THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Gamera the Brave (2006)
Chiisaki Yūsha-tachi Gamera (Little Hero: Gamera) is the 12th Gamera movie and the second reboot. It’s also the first movie in the series made by Kadokawa Daiei Studio after the company purchased Daiei Film. There was no sequel and no more Gamera films until 2023’s Gamera Rebirth animated series. In 1973, Kousuke (Kanji Tsuda) watched as […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
The 27th film in the Godzilla franchise and the fourth film in the Millennium period, this was directed by Masaaki Tezuka and written by Wataru Mimura. In this timeline, the order of movies are Godzilla, Godzilla 2000, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack before this and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998)
Lord Doom, evil master of Proyas the Dark Planet, has unleashed Kraa the Sea Monster on Earth. He knocks out a space station to keep the Planet Patrol — who have their own movie a year later — unaware of what he’s doing to our planet. That said, one of the patrol, Mogyar lands in […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Zarkorr! The Invader (1996)
Directed by Michael Deak and Aaron Osborne and written by Neal Marshall Stevens, this movie has aliens send a 185-foot, laser-eyed monster called Zarkorr to destroy Earth. The only man who can stop it is postal worker Tommy Ward (Rhys Pugh), who is helped by a 6-inch-tall pixie named Proctor (Torie Lynch), who is a […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Sexy Rangers (2011)
The Muscle King is taking over the world with his kaiju but he never planned on Pai Energy, the power that comes from gigantic breasts. I am not making this up, trust me. That’s what powers the Sexy Rangers, who are the last — and most attractive — line of defense for our planet. There’s […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: King Dong (1984)
You can guess what movie this is trying to be. Also known as Lost on Adventure Island, this begins when Anna (Crystal Holland, who was only in two other movies, Surrender In Paradise — which is also about a shipwreck but at least has Ginger Lynn and Lois Ayres in the cast — and A Little Bit […]
TUBI ORIGINAL: I Hate You to Death (2023)
Chris Stokes is the most dependable of all Tubi Originals directors. Between The Stepmother, Vicious Affair, Picture Me Dead, The Assistant and so many more movies, he’s brought so much entertainment to us through Tubi. In his latest movie, which he directed — and wrote with Marques Houston — Stokes introduces us to Kelsey Manning (Alisa Holiday), […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: Loch Ness Monster of Seattle (2022)
A giant sea serpent — much like the Loch Ness Monster — called Willatuk has been in the waters of Seattle for a long time. Well, at least as far back as 2012, when director O.W. Tuthill made Seattle’s Loch Ness: The Lake Washington Sea Monster. Now, he’s showing how the residents of Seattle deal with […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Directed by Nathan Juran (who started as an art director before making this and movies like 20 Million Miles to Earth, The Brain from Planet Arous, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and so many more) from a screenplay by Martin Berkeley (Tarantula!, Revenge of the Creature) based on a story by producer William Alland, The Deadly Mantis was […]
THAN-KAIJU-GIVING: War of the God Monsters (1985)
Also known as Bicheongoesu (The Undead Beast) and The Flying Monster, this has Dr. Kim (Kim Ki-Ju) and Kang Ok-hee (Nam Hye-Gyeong) trying to prove that dinosaurs still exist and then, when they attack, trying to stop them. Directed by Kim Jeong-Yong and written by Lee Mun-ung, this film keeps the budget low by taking many of […]
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