
• Posted on 2007-11-27
  Great Nostalgia but don't waste your Money
  
  Wow, now this was some scary film. I remember this one as a child, where the eye growing out of our star's shoulder was very grim. The repetitive shots, wondering where the mad scientist was and why he was not keeping an eye on our star as he rampaged Tokyo; how the cops could not catch him falling over each other; the wife of our star in hysterics most of the film; our star reporter acting like a jerk before and after his treatment; and how the furball deviant was ripped from our star's body without a scratch! Now that's filmmaking. Shudder....
  Score: 2
• Posted on 2006-10-08
  ALPHA DVD VERSION
  
  I FIRST SAW THIS MOVIE ON A LOCAL TV PROGRAM CALLED 5:00 SHOWTIME IN THE MID-1960's & BEING A YOUNG LAD AT THE TIME FOUND THE MANSTER SOMEWHAT UNSETTLING, MORE ADULT-THEMED & LURID THAN THE USUAL BRIDE OF THE MONSTER/COSMIC MAN STUFF... WHICH IS WHY IT BECAME AN INSTANT FAVORITE!
  YEAH IT'S KINDDA HOKEY & CHEAPLY MADE BUT IT'S CERTAINLY ENTERTAINING AND STILL FUN TO WATCH. THE HERO ISN'T REALLY A HERO (AN ALCOHOLIC SCUMBAG PERHAPS ) & THE MAD DOCTOR ISN'T REALLY ALL THAT MAD (HE DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD WITH AN ARMY OF MANSTERS ).WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A LOW-KEY NOIRISH MASTERPIECE OF NIGHTMARE PROPORTIONS...OR JUST A GOOD TIME AT THE SAKI BAR. THE MANSTER STALKS HIS VICTIMS IN JAPANESE BACK-ALLEYS & THE KILLINGS ARE STRIKING & WELL DONE. AND OF COURSE THERE'S THE EYEBALL ON THE SHOULDER SCENE. IT'S ALL SO TERRIFYING & BLEAK YET FASCINATING & INANE. RECOMMENDED.
  I VIEWED THE ALPHA DVD & IT PLAYED FINE...NO SKIPPING, NO FREEZING...& THE PICTURE QUALITY WAS VERY GOOD,CLEAR & QUITE WATCHABLE MAKING THIS DVD AN EXCEPTIONAL BARGAIN. AS WITH THE FILM ITSELF, THE ALPHA DVD VERSION IS RECOMMENDED.
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2006-05-19
  sucks
  
  this has to be one of the worst movies ever made - it makes plan 9 from outer space oscar material and a winner at cannes
  Score: 1
• Posted on 2006-03-19
  One of my childhood favorites
  
  I remember watching this flick on TV back in the 60's, and it used to scare the daylights out of me. Especially the scene where he finds the eye embedded in his shoulder. And then, this flick, and many other movies like it, vanished from sight for almost 30 years.
  
  Now, it's back in circulation, and I love it even more, because now, I find it truly HILARIOUS! When the main character, Larry Stanford, gets into his mood swings (caused by that serum that the Doctor injected into him), look out! He goes all-the-way off on everybody, including his boss, and his wife! This movie is worth watching just to see Larry verbally tear down everyone in sight, before he grows the extra head. Speaking of which, for a supposedly cheapie flick, the head-growing scene was superbly done. The sight of that extremely ugly head slowly sprouting up out of Larry's overcoat as he writhed in agony was well done. Now, the inevitable split scene, where the Manster is clutching onto a tree as his two heads slowly seperate into two beings, was also well done (especially when the two heads get far enough apart to actually look at each other....and scream). But c'mon! Larry's body should've been torn apart after that big ol' woolly beast ripped outta him. Nevertheless, this remains one of my all-time favorite horror classics, and I'm glad that it's back.
  
  
  Score: 4