The flight of JA307 is relayed a bomb threat from the control tower. The pilot searches the bags and finds a gun. One of the passengers hijacks the plane. Meanwhile birds keep crashing into the plane and an UFO nearly hits them. It causes the plane to crash land on a deserted island. The UFO has also landed there taking over some of the people. Apparently, they intend on taking over the world after humans wear themselves out killing each other.This is B-movie through and through. It's a Japanese sci-fi horror B-movie. The effects are cute and campy. The acting is generally very broad and bad. The campiness is good for a few laughs until it gets a little boring. This is for B-movie horror fans only. Even then, this is mostly for the cheese factor. It's not really actually scary. Even the way the possessed suck out the other people is hilariously silly looking. The blob alien enters the possessed through a gash in their foreheads. It's kind of funny looking. It's one of those movies that people make fun of by dubbing in funny dialog. Maybe somebody will make a hilarious dubbed version and I can rate that higher.

This film is pure B movie horror/science fiction. It involves some space vampires who come to earth, slide in easily because we have carelessly ignored the evidence of their existence over the years. The are able to split the skulls of people and crawl inside their bodies. The film suffers from an epidemic of hysteria and stupidity. These people have no plan and ignore the evidence that is shoved in their faces over and over again. No wonder the aliens don't have to work very hard. Still, I have to say that given a bit more budget, it could have been a decent film. The plot is pretty creative and had a little of that Outer Limits cynicism. But while it was some fun, I couldn't get past the idiocy of the focused population.

Opening on an airplane flying over Japan, businessmen & politicians speak of the state of the world and the rarity of assassinating political leaders (here, the well liked British ambassador). Soon after, a warning comes over the pilot's radio warning them of a bomb threat against the flight. As the pilot checks the luggage, the passengers begin to question their civil liberties and the pilot's right to invade their personal belongings for wider safety. The man supposedly responsible for the terrorist threat is revealed and, out of desperation, hijacks the plane and resets the course for Okinawa. Without warning, an unidentified flying object appears from the clouds and collides with the plane, knocking out an engine and forcing it to crash-land on a barren island. On this island, there is an even more dangerous threat: Blob-like creatures invade the minds (through a head-vagina) of the survivors, turning them into blood-thirsty murderers.It's a shame this terrifying sci-fi/horror flick goes so unnoticed, forgotten by time. It is a truly strange and unsettling film that seamlessly blends the Japanese sci-fi films of the 50s/60s with a level of paranoia horror that often goes unseen.Visually, the film is great. Utilizing great locations and beautiful cinematography & art design, it's truly a great sight for the eyes. Most of the creature effects are understandably cheesy, but that's to be expected. The mood & suspense are perfectly set and maintained throughout the entire film and it helps to accentuate some of the more chilling moments. The anti-war commentary is wonderfully executed and is still extremely relevant in today's society. The actors excellently display the desperation and fear that the situation provided and it's just another element that helps to make this one of the better Sci-Fi films to come out of Japan in the 1960s.Fans of Mario Bava's 'Planet of the Vampires' or, even, the old 'Lost in Space' series should most definitely give this film a look.Final verdict: 8/10.

GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL- pretty much says it all, huh? Only Goke's not from hell, per se, but "out there." Director Hajime Sato crams about as many disparate characters as is humanly possible into a single plane: a mad bomber; a skyjacker who moonlights as an assassin; the titular e-t; and, worst of all (by far), a corrupt businessman. There are rock-slides (two or three; I lost count, but they were usually timely), human sacrifices, and suicidal birds who throw themselves at the plane to bring it down. Most of the movie has that distinctive Mario Bava look (and, sometimes but not often, the feel), but interspersed throughout are grisly, red-tinted photos from the then-current Vietnam war that are most definitely out of place- jarringly so. Goke's objective is admirable: the destruction of the Human Race- and the ending of the movie is great-, but some of the lines are hysterical. When faced with the prospect of coming face to face with a vampire, the resident scientist says (almost wistfully), "A chance like this comes once in a lifetime." So bad it's good.