#Yokai monsters: spook warfare

[chernobog13]

YOKAI MONSTERS: 100 GHOSTS (March, 1968)

YOKAI MONSTERS: SPOOK WARFARE (December, 1968)

YOKAI MONSTERS: ALONG WITH GHOSTS (March, 1969)

The Yokai Monsters trilogy from Daiei Film, released in the US by ADV Films under their Rubbersuit imprint.

While written by Tetsuro Yoshida, and featuring various yokai from Japanese mythology and folklore, the films are not connected and are stand-alone tales. Like the Daimajin Trilogy from the same studio two years prior, they can bee seen in any order.

The yokai are brought to life using puppetry, suitmation, and in some cases animation, which makes them a lot of fun to watch. Nowadays most of them would be created using CGI, which would ruin the whole experience (at least for me).

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H E D

[unknowngenius85]

I have some really weird and weird and obscure interests/ obsessions. The current one is the film trilogy Yokai Monsters. I can't believe that that aren't more people that haven't seen or heard of it. The movies were made in the late 1960s and their practical effects are INSANE. Like I'm a filmmaker and I watch these movies and am like HOW DID THEY DO THAT?! If you have Shudder, which is where I found these film gems, go on there and watch these. It really doesn't matter what order you watch them in. The only thing that connects them is the monsters/ ghosts. They are a combination of puppetry, animation, etc and it's all practically done. There are some seriously creepy images that will stick with you so if you are easily spooked be forewarned.

[z0mbi3-s0krat3s]

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare 👻 Mega-weird 60s Japanese folklore film. Tons of cool costumes, creatures, demons, masks, puppets, and even some laughs. A whacky ride with cool double exposure edits and a solid pace throughout. Fun experience for fans of the strange and unusual. 6/10 streaming on AMC+

[ghostnight]

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968)

[docrotten]

KING OF THE ZOMBIES (1941) – Episode 174 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“The witchin’ hour. … Feedin’ time for the haints and I’m caught in the kitchen!” Dining with the haints? It’s a dream come true! Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr along with guest host Scott Wells – as they discuss this Mantan Moreland vehicle, King of the Zombies (1941).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 174 – King of the Zombies (1941)

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On a spooky island, three stranded travelers find an evil doctor working with foreign spies and in control of zombies.

  Directed by: Jean Yarbrough

Writer: Edmond Kelso

Music by: Edward J. Kay (as Edward Kay) (musical score)

Cinematography by: Mack Stengler (director of photography)

Selected Cast:

Mantan Moreland as Jefferson ‘Jeff’ Jackson

Dick Purcell as James McCarthy

Joan Woodbury as Barbara Winslow

Henry Victor as Dr. Miklos Sangre

John Archer as Bill Summers

Patricia Stacey as Alyce Sangre

Guy Usher as Adm. Wainwright

Marguerite Whitten as Samantha

Leigh Whipper as Momba

Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Tahama

James Davis as Lazarus (as Jimmy Davis)

Laurence Criner as Dr. Couillie (as Lawrence Criner)

Combine the “Old Dark House” genre with a voodoo-zombie picture and you get King of the Zombies (1941). This light-hearted, slightly cringy but entertaining B-Movie feature is well worth a look back at its style, impact, and cast. The film may not be widely remembered but it handles the genre with ease, humor, and a smidge of tension. The Grue-Crew examines the film’s contributions and missteps. Let the shenanigans begin.

At the time of this writing, King of the Zombies is available for streaming from the Classic Horror Movie Channel, Amazon Prime, MGM+, Screambox, Kanopy, and Tubi.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Daphne is The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968). A Daiei Studios production directed by Noriaki Yuasa, one of the creators of Gamera, this one was released along with Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare. It’ll be fun!

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at feedback@gruesomemagazine.com

To each of you from each of them, “Thank you so much for watching and listening!”

Check out this episode!

[seraymerichateblog]

🎃 I DID IT I WIN 🎃

Here is my 31 movies of Halloween 2023:

1. Lake Mungo

2. Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel

3. Threads

4. Mad God

5. VHS 99

6. VHS 85

7. Zombie Flesh Eaters/Zombi 2

8. Time of Moulting

9. Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters

10. Impetigore

11. Extraordinary Tales

12. Host

13. Satan’s Slaves

14. Jacob’s Ladder

15. X

16. Pearl

17. Satan’s Slaves 2: Communion

18. Tetsuo: The Iron Man

19. Overlord

20. Poltergeist

21. Brooklyn 45

22. Talk to Me

23. The Devonsville Terror

24. The Tower/Lockdown Tower

25. Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare

26. Moloch

27. Killer Klowns from Outer Space

28. Barbarian

29. The Menu

30. The Exorcism of Emily Rose

31. Possesor

Pls look forward to a series of tagged shorter posts where i review each watch :3

[highly-radioactive-nerd]

So far My agenda is

Dracula (79)

Yokai Monster Spook Warfare

House

Hammers Phantom of the Opera

Bad Moon

Strongly considering Trick r Treat, Dracula Prince of Darkness

Trying to strike a balance of films I've wanted to rewatch and films I've never seen.

SEND ME HALLOWEEN MOVIE RECOMENDATIONS, YOU BEASTS, DEVILS, DEMONS, WEREWOLVES, VAMPIRES, GHOSTS AND GHOULS!

[mariocki]

Yôkai Daisensô (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, 1968)

"My lord, it must be said that your peculiar behaviour is very out of the ordinary. It can't be... I don't think it's the case, but have you gone mad?"

[omercifulheaves]

Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968)

[chernobog13]

When creeps the kappa!

[raffleupagus]

I contributed to Arrow Video’s blu-ray release of YOKAI MONSTERS, some of my favorite tokusatsu movies ever! My essay takes you to where and when the titular spooks reside in the first three movies — from Edo to Kyoto, and along with ghosts on the Tokaido Road.

I love these and watch them every Halloween — so of course it’s exciting to be in their very first English language blu-ray release.

preorder in the us

[kappagecko]

God he's such a dumbass. Love him.

[visplay]

Chris: Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare is the second Japanese 60’s film in a new Blu-ray set of four films, this is the one with the ancient vampire, a classic, Watch: Buy.

Richie: It’s a must see, Watch: Buy.

[kenro199x]

YOKAI MONSTERS: SPOOK WARFARE 妖怪大戦争 4K RESTORATION (1968)

KADOKAWA Blu-ray set 2021

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