In 19th-century London, corpses are re-purposed with a false soul in order to use them as laborers. After being invited to join a secret society, a young medical student is given a mission to find the lost writings of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
25 June 1970, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
25 February 1979, Marietta, Georgia, USA
8 November 1968
10 February 1982, Hiroshima, Japan
12 December 1975, Iwate, Japan
18 March 1967, Tokyo, Japan
16 August 1982, Arlington, Texas, USA
8 May 1971, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 November 1981, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
15 June 1991, Dallas, Texas, USA
17 March 1983, Lubbock County, Texas, USA
1 August 1952, Chiba, Japan
25 May 1976, McKinney, Texas, USA
3 July 1993, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
14 July 1970, Texas City, Texas, USA
4 September 1985, Dallas, Texas, USA
April 12, 1955 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
11 May 1973
April 28, 2016
The Empire of Corpses is worth seeing for its stunning animation and unique twist on zombies, but its muddled story, awkward finale, and overuse of excessive scientific jargon makes the two hour anime film feel like a bittersweet steampunk symphony

