I think most adults can remember seeing this movie on Creature Double Feature about 20 years ago. This movie always gave me the hebee-geebees, because of the creepy music and creepier Mushroom people. Back when I was a teen, mushrooms growing out of the grown freaked me out. Not sure why or what it was about them, but I can remember staying clear of those nasty fungi. So when I watched this movie it really gave me the willies.
The story is basically Gillian's Island meets the mutating mushrooms. A happy band of people get shipwrecked on a deserted island covered with the creepy mushrooms. The castaways take shelter in a broken down boat. The crew is no where to be found and a recording tells them of the tragic happenings to the crew on the island. They also find out that the mushrooms shouldn't be eaten under any circumstance.
After some time passes the food runs out and no rescue boat has come. The castaway start to freak out from starvation and end up eating the mushrooms. You can pretty much figure out what happens after that. The movie has some of the worse dubbing in a Japanese film and the acting is average at best. The only REAL reason to see this movie is because on the nature of the film (Mushroom People?). There hasn't been any movie like this before. It's creepy nature and horrific music is reason enough to watch this at least once. The ending wasn't to bad either. A great rental for late night when you have absolutely NOTHING else to do. (Rating 5/10)
The story is basically Gillian's Island meets the mutating mushrooms. A happy band of people get shipwrecked on a deserted island covered with the creepy mushrooms. The castaways take shelter in a broken down boat. The crew is no where to be found and a recording tells them of the tragic happenings to the crew on the island. They also find out that the mushrooms shouldn't be eaten under any circumstance.
After some time passes the food runs out and no rescue boat has come. The castaway start to freak out from starvation and end up eating the mushrooms. You can pretty much figure out what happens after that. The movie has some of the worse dubbing in a Japanese film and the acting is average at best. The only REAL reason to see this movie is because on the nature of the film (Mushroom People?). There hasn't been any movie like this before. It's creepy nature and horrific music is reason enough to watch this at least once. The ending wasn't to bad either. A great rental for late night when you have absolutely NOTHING else to do. (Rating 5/10)