Matango (1963)
Directed by Ishirō Honda
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations which were left behind by the former crew. Soon they discover something unfriendly there...
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What critics compared Matango to
The body-horror aspect, which appears in the second act and becomes a staple in the third act, is reminiscent of Honda’s 1963 film Matango…