When Horror Came to Shochiku (Eclipse #37, DVD) Umbrella US Series creator Don Mancini makes

Series creator Don Mancini makes his directorial debut in Seed of Chucky

Keaton s athleticism and gift for inventive visual humor are in top form

tensions flare upon the arrival of Yorke’s estranged wife Kathleen (O’Hara)

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Poster gallery: images from the Deutsche Kinemathek Werner Herzog Archiv collection

When Horror Came to Shochiku (Eclipse #37, DVD) Umbrella US Series creator Don Mancini makesFollowing years of a certain radioactive beasts domination at the box office, many Japanese studios tried to replicate the formula with their own brands of monster movies. One of the most fascinating, if short lived, dives into that fiendish deep end was the one by Shochiku, a studio better known for elegant dramas by the likes of Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu. In 1967 and 1968, the company created four certifiably batty, low budget fantasies,