A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths.
Hiruko the Goblin feels like a very ambitious film for director Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man), with a much larger scope for the story than his usually more character focused movies like Bullet Ballet (1998) or A Snake of June (2002). With Hiruko the Goblin he basically makes an alien invasion film with a yokai skin and pits two unlikely heroes against the demons of hell.
It's a fun, creepy horror adventure where Tsukamoto wears his influences on his sleeves, both David Cronenberg and The Thing (1982) can be dimly seen behind the scenery. A cool film for fans of Tsukamoto and Japanese monster films, although a hard sell for all the arachnophobes out there!
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy/Horror. 1h 29min.
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