Attack of the Mushroom People
1963 · Movie · 89 min · ★ 6.7 · 61% critics
After a storm leaves a small group of vacationers and crew stranded on a remote tropical island, they shelter in a fungus-covered wreck while trying to repair their damaged yacht. As food runs low and tensions rise, the island begins to feel increasingly strange and threatening.
Also known as Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People · Matango, Fungus of Terror
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Details
- Original title
- マタンゴ
- Years
- 1963
- Release date
- 1963-08-11
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (104 votes)
About
If you enjoy offbeat, slow-burning island horror with a creepy retro vibe, this cult oddity may click for you, especially if you like The H-Man or Rodan; Not for you if you want fast action or frequent creature scenes.
Pros: eerie atmosphere; creative island setting; memorably weird mood | Cons: very slow pacing; limited monster action; uneven dubbed dialogue
Themes
- island
- monster
- mushroom
- greed
- psychiatric ward
- disfigurement
- shipwrecked
- lost island
- mushrooms
- fungus people
Cast & crew
Akira Kubo
as Kenji Murai - Professor
Kumi Mizuno
as Mami Sekiguchi - Singer
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Naoyuki Sakuta - Skipper
Kenji Sahara
as Senzô Koyama - Sailor
Hiroshi Tachikawa
as Etsurô Yoshida - Writer
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Masafumi Kasai - Owner
Miki Yashiro
as Akiko Sôma - Student
Hideyo Amamoto
as Transitional Matango
Takuzō Kumagai
as Doctor (as Jiro Kumagai)
Akio Kusama
as Police Personnel
Directed by Ishirō Honda