Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell

Original title: Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro

1968
PG
1h 24m

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The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.

Director
- Hajime Satô
Writers
- Kyûzô Kobayashi
- Susumu Takaku
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6.1/10

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Director
- Hajime Satô
Writers
- Kyûzô Kobayashi
- Susumu Takaku
Stars

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Teruo Yoshida

Sugisaka, the co-pilot

Tomomi Satô

Kazumi Asakura, the stewardess

Hideo Kô

Hirofumi Teraoka , The Hijacker

Masaya Takahashi

Toshiyuki Saga , the scientist

Nobuo Kaneko

Tokuyasu

Eizô Kitamura

Gôzô Mano, the senator

Yûko Kusunoki

Noriko Tokuyasu

Kazuo Katô

Dr. Momotake, the psychiatrist

Hiroyuki Nishimoto

The Pilot

Toshihiko Yamamoto

Matsumiya
(as Norihiko Yamamoto)

Kathy Horan

Mrs. Neal

Keiichi Noda

Gokemidoro
(voice)
(as Kei'ichi Noda)

Harold Conway

Assassinated Ambassador
(uncredited)

Michael Kaye

Gôzô Mano, the senator
(voice)
(uncredited)

Ted Thomas

Tokuyasu
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Director
- Hajime Satô
Writers
- Kyûzô Kobayashi
- Susumu Takaku
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Trivia
This film is reputed to be one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films. A scene in the film Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) shows an airplane window with a red sky outside just like the opening scene in this film.

Goofs
In the film's first shot of the red sky from the airplane's cockpit, before the UFO appears for the first time, the bottom border of the red-hued transparent plastic covering causing the effect is visible, resulting in a long sliver of normal blue sky below it.

Quotes
Tokuyasu: Mr. Mano, Japan's becoming like America, isn't it?
Gôzô Mano, the senator: What do you mean by that?
Tokuyasu: Using a rifle to kill people. It's a pity to have lost such a fine man. The ambassador was trying his best to find a way to settle the trouble in Southeast Asia.
Gôzô Mano, the senator: Tokuyasu, do you really mean what you're saying?
Tokuyasu: What?
Gôzô Mano, the senator: Your company exports weapons. Won't you be in trouble if peace comes to Southeast Asia? Isn't that so, Mrs. Tokuyasu?
Noriko Tokuyasu: Yes.
Tokuyasu: What are you talking about, Noriko? I'm no match for you, Mr. Mano.
Gôzô Mano, the senator: The world's in terrible shape. Trouble between nations grows worse with terrorism breaking out all over the place. Everything's gone crazy!
Tokuyasu: You should get yourself a bodyguard, Mr. Mano. You must take care. You can't tell who your enemies are.
Gôzô Mano, the senator: Nonsense! I'm not afraid to die. A politician who fears his enemies would end up a nervous wreck.

Alternate versions
While the original 1968 Japanese version of Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro has its full cast and crew listed in its credits, the U.S. version only has one title card reading "TFC and Pacemaker Films present Body Snatcher from Hell'" and its 1977 U.S. release copyright date. The U.S. version also does not give any information on who made the film or starred in it.

Connections
Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 6 (1999)

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6/10

Vampires, body snatchers, aliens, and other menaces

This isn't one of those typical rubber suit movies where a giant beast smashes everything in sight while being shot at by toy airplanes. This is a slick, well-done horror/sci-fi that blends many elements and does it well.

There's some vampires, people's minds being taken over, driven insane, killing each other, invading aliens with sinister plots, and a lot of innocents in peril. This is the stuff of a good horror flick. The movie opens with a UFO sighting, and a plane being knocked out of the sky and forced to crash land in the wilderness. From there, evil starts to infect the survivors of the airplane, and a desperate battle for survival is on. All levels of conflict ensue: characters against each other, the environment, and even themselves.

A lost gem of the horror/sci-fi genre, worth seeing.