Episode 142 – King of the Lost World (2005)

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Episode 142 - King of the Lost World (2005)

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We start down the dark path of mockbuster kaiju movies with the first (of many) Asylum films this week. If we survive this film will they only get better from here or are we in store for more pain from the rip-off artists and maestros of direct-to-dvd? Find out this week as we look at 2005’s “King of the Lost World”

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