The Manster (1959)

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The Manster is a story of an American reporter working in Japan who travels to the remote laboratory of a crazy scientist in order to obtain an interview a gain some information on his work.  Little does he know that he is a prime candidate for the scientist's experiments on mutation.  Unbeknown to the reporter the scientist drugs him and gives him a shot of serum which slowly begins to change his personality and soon even his appearance.  Eventually he begins to transform into a blood thirsty beast, a beast with an additional head growing from its shoulder!

As a late 1950's B-move horror flick, The Manster probably made a suitable lead in to better horror film in a double feature.  For this type of production I was surprised to discover that the acting wasn't half bad, it's simply the story which is awful, but for a film that spends more time building up to the final transformation and has relatively limited "manster" screen time I was impressed that I wasn't completely bored.  There's really nothing different between this and the two other monster films I've reviewed in the Mills Creek set (The Beast of the Yellow Night & Atom Age Vampire), they all have the same basic premise, plot and conclusion, although The Manster and Atom Age Vampire are watchable the other is not.  Overall, if you're into mediocre monster transformation films The Manster is a suitable dose, it's unfortunate though that the film isn't as corny as the title lends itself to be.  In the end, The Manster is not going to blow your mind but it holds up in a single viewing.

5/10