Summary
A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to a creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You scare easily
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 58GoodWatch 62
IMDb6.6
Audience score50%
Running time
1 h 11 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 horror movies, −24 min on the typical 95
typical 9571Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1970
July 4, 1970
56 years ago
Genres
HorrorMysteryLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesIntense
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 8 more12 people
- Kayo MatsuoKeiko Sagawa
- Akira NakaoHiroshi Takagi
- Yukiko KobayashiYûko Nonomura / The Vampire Doll
- Yoko MinakazeShidu Nonomura
- Atsuo NakamuraKazuhiko Sagawa
- Kaku TakashinaGenzô
- Jun HamamuraPublic Officer
- GSGinzô SekiguchiStaff at Gus Station
- Sachio SakaiTaxi Driver
Tadao FutamiFarmer
Jun UsamiDr. Yamaguchi
Shigeo KatōMan from Ogawara Town Hall
Directing · 2
- Michio Yamamoto Director
- Kunihiko Watanabe First Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Hiroshi Nagano Screenplay
- Ei Ogawa Screenplay
Production · 4
- Tomoyuki Tanaka Executive Producer
- Fumio Tanaka Executive Producer
- Masao Suzuki Production Manager
- Shizuo Nakajima Production Assistant
Camera · 2
- Kazutami Hara Director of Photography
- Takashi Nakao Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Kôichi Iwashita Editor
Sound · 2
- Riichirō Manabe Original Music Composer
- Minoru Tomita Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Yoshifumi Honda Art Direction
Visual Effects · 2
- Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director, Special Effects
- Kazunobu Sanpei Visual Effects
Lighting · 1
- Kojiro Sato Lighting Technician
Other crew · 1
- Kanzō Uni Choreographer
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