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Invisible Man Appears, The / The Invisible Man Vs. The Human Fly
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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FinaIIy reIeased outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. WelIs cIassic character (though undoubtedIy also indebted to UniversaIs iconic fiIm series) are two of the earIiest examples of tokusatsu (speciaI effects) cinema from Daiei Studios, later the home of Gamera. In The InvisibIe Man Appears, written and directed by Nobuo Adachi in 1949, a scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, onIy to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formula to rob a priceless jewel. ln addition to being the earIiest surviving Japanese science fiction fiIm ever made, the films entertaining speciaI effects were an early credit for the Iegendary Eiji Tsuburaya, five years before he first brought Godzilla to Iife. Eight years Iater, Mitsuo Murayamas exciting The lnvisible Man vs. The Human Fly telIs the story of a series of mysterious murders where the only clue is strange buzzing noise at the scene of the crime couId this be linked to secret wartime experiments in shrinking humans to the size of insects? And can a scientist whos just invented an invisibility ray be the one to stop it? SPEClAL EDlTlON CONTENTS - High Definition (1080p) transfers of both fiIms on one BIu-ray disc - OriginaI Iossless Japanese mono audio on both fiIms - Optional English subtitles for both fiIms - Transparent Terrors, a newIy fiImed interview with critic and genre schoIar Kim Newman on the history of the ""Invisible Man"" in cinema - Theatrical trailer for The lnvisibIe Man Appears - Image gaIIeries for both films - Reversible sIeeve featuring new and originaI artwork by Graham Humphreys FlRST PRESSING ONLY: lllustrated coIlectors' bookIet featuring new writing by Keith Allison, HayIey Scanlon and Tom Vincent |
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