Goke: Body Snatcher From Hell
1968, PG, 84 min.
Directed by Hajime Sato, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Teruo Yoshida, Tomomi Sato, Eizo Kitamura, Hideo Ko.

The recent discovery of a rare 35 mm print of this Japanese horror/sci-fi film has forced its reassessment as one of the best of its genre ever produced. The widescreen film centers on the survivors of a mysterious plane crash who are stalked by interplanetary blobs bent on destroying the human race by invading their temporal lobes. It promises to be truly horrifying.

This article appears in November 28 • 2003.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.