To remove the bad taste of Kong knock offs we are going straight to the updated remake source of the giant ape films of the 1970s. This week we are finally watching the 1976 classic “King Kong”
Read More Episode 82 – King Kong (1976)We look at yet another Ishiro Honda classic in the extremely colorful 007-style kaiju adventure of 1967’s “King Kong Escapes”.
Get ready to monkey around deep dive into the history behind this production on this week’s Kaiju Vs. History!
Read More Episode 54 – King Kong Escapes (1967)Once more pioneering Kaiju 33 years after its 1933 debut we have the first animated Kaiju series. In a renewed partnership between Japan and the US this week we look in brief at 1966’s “The King Kong Show”
Read More Episode 47 – The King Kong Show (1966)This week we look at a watershed moment in the history of kaiju cinema. Its east meets west, tradition vs the atomic age, King vs God!
This week we look at Ishiro Honda’s seminal monster masterpiece, 1962’s “King Kong vs Godzilla”!
Read More Episode 31 – King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)We are back for even more European Kaiju Cinema this week with 1961’s “Gorgo” from director Eugène Lourié. They took equal parts King Kong and Godzilla to create their own Gaelic folk monster.
Read More Episode 28 – Gorgo (1961)61 Years ago this month the rights to make a King Kong sequel were sold from RKO to create a new 8th wonder of the world…but instead of that we got “Konga”
Read More Episode 27 – Konga (1961)We finish watching early Kaiju cinema and the many different monster movies of the 1950’s and talk about them in this season’s wrap-up episode!
Read More Episode 25 – Season 1 Kaiju Cinema Recap (1933-1959). What do the infamous Mr. BIG, cannibalistic bugs and the term “Ultra Low Budget” have in common? Why those are all small sneak peaks at the behind the scenes history of this monstrous movie!
Read More Episode 17 – Beginning of the End (1957)We deck the halls with Daikaiju cheer in a short minisode about the reason for the season: GIANT MONSTERS!
Read More Episode 16 – Kaiju Holiday Special (2021)This week’s episode looks at the spiritual successor to 1933’s King Kong in the form of another giant ape: 1949’s “Mighty Joe Young”
Read More Episode 5 – Mighty Joe Young (1949)