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PRESENTS: MATANGO: ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE (1963)
Matango

MOViE iNFORMATiON

[ THEATRE DATE....: 8/11/1963
[ RELEASE DATE....: 6/20/2005
[ STORE DATE......: 3/15/2005
[ GENRE...........: Sci-Fi/Horror/Fantasy
[ RUNTiME.........: 89 Minutes
[ RATiNG..........: 5.4/10 (219 votes)
[ NO. SCREENiNGS..: ???

[ ViDEO BiTRATE...: 936 kBit/s XviD at 23.976fps
[ AUDiO BiTRATE...: 71 kBit/s Mono MP3 at 48KHZ, JA
[ AUDiO2 BiTRATE..: 75 kBit/s Mono MP3 at 48KHZ, EN
[ ASPECT RATiO....: 2.60:1
[ RESOLUTiON......: 624x240
[ ARCHiVES........: sph-matango.rar *50x15*
[ AVi SiZE........: 701 MB * 718,062 KB * 735,295,488 B ]
[ SUBTiTLES.......: English VobSubs

M O V i E   S U M M A R Y

This twisted, surreal monster story is related in flashback by an
asylum inmate, who tells of his horrific experiences as one of several
castaways on a mist-shrouded tropical island. While the crew affect
repairs to their yacht, the stranded passengers take refuge in a
derelict ship overgrown with a strange variety of mushroom -- which
seems to be the only available source of food on the island. When
their own rations are depleted, they begin to develop an eerie,
uncontrollable craving for the mushrooms, and for a time only the
narrator and his girlfriend manage to resist the urge to chow down as
well. As expected, everyone who partakes of the fungus begins to
transform into a giant, lumbering mushroom-monster, and eventually
even the two holdouts find themselves tucking in to the tempting
toadstools.

It really is 2.6:1. There's vobsample included as evidence. There's
an English dub track included as well as the original Japanese. This
was made by the same director that made the original Godzilla movies.
Although the IMDB rating isn't very high, all the reviewers love this
movie.

Director .........  Ishiro Honda

Akira Kubo .......  Kenji Murai
Kumi Mizuno ......  Mami Sekiguchi
Hiroshi Koizumi ..  Naoyuki Sakeda

M O R E  i N F O R M A T i O N

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057295/
RETAIL DVD: http://www.dvdempire.com/exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=656517

DVD REVIEW: http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s1534mata.html
DVD REVIEW: http://www.dvdcult.com/rev_Matango.htm

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