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Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People (1963). Think Gilligan's Island meets Japanese horror meets an incredible knack to take an over-the-top silly idea and make it credible and you have Matango. At first glance, this might seem a silly Japanese B movie. Look again. This is a great character study on human nature, the desperation that starvation brings about, and the paranoia that becomes the human creature when the chips are down. The acting was fine, the direction solid. It's 1963 so for the time the effects were what you'd expect. The story itself was pretty good. The atmosphere was genuinely creepy. Had i seen this as a kid i probably would have been terrified. Overall a great Japanese horror classic. Ashe.
derek
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