Hiruko the Goblin (1991)

Podcast: The Kaiju Transmissions Podcast · Kaiju Transmissions Podcast

Opublikowano: 2026-10-23

As our October horror viewing marches forward, Byrd, Matt, Lux and Kevin disusss Shinya Tsukamoto's 1991 film, Hiruko the Goblin. After Tsukamoto had an international breakout success with his indie Tetsuo The Iron Man, he was offered a much bigger budget to helm this adaptation of Daijiro Morohoshi's Yokai Hunter manga. This is a horror-comedy is about an evil entity that possesses a schoolgirl's disembodied head, as it grows crab-like legs and starts killing other students as a monster hunter tries to vanquish it. What did we think? Listen and find out!