Blast into some forgotten made or TV compilation action with this week’s retrospective on one of the wildest tokusatsu shows of all time. This week’s episode is on 1967’s “Voyage Into Space”
Read More Episode 56 – Voyage Into Space (1967)
We explore the shores of Korea for a Godzilla knock-off that would be the benchmark for Bad Kaiju of the era. Join us as we discuss all the history behind 1967’s “Yongary, Monster From the Deep”!
Read More Episode 55 – Yongary, Monster From the Deep (1967)
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)
Join us for a break down of the Kaiju films lost to history, lost to the weather or legally lost to everyone else.
Join us as we rate our desire to see these projects, from Japan’s Daikaiju in the Great Buddha Arrival to the fan film of Gamera 4!
Read More Episode 53 – Kaiju Lost Films Special
We turn our sights on another new studio trying to make a splash on the Kaiju scene, this week with the Nikkatsu Corporation. Will a retread of 1961’s Gorgo succeed in Japan’s saturated busiest daikaiju year to date?
Find out this week as we take a look at 1967’s “Gappa the Triphibian Monster”
Read More Episode 52 – Gappa the Triphibian Monster (1967)
We prepare to dive into a non-Toho giant monster movie, this time from rival studio Shochiku. Will a swinging space adventure mixed into a kaiju movie work well or will this be film flop?
Find out as we explore 1967’s “The X From Outer Space”!
Read More Episode 51 – The X From Outer Space (1967)
Noriaki Yuasa is back in the director’s chair for the latest installment of the showa Gamera films, and this time the flying terrapin is becoming the friend of all children.
This week’s episode is 1967’s “Gamera vs. Gyaos
Read More Episode 50 – Gamera Vs. Gyaos (1967)
We round out maybe the most Kaiju-packed year in the history of cinema with a Godzilla classic. This time we have a new director, composer and colorful setting for a film not even originally written for the Big-G.
This week we are island hopping though 1966’s “Ebirah, Horror of the Deep”
Read More Episode 49 – Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966)
This week we finish off the oft overlooked and sadly forgotten Daimajin trilogy by Daiei studios. The giant vengeance Kami once more divides war torn lands, and an evil samurai lord needs some comeuppance. Find out how the magical statue strikes in this weeks episode “Daimajin Strikes Again”
Read More Episode 48 – Daimajin Strikes Again (1966)
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)