tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post9182936966843080291..comments2024-01-25T05:48:13.938-06:00Comments on Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies: Matango (1963): or, There's Not Mushroom for ErrorThe Vicar of VHShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-81283463477246993332008-09-24T16:11:00.000-05:002008-09-24T16:11:00.000-05:00This is one my favorite japanese movie of all time...This is one my favorite japanese movie of all time!!! The watching is suggested... many kaiju eiga fans consider Matango the best Honda's movie after the first Godzilla.Maurizio Ercolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397647502900924369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-6539124736068683772008-09-10T17:43:00.000-05:002008-09-10T17:43:00.000-05:00This is a great movie, much more horror than sci-f...This is a great movie, much more horror than sci-fi as alot of review blogs would like you to believe. And stunning Kumi Mizuno a huge part of what makes this movie one of my faves... although nothing could ever top how bad ass she looks in her Monster Zero martian space suit.Mr. Karswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889717828895556186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-27275765058465274742008-09-09T17:16:00.000-05:002008-09-09T17:16:00.000-05:00miss kate, please watch Matango, it is excellent. ...miss kate, please watch Matango, it is excellent. just be prepared for the "LaLaLa Song" early on, don't let it discourage you!Prof. Grewbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132543249418576650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-45350336947515694462008-09-09T07:49:00.000-05:002008-09-09T07:49:00.000-05:00Ah--further proof for my "Italian post-nukers are ...Ah--further proof for my "Italian post-nukers are way less downbeat than Japaanese post-nukers and I bet there's a historical reason for this" theory :) Sounds like an interesting little flick that steers clear of silliness in spite of its rubber-monster incorporation, which is refreshing. I was hoping for wall-to-wall INSANITY, I'll confess, but a thoughtfully-crafted horror movie is a nice change of pace, even for me.Tenebrous Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032561062849200919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4032450846239938332.post-90635115885693996972008-09-08T23:55:00.000-05:002008-09-08T23:55:00.000-05:00If you like Matango (and had I discovered this mov...If you like Matango (and had I discovered this movie earlier, I would've adopted "Matango, the Mushroom Person" as my <I>nom d'Internet</I>), I highly recommend you read "The Voice in the Night" (1907), by William Hope Hodgson, the story on which the screenplay for Matango was based. It's <A HREF="http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/gaslight/voicenig.htm" REL="nofollow">here</A>, and it's a quick read.<BR/><BR/><I>Matango</I> is a reasonable Japanese adaptation of the original (like Kurosawa's <I>Throne of Blood</I> is a reasonable adaption of <I>Macbeth,</I> only with more Mushroom People), and it's surprising to me that Hodgson's work hasn't spawned more films. Heck, <I>The Ghost Pirates</I> is 10 times the story <I>Pirates of the Caribbean</I> could hope to be. (<I>Pirates of the Caribbean</I> is the literary equivalent of a tenth-generation VHS dub of Hodgson's <I>The Ghost Pirates</I>.) And imagine what golden-age Hammer could've done with Hodgson's Carnacki the Ghost Hunter stories. (Cushing was born to play Carnacki.)<BR/><BR/>Reading Hodgson is an exercise in "Why wasn't this unalloyed awesomeness made into a movie?" <I>Matango</I> is, sadly, the only decent movie made from a Hodgson story. But every word Hodgson wrote is online, on Gutenberg or in friendlier formats. Young filmmakers eager to do a period horror film, take note.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com