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Review: GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1964)
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964).I'll go first:You remember several films back when I sniffed out the beginning of the "goofy" phase when they started to pandering to kids? Remember how I was...
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Review: FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (1965)
If you're just joining us, my son and I have decided to watch about 70 films in the kaiju/tokusatsu genre in order to prepare for the release of the new Godzilla film. You can see the list HERE.Now....
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Review: INVASION OF THE ASTRO-MONSTER (1965)
We're still doing well, and today's film is the smooth '60s classic Invasion of Astro-Monster (aka Monster Zero; 1965).I'll type my bit first:After the monster rally fun of Ghidorah, the Three-Headed...
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Review: GAMERA (1965)
Here we go. Our trek down the big list of kaiju/tokusatsu films has brought us to that other franchise, Gamera. The first film is up now, Gamera(1965).James goes first: Well,I thought it was great...
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Review: EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP (1966)
Next up on the big list of movies to watch before the new Godzilla is Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (aka Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster; 1966).I'll go first:The Shōwackiness continues ... We've got goofy...
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Review: WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS (1966)
In our quest to watch every daikaiju film made before the new Godzilla movie next May, my son and I are watching nearly seventy films as seen on this list HERE.I'm beginning to despair of getting...
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Review: GAMERA VS. BARUGON (1966)
The next one from our big list of movies to watch is Gamera vs. Barugon (1966), second in the turtle franchise.As I've had to do before, I'll try to forget the ribbing it took from MST3K (though I'll...
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Review: DAIMAJIN (1966)
Next on the big list of movies to watch, Daimajin(1966).I'll go first:This is one of those films we'd heard about but never watched before the list. I found the Blu-rays of the trilogy for super-cheap...
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Review: RETURN OF DAIMAJIN (1966)
Slowly but surely, we're making our way through the big list of movies to watch before Godzilla (2014).We're in the middle of the Daimajin trilogy ... movie two (1966) is called Return of Daimajin or...
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Review: WRATH OF DAIMAJIN (1966)
If you're just joining me, my son and I have compiled a list (check it out HERE) of about 70 films, primarily Japanese, in the kaiju/tokusatsu genres for us to watch and review before the new Godzilla...
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Review: SON OF GODZILLA (1967)
This will be a short one.Next up on the big list (see it HERE) is Son of Godzilla (1967).James goes first:WwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeellllLLLL.... I thought this movie made the Godzilla franchise look 45% less...
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Review: KING KONG ESCAPES (1967)
My son and I are trying to watch 70+ kaiju/tokusatsu films before the new Godzilla movie opens in May. (Here's the list of films.) We're about a third of the way in.Today's movie is Toho's King Kong...
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Review: GAMERA VS. GYAOS (1967)
My son and I are about a third of the way through the big list (HERE) of kaiju movies to watch before the new Godzilla film next year.Today's movie is Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967).I'll go first:The Gamera...
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Review: GAPPA (1967)
The next film on our big list of kaiju movies (see it HERE) ... Gappa(1967), also known as Gappa: The Triphibian Monster and Monster from a Prehistoric Planet.My ten-year-old son, James, goes...
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Review: THE X FROM OUTER SPACE (1967)
Next up from the big list (HERE) is the hard-to-find The X from Outer Space (aka Giant Space Monster Guilala; 1967).I'll go first:Boy, 1967 was the year of the monster movie, huh? Again, not from...
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Review: YONGARY: MONSTER FROM THE DEEP (1967)
Oh, brother.Continuing our way down the big list (seen HERE), we've come to the South Korean monster film, Yonggary: Monster from the Deep (aka Yongary; 1967).James goes first:So, a kid named itchy...
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Review: DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968)
Finally, after all this time on our big list of movies (seen HERE), we get to the monster rally movie to end them all: Destroy All Monsters (1968).I'll go first:After some of the craptastic films we...
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Review: GAMERA VS. VIRAS (1968)
Ah, Gamera. He's really neat. He's filled with turtle meat. We all love you, Gamera.But not this movie. Gamera vs. Viras (1968), next on our big list of movies (HERE).My son James goes first:Well,...
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Review: ALL MONSTERS ATTACK (1969)
Sigh.The next movie from our big list of films to watch (HERE) before the new Godzilla movie opens is All Monsters Attack(aka Godzilla's Revenge; 1969).I'll go first. I guess:We have here a film in...
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Review: LATITUDE ZERO (1969)
If you're just tuning in, my eleven-year-old son, James, and I compiled a list of about seventy kaiju/tokusatsu/monster films to watch before the new Godzilla movie opens in May. (You can read the big...
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