The Creature Wasn’t Nice (1983)
Also known as Naked Space and Spaceship, The Creature Wasn’t Nice was directed and written by Bruce Kimmel, who is probably best known for his other movie, The First Nudie Musical, as well as his acting career. He’s also worked on numerous stage plays, written twenty-five books and even put on production of a musical, Levi, that was based […]
RADIANCE FILMS BOX SET RELEASE: Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories
Radiance Films has just released this new set, filled with a collection of three of Japan’s most famous ghost stories that have haunted people for centuries. Beyond releasing Rashomon and series of movies featuring Gamera, Zatoichi, the Yokai Monsters and Daimajin, Daiei also released several dark horror films. And hey — they even had their […]
RADIANCE FILMS BOX SET RELEASE: Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories: The Bride from Hades (1968)
Also known as Peony Lantern and by its Japanese title, Botan doro, The Bride from Hades starts at the Obon lantern festival, which is when spirits return to visit their relatives and the newly dead go to the afterlife. A man named Shinzaburo (Kojiro Hongo) meets a gorgeous woman there, Otsuyu (Miyoko Akaza), as well as her maid […]
RADIANCE FILMS BOX SET RELEASE: Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories: The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)
Director Nobuo Nakagawa is known for his takes on Japanese folk horror, including Kaidan hebi-onna, Jigoku, Onna Kyuketsuki and Borei Kaibyo Yashiki. This is his adaption of the kabuki play Yotsuya Kaidan. Umbrella maker and would-be samurai Iemon Tamiya (Shigeru Amachi) wants to marry Oiwa (Katsuko Wakasugi) and stands outside the home of her father Samon, beginning […]
RADIANCE FILMS BOX SET RELEASE: Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories: The Snow Woman (1968)
An expanded adaptation of the Yuki-onna short story from the 1904 collection Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn, The Snow Woman was released in the U.S. — with subtitles — in 1969 under the title Snow Ghost. A similar story also is in the movie Kwaidan. Director Tokuzo Tanaka directed many of Zatochi movies […]
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