Gakidama

Gakidama (Japanese: 餓鬼魂;[1] English: Baby Goblin) is a Japanese horror film based on the novel of the same name by Baku Yumemakara.[2] The 54-minute creature feature was directed by Masayoshi Sukita and released in 1985. A combination of Japanese folklore and contemporary horror standards, the story concerns a flesh-eating hitodama (a gakidama) and its attacks on a journalist and those near him.[3]

Gakidama
Kanji餓鬼魂
Directed byMasayoshi Sukita
Based onGakidama
by Baku Yumemakara
Release date
  • 1985 (1985) (Japan)
Running time
54 minutes
CountryJapan

References
  1. 夢枕獏の原作を円谷プロが映像化！ 映画『餓鬼魂』涙の初DVD化！. CDJournal (in Japanese). 21 February 2008. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. Bush, Laurence C. (2001). Asian Horror Encyclopedia: Asian Horror Culture in Literature, Manga and Folklore. United States: Writers Club Press. p. 207. ISBN 0-595-20181-4.
  3. Doherty, Niina (13 July 2019). "Film Review: Gakidama (1985)". Horrornews.net. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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