THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Zillafoot (2019)
Directed, written, produced and filmed by Anthony Polonia, son of Mark, this movie uses footage from Konga TNT, Gappa: The Triphibian Monster and Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters to show the kaiju that have attacked Earth. Thinking humans are too violent to be part of a peaceful universe, aliens sent the ape-reptile hybrid Zillafoot to […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Uktena: The Horned Monstrosity (2021)
Based on the Native American myth and inspired by Suitmation kaiju movies, Uktena is eighty feet tall and 200 tons thick. He’s an ancient Cherokee monster that has awakened because of the modern world’s greed. Made by father and son Dan and David Treanor, this pits the titular monster up against Sheriff Poncho Bravo (Marc […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Hedorah Silent Spring (2019)
An entry for GEMSTONE’s Creators Audition, a collaborative project between Toho Co., Ltd. and AlphaBoat in which Japanese artists and filmmakers competed in a challenge to create new works inspired by the Godzilla series, Hedorah Silent Spring was made by Hiroto Yokokawa, director of indie kaiju films The Great Buddha Arrival and Hoshi 35. You may […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: The Whale God (1962)
A small Japanese village of fishermen has decided to join together to kill the monstrous whale that has been ruining their catches. It becomes such a cause that the richest man in town (Takashi Shimura) offers his power, his land, his money and his daughter (Kyoko Enami) to whoever can kill the kaiju-size whale. This works […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Attack of the Giant Teacher (2019)
Kenzo Miyazawa is a night school teacher with a class full of weirdos. Sadly, there aren’t enough students and the school is about to close. There’s also a musical that the class wants to put on for a festival. And oh yes, an alien kaiju that has come to destroy the city which Mr. Miyazawa […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: The Return of Godzilla (1984)and Godzilla 1985 (1985)
The Return of Godzilla (1984): The 16th film in the Godzilla franchise, this was the last film produced in the Shōwa era and the first film in the Heisei series. It is at once a sequel to the original 1954 Godzilla and a reboot. The King of the Monsters would return to his roots as an […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Django And Trinity Against Godzilla (1972)
When a good witch sends Django one hundred years into the future, he has to protect humanity from Godzilla. Yet even his abilities are not enough, so the sorceress sends him assistance in the form of Trinity. Can these two Italian Western heroes stand a chance against the Japanese King of the Monsters? Edited by […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Konga TNT (2020)
Not only is this a kaiju movie, it’s also a comic book movie. Based on the Charlton Comics series Konga, which was an adaptation of the movie Konga and had 24 issues of art by Steve Ditko, this movie was made during COVID-19 lockdown by Brett Kelly, who also made Ouija Shark, Raiders of the Lost Shark, Agent Beetle (which […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)
Directed by Kensho Yamashita and written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara, this is the sixth and next to last movie of the Heisei era that begins with The Return of Godzilla in 1984 and ends with Godzilla vs. Destoroyah in 1995. SpaceGodzilla was first conceived in 1978 and is similar to new kaiju villain Biollant. Creature designer Shinji […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Reigo, the Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato (2008)
Directed and written by Shinpei Hayashiya, this is the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, which fights giant monsters in the Pacific Ocean. Yes, the same battleship from Space Cruiser Yamamoto AKA Star Blazers. The crew doesn’t believe when they hear that the oceans they’ve docked in are protected by the man-sized, carnivorous Bonefishes and […]
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