RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Konga (1961)
Dr. Charles Decker (Michael Gough) has been presumed dead, but he’s really been hiding out in Africa, learning how to grow plants and animals to a huge size. Like the baby chimp Konga, which he turns into a monstrous ape and then, well, he goes bonkers. I mean, he was before too, but even more […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)
I’ve put off watching this for years — 28 of them! — because I knew how it would impact me. This is it. This is the end of Godzilla, as there’s no escape from death for any of us. The only question is whether it will come at the ends of the new and unstoppable […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Dogora (1964)
Giant Space Monster Dogora, directed by Ishiro Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya, is a kaiju movie that I would have hated as a child. It’s mostly a cops and robbers movies about diamonds, then it’s all about scientists. Dogora only randomly shows up and it’s a floating jellyfish that seems like one of […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Monster King Godzilla (1980)
“Very rare Godzilla film made for Hawaiian TV in 1980 by Filmways TV USA, 99% stock footage and a bizarre wrap around plot involving physic powers make this a very strange film.” Yet another strange mash of footage that some believe came from Hawaiian TV and others think is a hoax, Monster King Godzilla puts together […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Coming Out (2020)
In America, when Godzilla was dubbed into Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, Godzilla was a man. Yet in its original Japanese form, Godzilla was an it, an indefinable gender. Minilla seems to be a boy, but was adopted. And there was a Little Godzilla born in Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II. In Cressa Maeve Beer’s short, Little Godzilla and […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Attack of the Galactic Monsters (1983)
I have no idea how and why this exists, but I’m ready to find out. Supposedly made for Hawaiian TV, this 55 minute movie is made out of parts of War In Space and Godzilla scenes from the TV show Zone Fighter. And it’s a mess, a glorious mess, nearly an hour of footage of space ships, […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Monster Island (2019)
The Asylum put this out one day after Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Your grandmother would have bought you this for Christmas and said, “I know you love that Godzooky so much.” Directed by Mark Atkins (Planet of the Sharks) and James Thomas with a script by Atkins, this has an industrialist named Billy Ford (Adrian […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
This begins with a bomb threat on an airplane, which is soon hijacked, with pilot Ei Sugisaka (Teruo Yoshida) and stewardess Kuzumi Asakura (Tomomi Sato) held at gunpoint. As the plane changes course to Okinawa, a UFO smacks into their flight path and causes them to crash, killing everyone except Mrs. Neal (Kathy Horan), Senator […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Godzilla Fest 5: Battle of the Monsters (2024)
Thanks to Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Godzilla has had a few busy years, fighting Hedorah, Gigan and Jet Jaguar in a series of short films. The last short ended on a cliffhanger, as Jet Jaguar and Godzilla made up just in time to face off against King Ghidorah. This is everything you ever wanted when it comes […]
RETURN OF KAIJU DAY: Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023)
In the first two shorts by Kazuhiro Nakagawa, Godzilla has battled Hedorah and Gigan, destroying most of Tokyo. To save the human race, a robot named Jet Jaguar is sent to stop Godzilla. I love the fighting style they gave Jet Jaguar here as he uses Superman punches and acrobatic kicks as well as parkour […]
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