Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater
Promotional release poster
Created byKazuo Umezu
Years2005
Films and television
Film(s)
  • House of Bugs (or Bug's House)
  • Ambrosia (or Diet)
  • Snake Girl (or The Harlequin Girl)
  • The Wish
  • Present
  • Death Make

Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater (Japanese: 楳図かずお恐怖劇場, Hepburn: Umezu Kazuo: Kyōfu gekijō), also known as Kazuo Umezz's Horror Theater, is a Japanese six-part anthology horror film series based on manga works by Kazuo Umezu. It was released in 2005 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the start of Umezu's career as a manga artist.[1][2] The series was distributed by Shochiku,[3] and features music composed by singer-songwriter Rurutia.[4]

  1. ^ (Kinema Junpo & June 2005, p. 92): "様図かずお恐怖劇場」今年、プロデビュー 50 周年を迎えるホラーコミックの先駆者、楳図かずお原作の 6 つの [...]"
  2. ^ Murguía, Salvador Jimenez (2016). The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 345. ISBN 978-1442261662.
  3. ^ (Harper 2009, p. 170)
  4. ^ "日本映画紹介". Kinema Junpo (in Japanese). No. 1444 (12月下旬号). December 2005. p. 184. Retrieved 29 January 2023.