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''Hiruko the Goblin'' is a 1991 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. It stars Kenji Sawada as Reijiro Hieda, an archeologist who discovers an ancient burial mound underneath a high school. The burial mound was created to seal an evil yōkai, but has recently become unsealed. At the same time, a young student named Masao Yabe, played by Masaki Kudou, is tormented by fits of pain and strange markings on his back. Strange events ensue as it becomes clear that a yōkai named Hiruko may have been unsealed.
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''Hiruko the Goblin'' is a 1991 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto.Creator/ShinyaTsukamoto. It stars Kenji Sawada as Reijiro Hieda, an archeologist who discovers an ancient burial mound underneath a high school. The burial mound was created to seal an evil yōkai, but has recently become unsealed. At the same time, a young student named Masao Yabe, played by Masaki Kudou, is tormented by fits of pain and strange markings on his back. Strange events ensue as it becomes clear that a yōkai named Hiruko may have been unsealed.
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* AffectionateParody: Of American horror films, with nods to ''Film/TheThing1982'', ''Film/TheEvilDead'', ''Film/Gremlins1984'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', even ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.''
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* AffectionateParody: Of American horror films, with nods to ''Film/TheThing1982'', ''Film/TheEvilDead'', ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'', ''Film/Gremlins1984'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', even ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.''
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* AffectionateParody: Of American horror films, with nods to ''Film/TheThing1982'', ''Film/TheEvilDead'', ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', even ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.''
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* AffectionateParody: Of American horror films, with nods to ''Film/TheThing1982'', ''Film/TheEvilDead'', ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', ''Film/Gremlins1984'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', even ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.''
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* AffectionateParody: Of American horror films, with nods to ''Film/TheThing1982'', ''Film/TheEvilDead'', ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', even ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.''
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* AdaptationAmalgamation: Adapts two stories from the ''Yokai Hunter'' manga; "The Black Investigator" (Hiruko and his habit of stealing heads) and "Red Lips" (pretty, popular girl gets possessed by AncientEvil).
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: Heida was more of a stoic badass in the ''Youkai Hunter'' manga: in the movie he's a bumbling doofus.
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* SirenSong: Hiruko entrances his victim with Tsukishima's beautiful singing voice.
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''Hiruko the Goblin'' is a 1991 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. It stars Kenji Sawada as Reijiro Hieda, an archeologist who discovers an ancient burial mound underneath a high school. The burial mound was created to seal an evil yōkai, but has recently become unsealed. At the same time, a young student named Masao Yabe, played by Masaki Kudou, is tormented by fits of pain and strange markings on his back. Strange events ensue as it becomes clear that a yōkai named Hiruko may have been unsealed.
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!! This movie contains examples of:
*ChainsawGood: At one point Masao picks up a chainsaw to use against Hiruko.
*DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Watanabe, the janitor, resorts to this after deciding that Hiruko is impossible to defeat.]]
*OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Hiruko's main method for dispatching its victims, forcing them to decapitate themselves after they are possessed.]]
*SealedEvilInACan: Hiruko has been sealed in an ancient burial ground for many years.
*WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Hiruko is repulsed by ordinary insect repellent.]]
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!! This movie contains examples of:
*ChainsawGood: At one point Masao picks up a chainsaw to use against Hiruko.
*DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Watanabe, the janitor, resorts to this after deciding that Hiruko is impossible to defeat.]]
*OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Hiruko's main method for dispatching its victims, forcing them to decapitate themselves after they are possessed.]]
*SealedEvilInACan: Hiruko has been sealed in an ancient burial ground for many years.
*WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Hiruko is repulsed by ordinary insect repellent.]]
