Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

danewarren2000 Its central plot revolves an obnoxious American journalist Larry Stanford played by Peter Dyneley who travels to Japan to interview scientist Dr. Robert Suzuki played by Tetsu Nakamura. Dr. Suzuki is on the cusp of a great scientific breakthrough and would like to share his discovery, oh so the reporter thinks. I can't help but think the writers for 1986 remake of The Fly must have borrowed generously from this movie's premise. The reporter does not know he will be the subject of Dr. Suzuki's next experiment. He is unwittingly drugged by Dr. Suzuki and injected with a drug that begins a slow and gradual transformation of the reporter's mind and ultimately - his body. Shortly thereafter, his behavior changes, and he gives in to base animal urges like that of a sexual nature as he cheats on his wife Linda played by Jane Hylton with geisha's, known in America as highly trained prostitutes. He gradually becomes violent, killing in the night as he roams the darken alleys and streets of Tokyo Japan, his victims typically are women, but it is not a theme, maybe women in 1959 Japan worked late at night are the opportune prey. The story gets creepier as the transformation turns him more into a horrific beast. The authorities begin to search for a killer they have no clue is a real monster lurking about. The movie succeeds in achieving its goal by being a really creepy Sci Fi horror flick with a gloomy tone and eerie soundtrack. Manster is a Good Friday night entertainment experience for the sci-fi horror crowd. Central Plot: After being secretly given an injection by Dr. Suzuki Larry returns to Tokyo and plans on going back to New York City in a few days to be reunited with his wife Linda. However, Dr. Suzuki knows he cannot let him leave Japan as he must observe the effects of the transformation drug so he meets up with Larry suggesting they explore some of Japan's hidden pleasures, Larry is excited and lets the Dr. take him out at night; Dr. Suzuki starts pampering his test subject. The Dr. shows him the seedy red-light side of Japan he's never seen before. He takes Larry to a whorehouse where he gets drunk on sake and messes around with some of the geisha. The pampering continues with a trip to a hot springs hotel. Dr. Suzuki's personal assistant the sensual and sexy Tara - Terri Zimmerman is brought along for the occasion, it seems Dr. Suzuki has used her in this capacity before, and soon Larry finds himself falling in love with her. She begins to feel sorry for what will become of Larry and complains to Dr. Suzuki though he reminds her that she knows all about his experiments and is the sole reason he rescued her from the poverty stricken life she once knew. Unfortunately, the romantics that develop between Tara and Larry are not developed further in this movie. In addition, Terri Zimmerman who plays Tara has special charisma with the camera and it is a wonder her career never excelled after this performance. As the drug begins to take hold of Larry he seeps into a drunken, sex addicted craze and when his boss notices and tries to get him help he rejects the notion of going back to New York. With the help of his Boss Ian Matthews his wife arrives in Tokyo only to discover her husband is now a mean drunken verbally abusive scum. He gets busted by his wife and boss bringing Tara into his hotel room and exclaims to his wife he wants to be with Tara. Linda doesn't give up on her marriage and sticks around. The story intensifies as Larry starts to exhibit strange physical changes more interesting in the same or similar fashion in The Fly 1986 transformation occurs. He starts to lose the feeling in his hand, begins having black outs, starts having unexplained pains in his right shoulder, which soon begins to grow into some sort of bulge, lump. At night he roams the streets and alleyways. During one late night excursion he goes to a Buddhist temple and murders a priest. The following night several women turn up dead. Larry doesn't remember anything later. He continues to roam the streets murdering others. One of the creepiest scenes is when an eyeball forms on his shoulder, and then an entire head pops out! Dr. Suzuki is hoping he'll eventually split into two different beings. After Larry murders a psychiatrist his boss tried to hook him with, the police superintendent Jerry Ito organizes his forces and a city-wide manhunt ensues. Larry ends up heading back to Dr. Suzuki's lab for the big finale. Noteworthy Mentions Title Manster the title is stupid and immediately lessens the quality. In conclusion For the true SciFi Horror buff, this is a must see, I recommend watching it at least 3X, yes! Each time you will see something different that you may have not paid closer attention too. Sexuality is often woven into scenes cleverly and the Scientist female assistant Tara exudes a sexual tension without over acting; the drama is not Oscar worthy, but it doesn't need to be. The physical transformation looks like it was made in 1959, oh yea! There are references to alcohol, drug and sex addiction as a result of the reporter's unfortunate circumstances which gives some depth to the light weight story line and plot. There are similarities to the transformation occurrences of another erstwhile anti-hero played by Jeff Goldblum in 1986's The Fly. The movie is light but entertaining and on a scale of 1 to 10, I give this a 6.75!

Rainey Dawn This film surprised me - better than I ever expected it to be. Something about it reminds me a little bit of Jekyll & Hyde and to a lesser degree The Wolf Man... I can't place my finger on it but I think it was the chase scenes. The Manster may not be quite as good as the 2 films I mentioned but it's almost to the level of them - quite a good film.A mad scientist is interviewed about his amazing experiments. The scientist feels the reporter would make the perfect subject for his most diabolical of experiments which turns the reporter into a two-headed creature - a killer.This one is a little bit above average on the 1950's horror b-films - they really went all out for the film. As one reviewer said "This is a film waiting to be re-discovered".5/10

Lee Eisenberg "The Manster" is the sort of movie that only Elvira, Joe Bob Briggs, or the "MST3K" crew could present. I saw the Mistress of the Dark's presentation. While watching there were some things that I noticed:*There's a white person cast as a Japanese.*The discussions between the reporter and scientist border on a bromance.*The song played on the instrument in that one scene sounds like a blues song.And then of course the eye reminded me of "Army of Darkness". As for Elvira, she learns that her green card has expired - she apparently comes from Transylvania - and she's facing deportation. But of course she never stops offering pun-filled commentary on the movie. It's the average so-bad-it's-good flick featuring dated gender relations. Always fun to watch.Elvira should sing a blues song about B movies, complete with puns.

newnes3 Sometimes you stumble across a movie that surprises you with what it does on a low budget; that's what happened to me when I watched "The Manster". Expecting a forgettable 90 minutes of poor acting and cliché-riddled script, it initially looked like I wasn't going to be disappointed. Here is a 1950s American-Japanese film set in Japan with not a hint of Godzilla, actors I'd never heard of and two directors credited (so often a sign of a walk-out by one and a mess left to be cleaned up by the other), all capped off by a cringe-worthy title. Yet "The Manster" entertained and left me with some memorable moments and characters. Larry's collapse into self-indulgence, apathy and eventually cruelty was quite gripping; and some of Peter Dyneley's acting moments were powerful, such as his horrified scream of despair when he sees the eye growing out of his shoulder for the first time (yes, I know how that sounds but he really did pull it off on screen). Dyneley had good back-up too from Satoshi Nakamura as the deceptively smooth Dr.Suzuki and the stunningly beautiful Terri Zimmern as the doctor's assistant and Larry's temptress Tara (who was this stunning actress? why is there nothing online about her?). Of course the special effects weren't great, Larry's alter ego looked just like what it was, a guy in a shaggy monkey suit, and the ending was somewhat abrupt. But for a movie clearly inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" it managed to leave its own particular imprint without neither taking itself too seriously nor becoming a laughable mess. Recommended.