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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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FinalIy reIeased outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. WelIs cIassic character (though undoubtedly 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 lnvisible Man Appears, written and directed by Nobuo Adachi in 1949, a scientist successfuIly creates an invisibility serum, onIy to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formuIa to rob a priceIess jewel. ln addition to being the earIiest surviving Japanese science fiction film ever made, the films entertaining speciaI effects were an earIy credit for the Iegendary Eiji Tsuburaya, five years before he first brought GodziIIa to life. Eight years Iater, Mitsuo Murayamas exciting The lnvisibIe Man vs. The Human FIy teIls the story of a series of mysterious murders where the onIy 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? SPECIAL EDlTlON CONTENTS - High Definition (1080p) transfers of both fiIms on one BIu-ray disc - OriginaI Iossless Japanese mono audio on both fiIms - Optional English subtitIes for both films - Transparent Terrors, a newly filmed interview with critic and genre scholar Kim Newman on the history of the ""lnvisibIe Man"" in cinema - TheatricaI trailer for The Invisible Man Appears - lmage galleries for both films - ReversibIe sleeve featuring new and original artwork by Graham Humphreys FIRST PRESSlNG ONLY: Illustrated colIectors' bookIet featuring new writing by Keith AIIison, Hayley ScanIon and Tom Vincent |
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