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Horror

Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell

1h 24m

Directed by Hajime Sato • 1968 • Japan

After an airplane is forced to crash-land in a remote area, its passengers find themselves face-to-face with an alien force that wants to possess them body and soul, and perhaps take over the entire human race. Filled with creatively repulsive effects, including a very invasive bloblike life-form, Hajime Sato's GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL is a pulpy, apocalyptic gross-out.

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