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This 1977 Japanese flick is a trip. Imagine if Hanna, Barbera, and Sid & Marty Krofft had collaborated on a horror film. Yeah, it’s that wacky and weird, plus it’s a bugged out mind-fugg to boot.
The insane blend of pure strangeness, tilted humor, and off-kilter horror obviously rubbed off on cats like Sam Raimi (specifically Evil Dead II), Tim Burton (mainly Beetlejuice), and Sion Sono (Tokyo Vampire Hotel). Heck, you can even see this film’s influence on the similarly titled 1985 American horror comedy starring The Greatest American Hero and Norm.
But enough of those ruminations. Nobuhiko Obayashi’s film is off-the-nuts entertaining. While not particularly scary, it is creepy and eerie and the sheer manic absurdity is near brilliant.
It’s the type of film one wishes they could see in a packed midnight screening or at the drive-in with a large crew and a keg of brew.
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