Matango (1963)
- Original title
- マタンゴ
- Directed by
- Ishirō Honda
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film, kaiju
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 104 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Castaways on a strange island find themselves transformed by eating local mutant mushrooms. The film follows their gradual descent into madness and physical change.
eerieuneasyslow-burnbleakcerebralclaustrophobicsurreal
What happens
Matango (マタンゴ) is a 1963 Japanese horror film directed by Ishirō Honda. The film stars Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno and Kenji Sahara. Partially based on William Hope Hodgson's short story "The Voice in the Night", it centers on a group of castaways on an island who are unwittingly altered by a local species of mutagenic mushrooms. Matango was different from Honda's other films of the period as it explored darker themes and featured a more desolate look. Upon the film's release in Japan, it was nearly banned due to scenes that depicted characters resembling victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Retrospective reviews generally commented on how the film varied from Honda's other work, with its darker tone. The film was released directly to video in the United Kingdom as Fungus of Terror and an abridged version aired on television in the United States with the title Attack of the Mushroom People. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Gorath (1962)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.