Mystery Science Theater 3000 vs. Gamera: Round 2

While we all eagerly await for Godzilla vs Kong this coming Wednesday, I would like to share something humorous and offbeat in a turtle shell to help ease your kaiju cravings if at all possible.

Back in 2019, me and my friends wrote, filmed, preformed, and produced a fan-made series entitled MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER VS GAMERA: ROUND II, featuring the two-of-three older era Gamera films that were never featured on the cult comedy series. Here's the very first entry featuring GAMERA vs. VIRAS (1968).

Here is the second episode, featuring GAMERA vs. JIGER (1970), my personal favorite of the two produced thus far.

In the wake of the 2020 pandemic, production for episode three centered around GAMERA: SUPER MONSTER (1981) has been slow-downed: the safety and well-being of the crew (my friends and I) is the absolute priority and, in the interest of social distancing, at this time we're unable to begin filming.

However pre-production has wrapped and we will continue as scheduled as soon as it is deemed safest for all to do so later in 2021. 

We're all putting this time to use, sets and costumes have been retrofitted, several new physical models and props are being constructed, and higher quality filming/lighting equipment has been invested in to make the presentation of our Super Monster fan-episode (and potentially future ones) much better.

Terror of The Tertiary Titans: July 2020

So... What the Hell is Terror of The Tertiary Titans?

This is a new series of articles where I showcase three or more minor monsters (giant or otherwise... but usually giant) from fiction who barely had enough screen-time or impact to deserve a full article and presented together with no particular rhythm or reason.

Yeah, that's about it.

Scavenger Raven: "What?"

SCAVENGER RAVEN
First Appearance: King Kong (1933).

A large species of scavenger bird native to Skull Island of whom sailor Jack Driscoll encounters as he approached the freshly killed carcass of the Meat-Eater (the official name of the not-quite-a-tyrannosaurus-rex-not-quite-an-allosaurus-either-dinosaur there). Startled by the human, the lone Scavenger Raven flies away.

Scavenger Ravens also appear in the 2005 novel Kong Reborn but I know nothing significant concerning said book to share here.

For the longest time, me and many other monster movie fans assumed this odd-duck (pun interned) was a Teratornis: a once living North American bird of prey whose size is virtually near that of the onscreen Scavenger Raven. While similar, The Scavenger Raven is supposed to be its own fictional bird which adds extra flavor to the relatively little seen fauna of the 1933 classic.

RELATED LINK: Wikipedia's page on this same character.

TRAUMA GAMERA
First Appearance: Gamera III: The Revenge of Iris (1998).

A terrifying nightmare version of the otherwise benevolent giant turtle, Trauma Gamera briefly appears in the black-and-white nightmares of Ayana Hirasaka, a high school student who blames Gamera for the death of her parents during the latter's battle with Super Gyaos four years prior, tying back to the events of Gamera: Guardian of The Universe (1995).

Gamera's current form in the 1998 film is not that dissimilar to Ayana's traumatic visions and the turtle's unintended but no-less-callous destruction of Shibuya while battling a pair of Hyper Gyaos only fuels Ayana's hatred, leading her into awakening the villainous monster Iris to ultimately battle Gamera to the death.

While this monster technically doesn't exist within the film's reality, Trauma Gamera has been given a secondary life through model kits and similarly rare merchandise (not to mention unofficial fan art and fan fiction). Trauma Gamera was created via a refurbished suit leftover from the aforementioned 1995 film.

Interestingly, an early concept for Gamera III was to have the trilogy's titular turtle go up against a pure evil variant of his own species before the creative crew opted for a more unique newer monster instead.

Another villainous clone of Gamera was featured as the surprise final boss in the 1995 video game adaptation of Gamera: Guardian of The Universe for the Japanese Game Boy.

BEZAZELSHUN
First Appearance: Godzilla In Hell, issue 1, variant cover by Jeff Zornow.

Okay, now we're getting to the truly obscure goodies!

Bezazelshun is a large Hell-spawn demon who appears only on the EC Comics inspired variant cover for the first issue of Godzilla In Hell (July 15th 2015).

While meant as a homage to EC Comics (the publisher famous for Tales From The Crypt and other 1950s horror comics), artist Jeff Zornow took a more imaginative and admittedly more awesome heavy metal route with the Hellish landscape it presents.

The winged humanoid goat demon who appears to be casting judgement on Godzilla has no finalized / official name but a helpful Facebook chat with Jeff Zornow himself christened his creation as Bezazelshun - an obvious play on Beelzebub.

Before we move onto the next entry, mention must be made of the two gigantic devil skulls littering the background, suggesting that far bigger demons once inhabited Hell.

EMERALD CITY COMIC CON MONSTERS
First Appearance: Emerald City Comicon 2008 advert by Dan Brereton

One-off postcard advert for the 2008 Emerald City Comicon, illustrated by comic creator Dan Brereton and featuring his genetically engineered hero Giantkiller up against two monsters while straddling The Seattle Space Needle.

Giantkiller himself (or Yochu as his scientist creator calls him) was the titular star of Brereton's 1999 comic book miniseries who hunts giant monsters that have crossed over from a paralleled universe, having taken over and settling in San Francisco, California, during their initial invasion.

While the miniseries featured a nice variety of monsters (heavily inspired by Japanese kaiju films and the pre-Spiderman-era monsters of Marvel Comics), the two featured above are wholly exclusive to this standalone advert.

Speaking of advertisement exclusive giant monsters...

THE THING (That Isn't Mothra)

First Appearance: American adverts for Godzilla vs The Thing (1964).

In one of the most blatant examples of misleading Hollywood ballyhoo, the North American release of Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) not only renamed the film Godzilla vs The Thing but also had the official poster (beautifully illustrated by poster artist Reynold Brown) pitting Godzilla against a tentacled eldritch horror hidden behind a censored sign, giving an ominous mystery to who The King of The Monsters could be fighting.

Of course, if my previous paragraph didn't give it all away, The Thing's true identity within the movie itself isn't some mind-blowing mass of horrific feelers but the more comprehensible form of Mothra.

While Mothra is a beloved figure in pop culture today whose popularity has garnered her multiple film appearances (something the more edgy giant monster fans regret, similar to hardcore Batman fans' resistance towards Robin), she was relatively new and untested in 1964 with this film being only her second appearance. 

American International Pictures (AIP) who distributed Mothra vs. Godzilla under the new title, felt audience wouldn't go for a monster movie where one of the titular beasts was basically a fuzzy butterfly and decided to hide that fact behind an admittedly cleaver mystery to what 'THE THING' might actually be.

I don't know how disappointed or pleasantly bemused American audiences were with Mothra's reveal but I can state that the hidden identity ploy extended into the US theatrical trailers as well, minus a few brief glimpses of Mothra's twin larvae babies and the brightly colored egg they both hatched from.

Of course, what conversation about misleading movie posters and giant Japanese movie monsters wouldn't be complete with mentioning those wacky Italians!

Italy released a steady steam of Kaiju EIga throughout the 1960s and the 1970s and, while that's commendable compared to other European countries that had less luck with the genre (SEE Britain and Russia), the Italian releases were a little infamous for their wildly misleading titles and wildly more misleading posters however beautifully painted many of them are.

Re-titled Watang! Nel favoloso impero dei mostri (literally means Watang! In the Fabulous Monster Empire in English), the Italian release of Mothra vs Godzilla took the original Reynold Brown ad art and reworked it to feature more dramatic background mayhem and an uncovered Thing itself, now an otherworldly starfish-like weirdo over a plant-like mass.

The Italian release poster for the original "Mothra vs Godzilla"

That's it for the first edition of Terror of The Tertiary Titans; when I do another one of these, I'll probably limit the number of featured monsters to three-or-less entries just to make things a little easier for my typing fingers.

Zelmkethou, The Living Threshold

Time for old kooky Enshohma to once again share his original creations with you.

Zelmkethou, The Living Threshold

NAME: Zelmkethou (pronounced Zelm-Keth-Thoo)
SUBTITLE: The Living Threshold
ALTERNATE NAMES: The Abyssal God; Great Zelmkethou
SPECIES: Extradimensional

GENDER: Nonsexual (completely lacking any form of gender in a true evolutionary sense - extremely difficult for most humans to comprehend)

LENGTH: 299 meters (roughly 980 feet)
WEIGHT: 100,000 metric tons (estimated)
EYES: None

Zelmkethou is a gigantic sea dwelling monster who originated beyond our known universe and possesses a unique feature to its biology: housed within its orb-shaped shell lies a fully stable dimensional wormhole that reacts to the willing mental desires of anyone who enters it, hence making Zelmkethou a living gateway to anywhere within The Whole of Existence that anyone can wish to be transported to.

While this sounds like a living miracle, there are several key issues with this gateway, the first being that it's on the back of a giant monster and one that's particularly hostile towards anything outside of itself. Many attempts to reach Zelmkethou's shell via spaceship, submarine, and massive-sized robot have almost all but failed.

Secondly, smaller scale attempts such as single individuals simply swimming up to the beast is as dangerous for Zelmkethou is ignorant if not unresponsive to anything too small for its notice and thus many have been accidentally killed by beast during such attempts.

Thirdly, The Zelmkethou Gateway, the orb-like shell itself, is a one-way trip as those who have made it to the portal have never returned. This is simply the nature of The Zelmkethou Gateway much like how most time travel methods are highly limited to one temporal direction. There have been evidence confirming the lucky few have survived after entering the dimensional orb but this has still led to widespread conspiracies across the universe theorizing that there is no portal and Zelmkethough is simply using a giant deception to lure in smaller-sized prey - The Zelmkethou Gateway being nothing more than a illusion-sporting digestive organ.

Finally, the fourth reason why it's nearly impossible to reach The Zelmkethou Gateway... No one agrees what planet the great monster resides upon or within. It's fully agreed that Zelmkethou lives in a water-heavy environment to support its great weight but the exact identity of said world's been lost over time.

The gorgeous water world of Jumo-Umo, the dying oily seas of Ranagader Ex-Prime, the vapory gas giant of Vinhea, the weather chaotic world of Barley Open, the silver seas of Dahmeia Third, the water-ammonia oceans of Neptune, and the briny seas of Earth, all have been believed in being the home-world of Zelmkethou but no positive identification been made on the matter.

The Great Zelmkethou is a living miracle, a colossal hazard, and a frustrating mystery all wrapped up into one gigantic monstrous package.

ENSHOHMA'S COMMENTS:

Despite my love for the works of cosmic horror author H.P. Lovecraft and his various contemporaries, I have an admittedly tertiary knowledge of The Cthuhlu Mythos as a whole. Because of this, Zelmkethou is something of a repurposed blunder since its design started out as my misinformed (and misnamed) rendition on the titular monster from The Dweller in The Gulf, a 1932 short story written by Clark Ashton Smith.

I didn't even get The Dweller In The Gulf's name right!

Also known as The Eidolon of the Blind, The Dweller is is an ancient, possibly immortal subterranean creature that dwells deep within the planet Aihai (known to us humans as Mars). It is served and worshiped by a cult of Martians who have been captured and blinded by the beast as its equipped with two proboscises for the extraction of eyes (how charming, Clark).

While The Dweller in the Gulf resembled a tortoise, albeit one of gargantuan proportions, its more alien or at least chimeric in overall form and, despite its connections to The Cthuhlu Mythos, is a relatively tangible animal instead of the reality warping cosmic entity I had originally imagined based on a scantly read character description.

When I returned to revisit this design and compared it to its source inspiration, I realized it wouldn't work as an adaptation of The Dweller in The Gulf and revised it as my own loosely inspired creature, hence Zelmkethou The Living Threshold.

My friend Jesse Alonso helped with the monster's name which is a play on the Czech phrase for globe, zeměkoule.

RELATED LINKS:

The Dweller in the Gulf at Monster Wiki:

https://monster.fandom.com/wiki/Dweller_in_the_Gulf

The Dweller in the Gulf at H.P. Lovecraft Wiki:

https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Dweller_in_the_Gulf

The Giant Tortoise Against The Rocket Car!

Because I have no life, I often wander the web and stumble upon obscure giant monsters through Japanese-based blogs and twitter accounts. Again, I'm a lifeless nerd.

During one such time-wasting exodus, I found Tsutomu Blog: a nifty site dedicated to Japanese toys and model sets from yesteryear, particular ones involving giant monsters.

Unfortunately, Tsutomu Blog has been permanently discontinued and I plan to share as many salvaged images I had grabbed before it's shutdown starting with this spiky oddity.

Box art for "Rocket Car Against Gamess"

The toy is roughly called "Rocket Car Against Gamess" with the titular monster being a giant tortoise as Gamess (ガメス, or the English alternative 'Games') is a play on the Japanese word for turtle, kame.

Titanollante, one of the web-masters of Wikizilla, helped me with the description apparently offered by the box art though he noted that the following its a rough translation:

Inhabiting the deep waters of the Mariana Trench, its energy source is a kind of heavy liquid that flows out from the seams of the seabed strata, one supply powering it for 450 days.  Its personality is "ferocious". Spraying viscous body fluids from its mouth, Gamess will eat anything.

Turtle-based monsters have always been a personal favorite kaiju motif and Gamess is another fine addition to that shelled legacy. However, like many obscure giant monsters, Gamess' name is terribly vague in the English sense and hence I could track down ANY information online to confirm the release date for this set (I'll add updated notations if I come across them later).

I also love the concept that you get a smaller but no less powerful super vehicle to combat against / play along with the larger monster figure, but the option to fit the car in its mouth doesn't come off too well in my opinion - I know Gamess will eat anything but that's still an unintentionally off-putting visual.

"I can't believe I regurgitated the whole thing!"

Once more, massive thanks to Titanollante of Wikizilla for the translations and a grateful salute to the late great Tsutomu Blog.

Review All Monsters, EP 01: The Obligatory Pilot

BEHOLD! After a long wait and original promises of this project way back in April, We finally have the very first episode in my podcast series REVIEW ALL MONSTERS, where I and my friend Burkion (alias Jesse) take a look at the cinematic sub-genre of giant monster movies, along with other related Kaiju-sized fiction.

IN THE EPISODE: We introduce the ground rules for this podcast series and read a chronological list (also posted below) of such giant monster entertainment. Hilarity ensues...eh?


Additional thanks to KaijuNoir for the final rendering of this episode.

The Review All Monsters TITLE LIST

This list is far from complete, lacking many entries and not corresponding perfectly with the audio reading uploaded above, namely with giant monster television shows, and as such, it will be updated continuously pass this original posting.

Title suggestions, corrections, and questions from you, our viewers and readers, are always welcomed.

The Conquest of the Pole (À la conquête du pôle) (May 3rd, 1912)

The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (Short Film, 1919) 

The Lost World (February 2nd, 1925)

The Sea Beast (January 15th, 1926 / 1930)

The Mysterious Island (October 5th, 1929)

The Sea Bat (July 5th, 1930)

King Kong (March 2nd, 1933)

Son of Kong (December 22nd, 1933)

Japanese King Kong (1933, Short Film - Presumed Lost / Unconfirmed Status)

Secret of the Loch (May, 1934)

Devil Monster, AKA The Sea Fiend (1936, and 1946 re-cut version)

King Kong Appears in Edo (1938 - Presumed Lost)

One Million B.C. (April 5th,1940)

Unknown Island (October 15th, 1948)

Mighty Joe Young (July 27th, 1949)


1920-1940 Retrospective: The Early Years of the Giant Monster Film Genre


Lost Continent (August 17th, 1951)

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (June 13th, 1953)

SPECIAL EPISODE - The War of the Worlds (August 26, 1953)

Monster from the Ocean Floor (May 21st, 1954)

Them! (June 19th, 1954)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Disney, December 23rd 1954)

Godzilla (November 3rd, 1954) / Godzilla, King Of The Monsters (1956, American Version)

Killers from Space (January 23rd, 1954)

Godzilla Raids Again (April 24th, 1955) / Gigantis the Fire Monster (1959, American Version)

King Dinosaur (June 17th, 1955)

It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)

Tarantula (1955)

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955 - Questionable Status)

Journey to the Beginning of Time, AKA Cesta do Praveku (1955)

Forbidden Planet (1956)

X the Unknown (1956)

Rodan (1956)

The Beast from Hollow Mountain (1956)

Moby Dick (June 27, 1956 - Questionable Status)

Attack of the Crab Monsters (February 10th, 1957)

Kronos (April 1957)

The Deadly Mantis (May 1957)

Monster from Green Hell (May 1957)

Quatermass 2 AKA Enemy from Space (May 24 1957)

The Giant Claw (June 1957)

20 Million Miles to Earth (June 1957)

The Monster That Challenged the World (June 1957)

The Cyclops (July 28th, 1957)

The Land Unknown (August 1957)

The Black Scorpion (October 11th, 1957)

The Amazing Colossal Man (October 25th, 1957)

The Monolith Monsters (December 1957)

Night of the Demon AKA Curse of the Demon (December 17 1957)

The Mysterians (December 28 1957)

Beginning of the End (1957)

Varan the Unbelievable (1958 and 1960 American Cuts)

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

The Blob (1958)

War of the Colossal Beast (1958)

Earth vs. The Spider (1958)

The Trollenberg Terror, AKA The Crawling Eye (1958)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

The Strange World of Planet X, AKA The Cosmic Monsters (December 31,1958)

The Viking Women and the Sea Serpent (1958)

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)

Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959 - Questionable Status)

Behemoth, the Sea Monster AKA The Giant Behemoth (1959)

Caltiki - The Immortal Monster (1959)

The Giant Gila Monster (1959)

The Angry Red Planet (1959)

The Atomic Submarine (1959)

Prince of Space (March 19th 1959)

Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)

Terror in the Midnight Sun, AKA Space Invasion of Lapland; Invasion of the Animal People (1959)

Tuko sa Madre Kakaw, AKA Gecko in Madre Cacao (1959 - Presumed Lost)

SPECIAL EPISODE - Toho's Non-Giants, Part 1: Battle in Outer Space, The H-Man, Invisible Man, and Half Human


1950's Retrospective: The Golden Age of American Giant Monster Movies / Special 1957 Alone Retrospective(?)


Dinosaurus! (1960)

The Lost World (1960)

SPECIAL EPISODE - The Lost World of Irwin Allan's Stock Footage!

Battle of the Worlds (1961)

Konga (1961)

Gorgo (1961)

Mothra (1961)

Reptilicus (1961)

The Mysterious Island (1961)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

Valley of the Dragons (November 1961)

Gorath (1962)

King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)

Planeta Bur, AKA Planet of the Storms (1962)

Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)

Jack the Giant Killer (1962)

Kujira Gami AKA The Whale God (1962 - Questionable Status)

The Magic Sword (1962)

Atragon (1963)

SPECIAL EPISODE - Toho's Non-Giants, Part 2: The Secret of the Telegian, The Human Vapour, The Last War, and Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People

Captain Sinbad (1963)

Shikari (1963)

Mothra vs. Godzilla, AKA Godzilla vs The Thing (1964)

Dogora, the Space Monster (1964)

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

The Flesh Eaters (1964)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series, September 14th 1964)

Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)

Gamera (1965)

Invasion of Astro-Monster, AKA Godzilla vs Monster Zero (1965)

Village of the Giants (1965)

Planet of the Prowl, AKA War Between the Planets (1965)

Ultra Q (TV Series, January 2nd 1966)

Godzilla vs The Sea Monster (1966)

Gamera vs Barugon (1966)

Daimajin (1966)

Return of Daimajin (1966)

Daimajin Strikes Again (1966)

The Magic Serpent (1966)

War of the Gargantuas (1966)

SPECIAL EPISODE: All About That One Freaking Octopus!

One Million Years B.C. (1966)

Ambassador Magma, AKA The Space Giants (TV Series, July 4th 1966)

Ultraman (TV Series, July 17th 1966)

Gogola (1966 - Presumed Lost)

Around the World Under The Sea (1966)

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror (March 11th, 1967 - Presumed Lost)

King Kong Escapes (1967)

Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)

Son of Godzilla (1967)

Gappa the Triphibian Monsters (1967)

Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967)

The X from Outer Space (1967)

The Herculoids (TV Series, September 9th 1967 - January 6th 1968)

Ultra Seven (TV Series, October 1st, 1967)

Giant Robo, AKA Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot (TV Series, October 11th 1967)

Monster Wangmagwi (1967 - Presumed Lost)

Agon, the Atomic Dragon, AKA Giant Phantom Monster Agon (January 2nd, 1968 - Originally 1964...?)

Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (March 16th, 1968 - Presumed Lost)

Land of the Giants (TV Series, September 22nd 1968)

Gamera vs. Viras (1968)

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

The Lost Continent (1968)

Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)

All Monsters Attack (1969)

Latitude Zero (1969)

The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)

It's Alive (1969)

The Mighty Gorga (1969)

Devil Fighter (Taiwanese, 1969)


1960's Retrospective: Godzilla, Harryhausen, and Beyond


Gamera vs Jiger (1970)

Space Amoeba (1970)

Equinox (1970)

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

Young Flying Hero, AKA Return of the Magic Serpent (1970)

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (March 13th, 1971 - Questionable Status)

Doctor Who: The Daemons (May 22nd, 1971)

Gamera vs Zigra (1971)

Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971)

Tsu Hong Wu (Taiwanese, 1971)

Doctor Who: The Time Monster (May 20th, 1972 - Questionable Status)

Godzilla vs Gigan (1972)

Night of the Lepus (1972)

Daigoro vs Goliath (1972)

The Cremators (1972)

Beware! The Blob, AKA Son of Blob (1972)

Iron King (TV Series, October 8th 1972 - April 8th 1973)

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (January 12th, 1973)

Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters (January 27th, 1973)

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (May 4th, 1973)

Super Robot Red Baron (TV series, July 4th, 1973 - March 27th, 1974)

Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)

Fantastic Planet (1973)

The Neptune Factor (1973)

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)

Darna and the Giants (1974)

Doctor Who: Robot (December 28th 1974)

Land of the Lost (TV Series, September 7th 1974 - December 4th 1976)

The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)

Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

The Land That Time Forgot (1975)

The Super Inframan (1975)

SPECIAL EPISODE - Jaws (June 20th 1975)

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons (August 30th 1975)

Doctor Who: Planet of Evil (September 27th, 1975)

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom (January 31st, 1976)

At the Earth's Core (1976)

King Kong (1976)

A*P*E (1976)

Queen Kong (1976)

The Food of the Gods (1976)

The Milpitas Monster (1976)

War God, AKA Guan Yu (1976)

The Mighty Peking Man (1977)

Empire of the Ants (1977)

The Legend of the Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)

The People That Time Forgot (1977)

The Crater Lake Monster (1977)

Tentacles (1977)

Jabberwocky (1977 - Questionable Status)

The Last Dinosaur (1977)

Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977)

SPECIAL EPISODE - Orca: The Killer Whale (July 22nd 1977)

Sea God and Ghosts (Taiwanese, 1977)

Costinha and King Mong (Brazil, 1977) - http://tarstarkas.net/2012/02/costinha-e-o-king-mong/

Futo (1977, Short Film by  Minora Kawasaki - Unconfirmed Status)

Planet of the Dinosaurs (1978)

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

SPECIAL EPISODE - Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (September 6th 1978)

Godzilla (Hanna-Barbera animated TV series, September 9th, 1978 - December 8th, 1979)

Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll (December 23rd 1978)

Up From the Depths (1979)

The 6 Ultra Brothers vs The Monster Army (1979)

Arabian Adventure (1979)

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit (October 27th 1979 - Questionable Status)


1970's Retrospective: The Death-Star Killed King Kong


Crocodile (February 15, 1980, or 1979)

Super Monster Gamera (1980)

Alligator (1980)

Island Claws (1980)

Monster, AKA Monstroid: It Came from the Lake; The Toxic Horror (1980)

Utahime Makai O Yuku, AKA Diva in the Underworld (1980 - Unconfirmed Status)

Doctor Who: State of Decay (November 22nd 1980 - Questionable Status)

Caveman (April 17th 1981)

Dragonslayer (1981)

The Loch Ness Horror (1981)

Mystery on Monster Island (1981)

Blood Beach (1981 - Questionable Status)

Q - The Winged Serpent (1982)

The Flight of Dragons (1982)

Brain 17 (1982, based on Daitetsujin 17)

Attack of the Super Monsters (1982, based on Dinosaur War Izenborg)

The Fairy and the Devil (Taiwanese, 1982)

Starbirds (July 1st, 1982)

The Phoenix, AKA War of the Wizards (1983)

Krull (1983)

Return of Ultraman (1983, Short Film)

Return of the Dinosaurs (1983, based on Dinosaur Catchers Born Free)

The Return of Godzilla (1984) / Godzilla 1985 (American Version)

Hydra - Monster of the Deep, AKA Serpiente de Mer; Hydra the Sea Serpent (1984)

Monster Shark, AKA Devil Fish (1984)

The Flying Monster (South Korea, 1984) - http://unknownkino.blogspot.com/2010/08/flying-monster-1984.html

The NeverEnding Story (April 6th 1984)

Ghostbusters (June 7th 1984)

Ultraman Story (July 14, 1984)

Pulgasari (1985)

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1985)

Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)

Space Warriors 2000 (1985)

Return to Oz (June 21st 1985)

Eight-Headed Giant Serpent's Counterattack, AKA Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushu (December 1985)

The Real Ghostbusters (TV Series, September 13th 1986)

King Kong Lives (1986)

The Gate (1987)

Ganjasaurus Rex (1987)

Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here (1987)

The Blob (1988)

Thunder of Gigantic Serpent, AKA Daai se Wong (1988)

The Brain (1988 - Unconfirmed Status)

The Lair of the White Worm (1988 - Questionable Status)

Night of the Beast  (Mexico, 1988) - http://www.clubdesmonstres.com/best/htm/nochedlb.htm

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (May 27th 1988)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (December 8th 1988)

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)

Gunhed (1989)

Moontrap (April 28th 1989)

Ghostbusters II (June 16th 1989 - Questionable Status)

Deepstar Six (1989)

Alien from the Deep, AKA Alien from the Abyss (1989)

The BFG (December 25, 1989)

Endless Descent (1989)


1980's Retrospective: The Last Days of Practical Creature Effects...Maybe?


Tremors (1990)

Ultra Q the Movie: Legend from the Stars (1990)

Robot Jox (1990)

Youkai Tengoku: Ghost Hero, AKA Monster Heaven (1990) - http://blackholereviews.blogspot.com/2007/03/yokai-tengoku-ghost-hero-1990-vcd.html

Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991)

A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell, AKA Dark Fortress (1991)

Roujin Z (September 14th, 1991)

Godzilla vs Mothra (1992)

Dai Yogen: Fukkatsu no Kyoshin, AKA Fatal Prediction: Return of the Huge Destroyer (1992)

The Adventures of the Kung-Fu Rascals (1992)

Invader (1992)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II (1993)

Robot Wars (1993)

The Magic Crane (1993)

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (December 11th 1993)

Kamen Rider J (April 16, 1994)

Godzilla vs Space Godzilla (1994)

Orochi the Eight Headed Dragon, AKA Yamato Takeru (1994)

Dragonworld (1994)

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)

Godzilla vs Destroyah (1995)

Magic in the Water (1995)

Attack of the 60-Foot Centerfolds (1995)

Young Gu and the Dinosaur Zuzu (1995)

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)

Rebirth of Mothra (1996)

Dragonheart (1996)

Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)

The Adventures of Galgameth (Noverber 18th, 1996)

Zarkorr! The Invader (1996)

Aatank, AKA Bollywood Jaws (1996)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)

Robo Warriors (1997)

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

Moon Over Tao: Makaraga (1997)

Vulcan, AKA Anak Ng Bulkan (Phillipines / US 1997)

Phantoms (January 23, 1998)

Deep Rising (1998)

Gargantua (1998)

Godzilla (1998)

Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998)

Mothra 3: King Ghidorah Attacks, AKA Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)

Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna: Warriors of Light (1998)

Godzilla: The Animated Series (TV Series, 1998 - 2000)

The Mighty Kong (1998)

Giant Monsters Appear in Tokyo (1998)

SPECIAL EPISODE - Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1999...And Beyond? The Hell?!?)

Gamera 3: The Revenge of Irys (1999)

The Iron Giant (1999)

Godzilla 2000 (1999)

Ultraman Gaia: Battle in Hyperspace (1999)

The Attack of the Giant Moussaka (December 24, 1999)


1990's Retrospective: The Rise of the CGI Dinosaurs...Yay?


Reptilian, AKA Youngarry (1999-2001)

Godzilla vs Megaguirus (2000)

Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey (2000)

Spiders (2000)

Doreijuu, AKA Slave Beast (2000 - Unconfirmed Status)

Sakuya: Slayer of Demons (2000)

Jurassic Park III (2001)

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)

Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)

Ultraman Cosmos: First Contact (2001)

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (December 2nd - 4th 2001)

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)

Eight Legged Freaks (2002)

Ultraman Cosmos: The Blue Planet (2002)

Reign of Fire (2002)

Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003)

Ultraman Cosmos vs Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle (2003)

Evil Alien Conquerors (December 3, 2003)

Creepies (2003)

Deep Shock (2003)

Arachnia (2003)

Ultraman the Next (2004)

Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)

Garuda (2004)

Boa vs. Python (2004)

Monster Island (2004)

Incident at Loch Ness (2004)

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Dragon Storm (2004)

Zebraman (2004)

Scooby-Doo! and the Loch Ness Monster (June 22nd, 2004)

King Kong (2005)

The Call of Cthulhu (2005)

The Fallen Ones (2005)

Deep Sea Beast Reigo (2005)

Creepies 2 (2005)

Mee-Shee: The Water Giant (2005)

Negadon: The Monster from Mars (Short Film, 2005)

Tetsujin 28 (2005)

Kong: King of Atlantis (2005)

King of the Lost World (2005)

War of the Worlds (June 28th 2005)

A Sound of Thunder (September 2nd 2005)

The Naked Monster, AKA Attack of the B-Movie Monster (2005)

The Host, AKA Gwoemul (2006)

Gamera the Brave (2006)

Ultraman Mebius and Ultra Brothers (2006)

Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006)

Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep, AKA Deadly Water (2006)

Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (2006)

Monster House (July 21st 2006)

Mil Mascaras Vs. The Aztec Mummy (2006 - Unconfirmed Status)

Bacterium (2006)

D-War, AKA Dragon Wars (2007)

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)

Big Man Japan (2007)

The Mist (November 21st 2007)

Robo Rokku, AKA Robo Rock (2007)

The Foghorn (Short Film, 2007)

Cloverfield (2008)

Decisive Battle! The Eight Super Ultra Brothers (2008)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008)

Monster (The Asylum, 2008)

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009)

Deep Sea Monster Raiga (2009)

Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie (2009)

Gehara: The Long and Dark-Haired Monster (Short Film, 2009)

Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009)

Land of the Lost (June 5th 2009)

Godzilla x The Kaiju Killer (Fan Film, 2009)

God of Clay (Short Film, 2009 / 2011) 

Mongolian Death Worm (2010)

Behemoth (2010)

Death Kappa (2010)

The Troll Hunter (2010)

Sharktopus (2010)

Moby Dick: 2010 (2010...duh)

The Millennium Bug (2010)

Mega Piranha (April 10, 2010)

Altitude (October 26, 2010 - Unconfirmed Status)

Monsters (October 29, 2010)

Banglar King Kong (2010)

Triassic Attack (November 27, 2010)

Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus (December 21, 2010)

The Man Who Summons Kaiju, AKA Kaiju Wo Yobu Otoko (2010) 

Megaconda (2010)

Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011)

The Dragon Pearl (2011)

Super Shark (2011)

The Terror Beneath, AKA Seeds of Destruction (October 8, 2011)

Henge (2011- Questionable Status)

Grabbers (January 23, 2012)

Arachnoquake (2012)

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

2-Headed Shark Attack (2012)

Piranhaconda (2012)

Bigfoot (2012)

Giant God Warrior Appears In Tokyo (Short Film, 2012)

Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

Mememe no Kurage, AKA Jellyfish Eyes (2013)

Peter and the Colossus (2013...Unmade / Unreleased?)

Spiders 3D (2013)

Atlantic Rim (June 24, 2013)

Pacific Rim (July 1, 2013)

Poseidon Rex (October 21, 2013)

Big Ass Spider (October 18, 2013)

Zella: Monster Martial Law (Short Film, 2013)

Mega Shark Versus Mecha Shark (January 28, 2014)

Bermuda Tentacles, AKA Dark Rising (April 4, 2014)

Godzilla (May 8, 2014)

Earth Defense Widow, AKA Chikyuu Bouei Miboujin (2014)

Sharktopus vs Pteracuda (August 2, 2014)

Tremors 5: Bloodlines (October 6, 2015)

Jurassic World (June 12th 2015)

Mega Shark Versus Kolossus (July 7, 2015)

Attack on Titan: the Movie, Part  1 (July 14, 2015)

Pixels (July 24, 2015)

Attack On Titan: End of the World, AKA Attack On Titan: the Movie, Part 2 (September 19, 2015)

Queen Crab (September 29th 2015)

Love & Peace (2015)

Ultraman Ginga S: Showdown! Ultra 10 Warriors! (2015)

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Ultraman X: Here It Comes! Our Ultraman (March 12, 2016)

Kong: King of the Apes (TV Series, April 1st, 2016)

Voltron: Legendary Defender (TV Series, June 10th 2016)

The BFG (July 1, 2016)

Godzilla Resurgence, AKA Shin Godzilla (July 29, 2016)

Colossal (2016)

Daikaiju Mono (2016)

Warrior Goddess Kanan (Short Film, 2016...?)

Kong: Skull Island (March 10, 2017)

Power Rangers (March 24th 2017)

Godzilla (animated film, 2017)

Pacific Rim: Maelstrom (2018)

Godzilla 2 (2019)

Godzilla vs. Kong (2020)

THE REJECTED / MAYBE LIST:

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, and its 2008 remake)

Mesa of Lost Women (1953 - Questionable Status)

The Creeping Terror (1964)

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (March 18th 1964)

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks (February 23rd, 1973 - Questionable Status)

Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora (September 4th 1976 - Questionable Status)

House (Japan 1977 - Questionable Status)

Starcrash (1978 - Questionable Status)

Prophecy (1979 - Questionable Status)

Legend of the Eight Samurai (1980 - Questionable Status)

Lake Placid (1999)

Mighty Joe Young (1998, we'll discuss this one with the original film)

Kinky Kong (2006)

Cleavagefield (2009)


Gatchaman (August 24, 2013 - Unconfirmed Status)