Trailers for Present (Purezento), Death Make, Snake Girl (Madara no shôjo), and The Wish (Negai) have been added to the official website for the Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater (Umezu Kazuo: kyôfu gekijô) series. As has been previously reported on Twitch, the series is comprised of a half-dozen hour-long movies based on manga by Kazuo Umezu...
Snake Girl (Madara no shôjo): directed by Noboru Iguchi; screenplay by Chiaki Konaka; starring Riko Narumi, Arisa Nakamura, Minako Tanaka, Kyûsaku Shimada, and Shôko Nakahara.
The Wish (Negai): directed by Atsushi Shimizu; screenplay by Sadayuki Murai; starring Orito Kasahara, Kyôko Tôyama (Tooyama Kyooko), Toshinori Omi, and Natsumi Okumura.
House of Bugs (Mushi-tachi no ie): directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa; screenplay by Sadayuki Murai; starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tamaki Ogawa, Asahi Uchida, and Hisako Shirata.
Diet (Zesshoku): directed by Tadafumi Itô; screenplay by Hiroshi Takahashi; starring Miku Ueno, Shôko Nakagawa, and Kanji Tsuda.
Present (Purezento): directed by Yûdai Yamaguchi; screenplay by Tamio Hayashi; starring Mai Takahashi, Takamasa Suga, Yôko Mitsuya, and Hitomi Kurihara.
Death Make: directed by Taiichi; screenplay by Chiaki Konaka; starring Alice, Hitomi Miwa, Anna Nakagawa, and Tomorowo Taguchi.
Oh man ... Present = best christmas movie EVER ...
although they look relatively low in budget, the films do appear worthwhile... odd and unusual in a way thats very japanese. would love to see them subbed.