Source: FUNimation Entertainment press release, Eleven Arts Entertainment Special Thanks to Brian Cleary

Keiko Furano (Eri Otoguro) goes to extremes to keep her boyfriend in the splatter horror comedy VAMPIRE GIRL VS FRANKENSTEIN GIRL. Photo courtesy of Eleven Arts Entertainment. © 2010 Pony Canyon /Concept Film /Excellent Film Partners

High school student Mizushima receives Valentines Day chocolates from the new student, Monami Arukado Little did Mizushima know that the chocolates contained traces of Monami’s vampire blood. He gets infected from eating them and Monami confesses that she wants to live with him forever as vampires. Overtaken by jealousy from seeing the two together Mizushima’s girlfriend Keiko Furano teases Monami relentlessly. While attempting to uncover Monami’s greatest weakness, Keiko finds out her true identity as a vampire. Meanwhile, Mizushima decides that he wants to fully become a vampire with Monami’s help. Keiko sees the two on the school rooftop kissing and in a state of hysteria, attempts to throw Monami off the roof but falls off herself instead. Keiko dies but her father, Kenji Furano, the mad scientist, resurrects her as Franken girl. Thus begins a deadly combat between Franken Keiko and Vampire Monami in the name of love. FUNimation Entertainment has acquired home entertainment, digital and merchandising rights to the live action horror comedy VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL (Kyuuketsushoujo tai Shoujofuranken, 2009) from Eleven Arts Entertainment. FUNimation will release the film on DVD and Blu-ray in October 2010. VAMPIRE GIRL VS FRANKENSTEIN GIRL was directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu and Yoshihiro Tomomatsu, the dark minds that brought you cult classics like TOKYO GORE POLICE, THE MACHINE GIRL, and ROBOGEISHA. The film premiered worldwide at the 2009 NY Asian Film Festival where it won the prestigious Audience Award. Since then it has screened all over the world including the Toronto After Dark Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Vampire student Monami Arukado (Yukie Kawamura) has her undead heart set on Mizushima (Takumi Saito). Photo courtesy of Eleven Arts Entertainment. © 2010 Pony Canyon /Concept Film /Excellent Film Partners

VAMPIRE GIRL VS FRANKENSTEIN GIRL began a series of screenings at the Mayfair Theatre in Ontario, Canada starting April 14. This week, The Nashville Independent Film Festival will present a late night screening of VAMPIRE GIRL VS FRANKENSTEIN GIRL on April 20.

VAMPIRE GIRL VS FRANKENSTEIN GIRL

Production: Pony Canyon / Concept Film / Excellent Film Partners Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura (TOKYO GORE POLICE) - Japanese Special Effects & Make-Up Guru Director & Writer: Naoyuki Tomomatsu (ZOMBIE SELF DEFENSE FORCE; STACY- ATTACK OF THE SCHOOLGIRL ZOMBIES) Action Director: Tak Sakaguchi (VERSUS, AZUMI, GODZILLA: FINAL WARS, BE A MAN! SAMURAI SCHOOL) Visual Effects Supervisor: Tsuyoshi Kazuno (SAMURAI PRINCESS, MACHINE GIRL) Stars: Eihi Shiina (TOKYO GORE POLICE; AUDITION) Yukie Kawamura (A SLIT-MOUTHED WOMAN 2) Eri Otoguro (CHANBARA BEAUTY, SHAOLIN GIRL) Takumi Saito (ROBOGEISHA) Jiji Bu (TOKYO GORE POLICE) Erina (CROWS ZERO; A SLIT-MOUTHED WOMAN 2) Kanji Tsuda (AUDITION, JU-ON, GAMERA THE BRAVE) Taksahi Shimizu (JU-ON, THE GRUDGE, THE SHOCK LABYRINTH)

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About Eleven Arts, Inc.

Based in Los Angeles, Eleven Arts, Inc. is a motion picture production and distribution company that brings Japanese and Asian movies to worldwide audiences as well as bringing movies from all over the world into Asia.