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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.

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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

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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. <
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>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. <
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