An American reporter in Japan is sent to interview an eccentric Japanese scientist working on bizarre experiments in his mountain laboratory. When the doctor realizes that the hapless ...
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Tetsu Nakamura | ... | Dr. Robert Suzuki (as Satoshi Nakamura) |
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An American reporter in Japan is sent to interview an eccentric Japanese scientist working on bizarre experiments in his mountain laboratory. When the doctor realizes that the hapless correspondent is the perfect subject for his next experiment, he drugs the unfortunate man and injects him with a serum that gradually transforms him into a hideous, two-headed monster. Written by Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>
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28 March 1962 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Originally released (as "The Split") as the second half of a double feature. The first film was a dubbed version of Georges Franju's Eye4s Without a Face (1960) (aka "The Horror Chamber of Dr. Faustus"). See more »Goofs
Misspelled word in opening credits. "From an original story..." reads "From an ORIGNAL story..." See more »Alternate Versions
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As one poster put it... this is the film you saw as a kid but never remembered its name. I did!!! It is kinda cheesy...but I've seen much worse. But for its time, I gotta hand it to the make up folks and the actor's reaction for that scene with the eye on his shoulder. Gosh! Ya gotta guess that most of the budget went into that, and what fun! There isn't one person I have shown this film to that hasn't gasped at it! I just wished the rest of the film was that way. This is one film that HAS to be in your Halloween collection...your "low budget" vintage B movie horror collection...you know you've got one. Set it right between the William Castle films and the Hammer Films!! Get this film, get it now. It's a hoot!