[Osnome]

>>And from Japan, the very creepy Attack of the Mushroom People. A bunch of people on a yacht end up blown off course, and onto a deserted island, by a storm. There, they find giant mushrooms which turn anyone who eats them into a living, walking mushroom. I think American TV producer Sherwood Schwartz must have seen this film prior to creating Gilligan’s Island. The people on the yacht include the skipper, his first mate, a rich dude, an egotistical actress, a sweet “girl next door” type, a professor....sound familiar?<<

I would say your conclusions are all wrong there.
The original name for this flick was MATANGO.

BLACK SCORPION had very good Stop-Motion-Animation,
which were created by Miles O’brien(King Kong).
Those underground monsters were the best and scariest.
Only one problem with this movie whose story and footage was filmed in Mexico-
all of the characters speak English all the time.
Those Mexicans speak damned good English.

[puroresu]

I would say your conclusions are all wrong there. The original name for this flick was MATANGO.

Yep! I've got it on DVD! But it was always "Attack of the Mushroom People" when it aired on late night TV when I was a kid!

I always liked Mothra, too. Especially when Mothra enters Tokyo in caterpillar form, spins a cocoon on Tokyo Tower, and emerges as a moth. Then, in Godzilla vs. Mothra a couple of years later, Mothra lays an egg which gets put on display in a giant hothouse by a promoter. Godzilla tries to destroy the egg and the fight is on! I think they'll finally do a good DVD release of Mothra this fall as part of a set called Icons of Toho Sci-Fi.

[4yearlurker]

Actually the name is Willis O’Brien. He invented 3D animation. His last movie was:”It's A Mad,Mad,Mad,Mad World. He animated the Firetruck ladder scene at the end of the movie.