Kaiju Videos for August 9th 2021

Here's some intriguing kaiju and other giant monster-related videos to for me to share and for you all to enjoy. I will be keeping up this feature as-often-as-possible for the remainder of 2021.

Direct from MONSTROSITIES Tokusatsu Vlog:

The story of how a tokusatsu technique created for the original MOTHRA (1961) was passed on to the original Kamen Rider and continues to be practiced to this very day.

https://youtu.be/Y1U2ixUKlMk

In Japan Hero's latest video, they take a closer look at the history of the Robot Detective TV series ( ロボット刑事 ) including a brief look at some abandoned giant robot concepts.

https://youtu.be/jRJwT0JPOEg

Linkara's History of Power Rangers returns with a relatively (relatively) short and coherent recap of POWER RANGERS BEAST MORPHERS, the first of the Hasbro-era of the franchise but produced with creative talents from the previous vanguard. The whole of Beast Morphers is available on Netflix and I might give it a watch as it's a far better alternative to the one-episode-every-rare-blue-moon-year scheduling Nickelodeon was and still is infamous for.

https://youtu.be/rh4AwC_3lL0

Direct from Toy Galaxy:

Ronin Warriors, known in Japan as Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers (鎧伝サムライトルーパー, Yoroiden Samurai Torūpā), is a Japanese anime series created by Hajime Yatate and animated by Sunrise somewhat riding the popularity of Saint Seiya. Ronin Warriors first aired on American television during the summer of 1995 and subsequently appeared through syndication, as well as the USA Network and later on Cartoon Network as part of Toonami. Besides being known as Ronin Warriors, Yoroiden Samurai Troopers and Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers in some parts of the world it was known as Samurai Warriors.

https://youtu.be/alcszGmKcak

After almost a decade of waiting, the 25-year-old journey finally comes to an end. Here's Yoko Higuchi's review of Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time in anticipation for its international streaming release on Amazon Prime Video this Friday.

https://youtu.be/hGT6F_sWs5s

Direct from Ben G. Thomas:

Sometimes the fossil record preserves some truly extraordinary glimpses into the past life on our planet, including traces of prehistoric animal behavior. In this video we're exploring 5 examples of such remarkable fossil finds - moments forever frozen in time.

https://youtu.be/Yru5uzBZOw4

TitanGoji takes a look at the 2005 adult oriented Japanese superhero series GARO which went on to become a successful multimedia franchise.

https://youtu.be/3Ge9UP67XwE

And finally, TitanGoji looks at the legacy of SHIN GODZILLA five years after its debut:

https://youtu.be/z42i49mGizU

Kaiju Videos for July 29th 2021

Here's some intriguing kaiju and other giant monster-related videos to for me to share and for you all to enjoy. I will be keeping up this feature as-often-as-possible for the remainder of 2021.

Direct from Matt Draper:

A comprehensive look at The Millennium Era of Toho Godzilla, including a look at the history of Roland Emmerich's Godzilla '98, how Toho returned Godzilla ahead of schedule with Godzilla 2000, and the many reboots and evolutions found within The Millennium Era, covering 6 films made from 1999 through 2004. This is Part 3 of an ongoing Godzilla series.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/8o-_VPDC4-8

Direct from MONSTROSITIES Tokusatsu Vlog:

A look at GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT's beautiful yet briefly seen version of Mothra.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/NhyLpqHXBxs

In his latest video essay "How Toei Changed Sunday Mornings", MercuryFalcon takes an extensive look at The Toei Fushigi Comedy Series: a loosely connected franchise of lighthearted fantasy adventures and mystery comedies that had major influences on the creation of SAILOR MOON and how it all came to an unlikely but satisfyingly end in a kaiju-filled crossover with the one and only ULTRAMAN.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/PecckVgJvSE

Direct from Supervoid Cinema:

After Sam Riami's 'Spider-Man 4' never happened the character was rebooted with 'The Amazing Spider-Man'. There were ambitious plans for a whole slew of movies set in that universe. Drew Goddard was at one point time attached to write and direct a 'Sinister Six' movie for Sony, as part of 'The Amazing Spider-man' and when that fell apart he would be offered a potential 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' reboot (Which later became Spider-Man: Homecoming). Here's the story of why complete with dinosaurs and giant monsters attacking New York.

Direct Link: https://youtu.be/vS42hyhnMSc

Godzilla: Singular Point, First Episode Impressions

Thanks to the magic of the mighty Surfing Shark of V.P.N., I was able to view the first episode of GODZILLA: SINGULAR POINT which is being released on Netflix Japan on a weekly basis instead of a full season drop (still no word of an international release date though one is still coming this year).

Similar to the first act of "Gamera: Guardian of the Universe" (1995), the first episode is a slow burn building up the mystery behind a missing scientist and a haunting 1930s love song that's somehow being used to summon and/or resurrect the ancient monsters, with the 'Rodan the First' only appearing in the closing minutes to menace our heroes (as seen in the Toho Animation video clip released recently online).

I'd go more into the plot but, unfortunately, no English subtitles were available to me. However, unlike other untranslated kaiju media heavy on dialog, the human cast instantly made an impression with their appealing character designs alongside quirky personality moments and related visual gags, all of which kept my interest. 

In addition to the previously mentioned "Gamera" comparisons, the first episode's atmospheres and the near future world presented within was also reminiscent of "Ultra Q" and early Showa-era science fiction films like "The Mysterians" (1957), "The H-Man" (1958), and "Rodan" (1956): a virtually quiet, normal world on the eve of a monstrous cataclysm or an otherworldly event.

The twist was that Godzilla was dead all along!

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.

Giant Monster Videos for May 25th 2020

Once again, here's some giant monster-related videos for your viewing interest especially in this time of forced isolation.

Omniviewer explores themes of the Monsterverse, namely the relationship between humans and the monsters and when they should stand back and let nature take its course or aid in the struggle to restore the balance.

Up from the Depths discusses what makes Mothra the Queen of the Monsters besides all the online shipping between her and Godzilla of course.

While not fully accurate and prone to crude gags, Corrupt Nostalgia discusses the nearly complete history of unmade Godzilla movies; be prepared for a lot of Kevin Bacon, huh, I mean Bagan.

The Library of Monsters reopens with part one of a duology of Monster Retrospectives, first up with The Mummy Man from Ultraman!

AlexTheHunted reviews Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

While Blue Oyster Cult's ON TOUR FOREVER is temporarily on hold, they took a short break from working on their next album to record this from everyone's home studio. Guess which song it was?

Retro Nerd Girl reviews the movie Fantastic Planet (1973), starring Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin and directed by René Laloux.

Forget Kronos and Cthulhu! Why isn't Typhon a more popular super ancient giant monster dark lord?!? You'll see why after checking out this brief essay from Overly Sarcastic Productions.

Spoof of The Hiromi Gargantua

Get it? Spoof of The Hiromi Gargantua? It's a play on War of The Gargantuas! No? Ah, nuts to you!

Anyways...

The long running anime series Mobile Police Patlabor is often cited as a strong example of the 'Realistic Mecha' genre from Japanese fiction.

Realistic Mecha is where giant robots are presented as plausible machinery that could exist and work within the real world while also avoiding the more fantastic clichés of most other giant robot stories such as alien invaders, supernatural power-ups, soulful sentience in the  machines, and giant Godzilla-style enemy monsters.

However, there are several exceptions seen throughout the Patlabor franchise where wacky monsters do appear and cause havoc, betraying the very concept of Realistic Mecha.

Yes, between giant albino alligators, unmanned killing machines, out-of-control Labor robots, deep-sea reptiles, genetically engineered mega-rodents, hideous human-alien hybrids, and gigantic Kappa androids, this otherwise unassuming franchise about police officers piloting 30-foot-tall police-bots in the near-future has a lot of giant monsters popping up.

This continuous trend started with The 450 Million-Year-Old Trap (July 25th, 1988): the third episode in the original direct-to-video series and was an early directorial effort from the now famous director Mamoru Oshii, one of the forgotten grandfathers of Patlabor.

A series of mysterious incidents occur in and around Tokyo Bay, including damaged undersea cables and a parked car being pulled off a pier, leading some to believe that it could be the work of an actual sea monster. Detective Takahiro Matsui of the Metropolitan Tokyo Police Department (a recurring character in the franchise) requests Captain Goto, head of the Police Special Vehicle Section 2 Division 2 (SV2 for short), for help on the strange case. 

Goto and his SV2 Patlabor team help pilot a remote control submersible Labor to search for what caused the incidents. However, the Labor is destroyed during its underwater search, convincing all present that the monster truly does exists.

The SV2 are given orders to kill the monster soon after but not before they stumble upon the giant creature's origins: an life-form birthed from a science experiment gone...a little out-of-hand thanks to a well-meaning but clumsy and shortsighted mad scientist.

Although this sea monster is largely off-camera throughout the episode, its noted that the artificially created being went through various stages of accelerated evolution (presented in a brief montage of resurrected prehistoric animals) until reaching its supposedly final form which makes its rather anti-climactic reveal by the story's end.

As you can tell by now, The 450 Million-Year-Old Trap is a subtly played spoof of Toho Studio's classic run of giant monster movies, complete with a big blue-colored War of The Gargantua homage shown throughout this article.

Now we could call this unnamed guy 'The Blue Gargantua' for obvious reasons but, based on an odd little twist in the tale where this somewhat benign beast shares an unexplained resemblance with SV2's team member Hiromi Yamazaki, the ironically tall man from Okinawa who's soft-spoken and kindhearted, I shall nicknamed this character The Hiromi Gargantua until I'm corrected otherwise with an official moniker.

RELATED VIDEOS ON PATLABOR:

Marc of Oh No Anime takes you through the life and legacy of one of anime's most under-appreciated franchises, Patlabor (direct video link right below video box).

https://youtu.be/J52ecXnl_EE

Here's Glass Reflections' take on the franchise.

https://youtu.be/TydVnMSC3Y0

And for those of you asking yourselves "What the Hell is a Gargantua?".

https://youtu.be/aDwI-wTAxdM

Godzilla Meets Pacific Rim... In Poster Form!

Facebook is a confusing and inefficient distraction, equally terrible for archiving articles, that wastes time and this would still be true even if said networking service wasn't openly selling your search data and personal information.

NO! You can wear the tinfoil hat! I'm bitter!

With that factual gag now out of the way, I will admit that one of the better Facebook pages that I follow is Gormaru Island, a giant monster-based news-stream overseen by the always diligent Gormaru Omega (real-name is currently unknown but Facebook promised me that I can get it for a bargain price so stay tune).

Unless Gormaru Omega requests otherwise (or threaten to sell my search history that he can buy off from Facebook's info dealers), I'll be sharing the more intriguing news-bites from his fantastic page on my blog, mainly for archiving purposes, starting off with the first official crossover between Godzilla and Pacific Rim!

Don't get TOO excited... It's just an official visual collaboration in movie poster form.

Godzilla: Look at all these nifty action figures I just bought!

FROM GORMARU ISLAND, originally posted on 4/11/2018, 1:53 AM:

"GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle" and "Pacific Rim Uprising" Storm An Official Visual Collaboration Together

The collaboration was produced in commemoration of the continuous theatrical films released from both series, which for Godzilla is the second anime film "Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle". And for Pacific Rim is the second film installment, "Pacific Rim Uprising".

The visual collaboration was illustrated by Hidetaka Tenjin. A professional talent classified as a sci-fi illustrator and freelancer artist. He has also worked in various anime productions as a mechanical, texture, and special effects artist. Involved in properties such as "MACROSS", "Gundam Evolve", "Hellsing Ultimate", and more! As well as having done videogame box-art illustration work for franchise games such as Mobile Suit Gundam and MACROSS.

From the visual, GODZILLA Earth from the Godzilla Anime Trilogy, and the new generation of Jaegers from Pacific Rim Uprising, cross properties with each other. In what will be one of the most awesome and fitting crossovers to emerge from the kaiju genre.

One of the directors of the Anime GODZILLA series, Kobun Shizuno, went on to say that such a collaboration was something that he'd like to see on screen someday.

(((If it's an anime film that we're talking, then we'd love to see that too!)))

"Pacific Rim Uprising" will hit Japan's market on April 13, 2018. The second Godzilla anime film, "GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle", will be released in Japan on May 18, 2018.

Original Japanese News Link: https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/277557

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)