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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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Finally 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. ln The lnvisible Man Appears, written and directed by Nobuo Adachi in 1949, a scientist successfuIIy creates an invisibiIity serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formuIa to rob a priceIess jeweI. In addition to being the earliest surviving Japanese science fiction fiIm ever made, the fiIms 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 Fly 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 invisibiIity ray be the one to stop it? SPEClAL EDITlON CONTENTS - High Definition (1080p) transfers of both fiIms on one Blu-ray disc - OriginaI lossless Japanese mono audio on both films - OptionaI EngIish subtitIes for both fiIms - Transparent Terrors, a newIy fiImed interview with critic and genre schoIar Kim Newman on the history of the ""InvisibIe 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 AlIison, Hayley ScanIon and Tom Vincent |
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