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Nov 20, 2012 · Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku (The X from Outer Space; Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell; The Living Skeleton; Genocide) (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] None (Actor), Kazui Nihonmatsu (Director), Hajime Sato (Director) Rated: NR. Format: DVD. 4.8 71 ratings. -50% $2980. List Price: $59.95. Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime.
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Following years of a certain radioactive beast’s 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 ...
Criterion’s 37th Eclipse set presents four films from Japan’s Shochiku studios’ brief horror period in the late 60’s, appropriately titled When Horror Came to Shochiku. The set includes the films The X from Outer Space; Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell; The Living Skeleton; and Genocide. Each film receives its own single-layer disc and the films are p...
All four films present Japanes Dolby Digital 1.0 mono tracks, while The X from Outer Spacepresents an alternate English dub, also in Dolby Digital 1.0 mono. All of the tracks, even the English one, are of about the same quality. They are all pretty flat and lack fidelity, obvious products of their age. There seems to be some mild noise in the backg...
No supplements to speak of but Chuck Stephens provides liner notes for the films in the set. They’re all excellent reads.
A rather fun set Criterion delivers decent transfers for all four films, the overall look limited more by the condition of the source materials used. BUY AT:
Dec 18, 2012 · When Horror Came to Shochiku (The X from Outer Space / Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell / The Living Skeleton / Genocide) The Criterion Collection // Unrated // November 20, 2012. List Price: $59.95 [Buy now and save at Amazon] Review by Stuart Galbraith IV | posted December 18, 2012 | E-mail the Author. "Humanity facing extinction - and now this?!"
Nov 20, 2012 · Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku | Current | The Criterion Collection. By Chuck Stephens. Essays — Nov 20, 2012. FROM DREAM FACTORY TO NIGHTMARE MACHINE. The second-oldest motion picture company in Japan, Shochiku studios, founded in 1924, was once that country’s most progressive film enterprise.
Feb 7, 2013 · Case in point, during the late ’60s, the eclectic film studio Shochiku explored the genre with four intriguing tales that involve giant monsters, space vampires, subaquatic ghosts, and deadly...
Jan 2, 2013 · Review: Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku. on Criterion Blu-ray. The decade extending from the mid-’60s onward was, in general, one of transition for a Japanese film industry concluding its golden age. by Jordan Cronk.
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