The Manster

The Manster
Japanese theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay byWalter J. Sheldon
Story byGeorge P. Breakston
Produced byGeorge P. Breakston
Starring
CinematographyDavid Mason
Edited byKenneth G. Crane
Music byHiroki Ogawa
Production
companies
Distributed byLopert Pictures
Release dates
  • 10 July 1959 (1959-07-10) (Tokyo)
  • 28 March 1962 (1962-03-28) (United States)
Running time
72 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Japan
LanguageEnglish

The Manster (双頭の殺人鬼, Sōtō no Satsujinki; "The Two-Headed Killer") is a 1959 American science-fiction horror film. Shot in Japan, it was produced by George P. Breakston and directed by Breakston and Kenneth G. Crane from a screenplay by Walter J. Sheldon. Sheldon's script was based on Breakston's story, which he originally titled The Split.

The film stars Peter Dyneley as a foreign correspondent in Japan who is given an experimental drug which causes an eye, and eventually a second head, to grow from his shoulder. Tetsu Nakamura plays the mad scientist, Dr. Suzuki, and Terri Zimmern his assistant, Tara. Jane Hylton also stars as Dyneley's wife.