Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro)

The universe is filled with things of which mankind knows nothing. bloodsuckers from space gonzo style. the sky red as blood, a sea of neon hellscape. a orange-lit UFO possesses people into a feverish phantasmagorical daze turning them into blood-thirsty vampires. I was…

c h r i s

This Japanese update of the 1950s science-fiction/ B-movie is in many respects superior to its decade ealier North-American counterpart. It managed to enthrall me from start to finish (with hardly any dull spots) and the practical effects were super impressive, even by…

Lou (doesn't rhyme with booh! 👻)

1st Hajime Sato Week 11 of the Cult Movie Challenge: Psychotronic Encyclopedia Week 24/53 of Podcast Macabre 2025- Japanese Cinema If a horror film succeeds solely as a series of shocking, memorable images, images that inspire fear and dread in the hearts of the viewer,…

𝔻𝕠𝕔 𝕃𝕪𝕠𝕟

68/100 An enraged Vietnam, late 60s paranoia trip, festering anguish and frustration through a survival sci-fi lens. Certifiably insane and sadly as timely as the day it was released. A real gem.

SilentDawn

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Well, this was certainly up my alley. Been meaning to watch this for years as it's one of those films I always knew I'd love. Didn't realise how strong and intense that love would be though. From its opening pre-title sequence, Goke, Body Snatcher from…

Dave Jackson

“It’s like flying through a sea of blood”, describes the pilot Ei Sugisaka (Teruo Yoshida) as Air Japan flies into an ominous red sky, something Quentin Tarantino would use for The Bride's trip to Japan in KILL BILL (2003), both presenting a doomed forecast of violence and…

Jon Peters

Pretty cool Japanese take on a 50/60’s Science Fiction/Horror movie with shades of Bava’s Planet of the Vampires and The Blob and some Vampires thrown into the mix. Visually, I thought this one looked very colorful and pleasing. I liked the first half a bit more than the…

Gregor Kreyca

"It's too late to wish you had lived differently" - Overlord, - Daily Horror Hunt #11 (May 2019): https://boxd.it/2S3Py Day 10 - May 10, 1995: Hajime Sato passed at the age of 66. Let's honour the man by watching one of his movies. All the money people put into…

{Todd}

A wonderfully creative and wacky sci-fi genre-mashup from Japan. Ticking many boxes over the course of the film which goes from highjack drama, to disaster movie, extraterrestrial sci-fi and vampiric horror as we follow survivors of a plane crash who come under siege from a…

Lee