The Manster (1961)
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28% of users liked it
(659 ratings)
Manster is a favorite among campy horror aficionados and for good reason as it is both unintentionally funny and genuinely creepy. A "Manster" is half-man, half-monster. To accommodate this set-up, the title character has two heads. Back in his single-domed days, the Manster was an… More Manster is a favorite among campy horror aficionados and for good reason as it is both unintentionally funny and genuinely creepy. A "Manster" is half-man, half-monster. To accommodate this set-up, the title character has two heads. Back in his single-domed days, the Manster was an American reporter (Peter Dyneley) assigned to interview a Tokyo-based scientist (Satoshi Nakamura). Alas, the scientist was off his rocker, and while experimenting with mutations, he turned the reporter into a double-header. Wait till you see the climax, with the hero battling himself on the edge of a live volcano. Though filmed in Japan, The Manster was based on a script by British producer George Breakston, and acted (if that is the word) entirely in English. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Breakston, Kenneth G. Crane
- Genres
- Horror, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 28, 1962 Limited
Critic Reviews
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Rob Humanick, Suite101.com
Raw greatness that refuses to be contained by mediocre skin.
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Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
A different kind of horror film; a Japanese-American co-production that works in spurts.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Strange, sometimes amusing sci-fi horror.
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Cast
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Peter Dyneley
as Larry Stanford
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Jane Hylton
as Linda Stanford
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Satoshi Nakamura
as Dr. Suzuki
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Tetsu Nakamura
as Dr. Robert Suzuki
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Terri Zimmern
as Tara
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Jerry Ito
as Police Superintendent Aida
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Toyoko Takechi
as Emiko Suzuki
- Norman Van Hawley
