Hiruko the Goblin
- IMDb link: 0100991
- IMDb rating: 6.2 (2,037 votes)
- Genres: Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
- Director: Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Naoto Takenaka
- Cast: Kenji Sawada, Masaki Kudou, Hideo Murota and others
- Release date: 11 May 1991
- Release year: 1991
- Runtime: 89 minutes
- Country: Japan
- Keywords: school, hell, goblin, gore, wound, uncle nephew relationship, teenager, teenage boy, summer vacation, covered in blood
Plot:
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 and eventually battle Hiruko.