The Manster
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The Manster | |
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![]() Film poster under the International Title of the film |
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Directed by | George Breakston Kenneth G. Crane |
Produced by | George Breakston |
Written by | George Breakston |
Music by | Hirooki Ogawa |
Cinematography | David Mason |
Editing by | Kenneth G. Crane |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date(s) | 1962 |
Running time | 72 min. |
Country | USA Japan |
Language | English |
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The Manster is a 1962 tokusatsu horror movie, a coproduction between the US and Japan, starring Peter Dyneley in which an American working in Japan is subjected to the experiments of a mad scientist and develops a monster head making him half-man half-monster. The film was notable for its creative use of special effects.
The film's alternate titles include:
- The Split (International title)
- 双頭の殺人鬼 (Japanese title; Sôtô no Satsujinki - "The Two-Headed Devilish Homicide")