SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON RECAP
Another day of giant monsters is in the book and for now, Tokyo can rebuild. To see the last run we did of these movies, you can check out the recap of the original Kaiju Day Marathon. We also have a B and S About Kaiju list on Letterboxd. On the Son of Kaiju Day […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
The final film in Godzilla’s showa era which lasted from 1952 to 1975 and is made up of fifteen movies. They include the original two films, the revival films that ends with Destroy All Monsters and is followed by the Champion series that starts with All Monsters Attack and ends with this film. Obviously, this was the […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: The Mysterians (1957)
Known as Chikyū Bōeigun (Earth Defense Force) in Japan, The Mysterians is important to our kaiju studies as it contains the first appearance of Moguera, who would one day become M.O.G.U.E.R.A. (Mobile Operation Godzilla Universal Expert Robot Aero-type), who took over the role intended for Mechagodzilla in Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla. While the robot never was in a Godzilla […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Banglar King Kong (2010)
Banglar King Kong is how the filmmakers of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh see Kong and let me tell you, there is no way that American audiences are prepared for this. There are times within the film where footage looks thirty years old and as if it played numerous times in drive-ins through the southwest, with […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: The X from Outer Space (1967)
Known in Japan as Uchū Daikaijū Girara (Giant Space Monster Guilala), this film is Shochiku’s first monster movie and very well may be the first Japanese film to feature a woman — Peggy Neal — with blonde hair. It’s also the first appearance of Guilala, one of the wackiest looking kaiju you’ve ever done seen. […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)
M Space Hunter Nebula is a dying planet whose inhabitants are giant cockroaches who have decided that Earth is the next planet that they will use up and move on to afterward. They take the shape of dead people to create a theme park called World Children’s Land and call upon the monsters King Ghidorah […]
Drive All Night (2021)
I’m a Yutaka Takeuchi fan. You may know him for his work in several episodes of HBO’s True Blood and Netflix’s contribution to all things Marvel with The Defenders. He was also in Jason Cuadrado’s feature film debut portmanteau Tales from the Dead, and USS Indianapolis, a direct-to-DVD affair with Nicolas Cage (do read our […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Godzilla Island (1997)
In the future of 2097, Earth’s kaiju all live on Godzilla Island, living under constant watch from the G-Guard. Godzilla, Godzilla Junior, Rodan, Kumasogami, Jigora, American Godzilla, Dogora — who was never even in a Godzilla movie before — Fire Rodan, King Ghidorah, Mecha-King Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, Mothra, Mothra Leo, Anguirus, Gigan, Hedorah, Destoroyah, Baragon, King […]
Exploring: Lost Kaiju Movies
For all the many, many movies that we’ve talked about in the last few days, there are some that we may never get to see. Here are three — beyond the two King Kong films we already talked about earlier, King Kong Appears in Edo and Wasei King Kong. Space Monster Wangmagwi: Made in South Korea in 1967, […]
SON OF KAIJU DAY MARATHON: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is gorgeous, with fully-realized and realistic versions of the monsters I grew up loving so much. However, the truth is, I was always more than happy with their look even when they were played by men in suits. Also, whenever I hear studios say things like how this movie “brings […]
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