Body of the Prey (1967)
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- Unrated
- 1h 33min
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- 1967 (Japan)
- Movie
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Cast
James Craig | ... |
Dr. Bragan
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Tota Kondo | ... |
Customs Officer
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Lawrence O'Neill | ... |
American at Airport
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Al Ricketts | ... |
Gas Station Owner
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Atsuko Rome | ... |
Noriko Hanamura
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Edward M. Shannon | ... |
Dr. Shannon
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John Stanley | ... |
Dr. Stanley
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James Yagi | ... |
Dr. Paul Nakamura
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Directed by
Norman Earl Thomson | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
Norman Earl Thomson | ... | () |
Edward D. Wood Jr. | ... | (story) |
Edward D. Wood Jr. | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
Lawrence O'Neill | ... | associate producer |
Norman Earl Thomson | ... | producer (as Earl Norman) / producer |
Cinematography by
Arnold Dibble |
Editing by
Kenneth G. Crane |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Alpha Video Distributors (2014) (United States) (DVD) (as Revenge of the Venus Fly Trap)
- Beast Releasing (2022) (United States) (as Frankenplant)
- Mill Creek Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- New Horizons Home Video (1989) (United States) (VHS)
- Reel Classic Films (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Regal Video (1985) (United States) (VHS)
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Plot Summary |
Dr. Bragan (James Craig) is a workaholic rocket scientist at NASA working on a mission to outer space. The stress of the mission causes him to have a mental breakdown, so his assistant, Dr. Paul Nakamura (Yagi), suggests he takes a vacation in Japan at his abandoned luxury resort to recuperate. Dr. Bragan accepts his offer and flies to Japan. In Japan, Dr. Bragan stays at the defunct hotel of Nakamura with Dr. Noriko Hanamura (Kami), the lovely cousin of his coworker who takes on the role of his assistant. Bragan begins a bizarre experiment in botany in the hotel's secluded greenhouse to prove his theory that humans evolved from plants. With a potted Venus flytrap he brought from America, the scientist grafts it to a Japanese carnivorous oceanic plant to create a hybrid creature that becomes humanoid and requires the blood of mammals to flourish. But Bragan is just as obsessive and moody as he was in America, and his behavior causes Noroko to suspect he is going mad, especially when he secretly takes a victim's "heart blood" to feed it. When his creation, "Sectovorus" uproots and begins moving around on its own, it becomes dangerous and it's not long before the creature begins seeking human victims from a nearby village. The villagers riot and Dr. Bragan must decide between protecting his creation or killing it in order to save mankind. He opts to lure it into a nearby volcano. |
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Budget | $29,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The credits on the version of this movie which exists today are actually for the movie Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968) and bear no relation to this film. This comes from when they were originally intended to be released as a double feature. See more » |
Goofs | While in the mountains of Japan, a coyote is heard howling. Coyotes are only found in the Americas. See more » |
Movie Connections | References Frankenstein (1931). See more » |
Soundtracks | Toccata and Fugue in D-minor, BWV 565 See more » |
Quotes |
Dr. Bragan:
How in the hell can anybody be so utterly stupid as to build a rocket base on the coast of Florida? See more » |