Category Archives: Japanese Monster Movie

by | 01/15/2011

Films Better Left Remembered: Gorath

Gorath (1962) Spaceship JX-1 (the first manned flight to Saturn) is ordered to change course and intercept Gorath, a rouge star barreling through the galaxy, heading straight for a planet-shattering collision with the earth. Outfitted in white coveralls and helmets, the crew of JX-1 look more like contestants in a go-cart race than astronauts, but in Gorath’s future of the “80s,” these are the men with the right stuff. Continue reading →

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by | 11/27/2009

Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

At the beginning of Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Godzilla has been absent from the Japan-leveling/Tokyo-destroying scene for something life fifty years. Judging by his appearance, the big guy wasn’t just hibernating during the intervening decades, but instead pursued a strict regimen of drinking beer and eating donuts.
Godzilla has always been a tad pear-shaped, but this time around he’s sporting a pretty sizable gut. When seen in profile stomping through the wreckage of a burning city, all he needs is a wife-beater t-shirt and you’ve got a giant reptilian Jake Lamotta gone to seed, blindly driven by haywire machismo, lashing out at any and everything around him. Continue reading →

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by | 08/21/2009

Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)

In 1966 the Anti-Megalosaurus Force (AMF) was established to defend Japan from Monsters. Who knew? Not just a bunch of flummoxed army guys wearing white gloves, but an elite force — 4072 members strong. Talk about a thankless job. The only profession taking more of a beating than the AMF when Godzilla makes landfall, is the home insurance industry, which has been busy selling policies between monster rampages.

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