The Manster (1959) Overview

1. The Manster | Rotten Tomatoes

  • A Japanese scientist's (Satoshi Nakamura) injection splits a U.S. reporter (Peter Dyneley) into man and ape-man.

2. Drive-In Dust Offs: THE MANSTER (1959) - Daily Dead

  • 11 nov 2017 · The Manster falls prey to the normal pitfalls of a bottom half double feature; cheap effects, some dicey thesping, a slow middle. But it sets itself apart ...

  • I love wordplay, and portmanteaus are my favourite. Come on over and I’ll tell you about The Manster (1959), part man, part monster, all good B movie madness. Two-headed Americans abroad in Japan is a very specific sub-genre, and underappreciated at that. Originally released in Japan in July but not released stateside until March of […]

3. The Manster (1959) - Letterboxd

  • An American journalist stationed in Japan is given a mysterious injection by a mad scientist, turning him into a murderous, two-headed monster.

4. The Manster (Movie, 1959) - MovieMeter.com

5. The Manster | Absolute Horror Wiki - Fandom

  • The film starred Peter Dyneley as a foreign correspondent in Japan who is given an experimental drug which causes an eye and eventually, a second head to grow ...

  • The Manster is a 1959 American science-fiction horror film. Shot in Japan, it was produced by George P. Breakston and directed by Breakston and Kenneth G. Crane from a screenplay by Walter J. Sheldon. Sheldon's script was based on Breakston's story which he originally titled The Split. The film starred Peter Dyneley as a foreign correspondent in Japan who is given an experimental drug which causes an eye and eventually, a second head to grow from his shoulder. Tetsu Nakamura played the mad scien

6. The Manster

  • The story concerns the activities of a mad scientist named Robert Suzuki (Tetsu Nakamura, from Mothra and Yog: Monster from Space)

  • The Manster / The Manster: Half Man, Half Monster / Nightmare / The Split / The Two-Headed Monster / Kyofu (1959/1962) -***

7. The Manster (1959) is a Two-Headed Gem Worth Discovering

  • 22 jan 2019 · The Manster is a very well-made film with some occasionally effective special effects and quite a lot of atmosphere courtesy of the foreign setting.

  • There are many sub-genres within the endless array of horror films but the two-headed monster category is certainly one of the more obscure. There are only a handful of films that can truly claim s…

8. The Manster (1959) The First Two-Headed Human Monster Movie

  • 23 jul 2016 · This movie review will appear in the upcoming Unsung Horrors, edited by Eric McNaughton. I have a few more reviews in the book, ...

  • This movie review will appear in the upcoming Unsung Horrors, edited by Eric McNaughton. I have a few more reviews in the book, but there are dozens upon dozens of reviews, written by We Belong Dead magazine contributors, sharing their passions for those neglected horror movies you should know about....

9. Reel Bad Cinema: The Manster (1959/1962) review

  • 14 nov 2011 · Yes, the film has three endings. The cops chase our Manster through a ship yard in what would appear to be the end. Realizing the mad doctor is ...

  • THE MANSTER 1959/1962 Peter Dyneley (Larry Stanford) , Satoshi Nakamura (Dr. Suzuki) , Jane Hylton (Linda Stanford) , Terri Zimmern (Tara) ...

10. The Manster (1959) - The Shadow Over Portland

  • 19 nov 2014 · A US/Japan co-production, The Manster follows American news correspondent Larry Stanford (Peter Dyneley), stationed in Japan, as he follows a ...

  • Pablo Picasso once said, “Good artists copy, great artists steal.”   If that is true, then one must assume Sam Raimi saw The Manster ...

11. The Manster (1959) On DVD - Loving The Classics

  • DESCRIPTION: Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton. An American reporter, injected with a mysterious serum by a Japanese scientist, turns into a destructive two-headed ...

  • Actor:           Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Tetsu Nakamura, Terri Zimmern, Norman Van Hawley                                                                                                        Director:      George P. Breakston, Kenneth G. CraneGenre:          HorrorYear:             1959Studio:          Alpha VideoLength:         72Released:    January 21, 2003Rating:          Not Rated (MPAA Rating)Format:         DVDMisc:              NTSC, Black & WhiteLanguage:    EnglishSubtitles  :    N/A DESCRIPTION: Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton. An American reporter, injected with a mysterious serum by a Japanese scientist, turns into a destructive two-headed monster. 1959/b&w/72 min/NR.

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