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Although Toho has released a plethora of films featuring hugely popular giant monsters such as Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra, it may surprise people to know that the major Japanese film …
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Kannibal – Richard Driscoll, UK, 2001 Khooni Dracula – India, 1992 Khooni Panja – Vinod Talwar, India, 1991 Kill the Scream Queen – Bill Zebub, USA, 2004 The Killer Shrews – Ray Kellog, USA, 1959 Killer …
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Suicide Forest Village is being released in the US by Cinedigm On-Demand and Digital HD on March 1st 2022. Thereafter, Screambox will stream the Japanese horror film exclusively on May …
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Destroy All Monsters is a 1968 Japanese kaiju film about female aliens taking control of Earth’s monsters to obliterate the human race. Directed by Ishirō Honda from a screenplay co-written …
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King Kong Escapes is a 1967 Kaiju film and a Japanese/American co-production from Toho and Rankin-Bass (Mad Monster Party?). Directed by Ishirô Honda (as Inoshiro Honda) from a screenplay written by Takeshi …
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‘Mightiest monster in all creation!’ Mothra – original title: モスラ Mosura – is a 1961 Japanese science fiction kaiju tokusatsu film directed by Ishirō Honda (Matango; The Human Vapour; The …
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The movies in the following list are those that MOVIES & MANIA suggests are better than the average genre fare and well-worth viewing. The Abominable Doctor Phibes – Robert Fuest, …
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Matango (マタンゴ) – also known as Matango, Fungus of Terror and Attack of the Mushroom People – is a 1963 Japanese tokusatsu movie. It was directed by Ishirō Honda (The Human Vapour; The H-Man; Godzilla) from a screenplay by Takeshi Kimura, based …
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Frankenstein Conquers the World is a 1965 Kaiju film produced by Toho. The film was directed by Ishirō Honda (Varan the Unbelievable; Matango; Godzilla) with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It stars Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Tadao …
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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. is a 2003 science fiction kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka. It was the twenty-seventh film to be released in the Japanese Godzilla series. It stars Noboru Kaneko, Miho Yoshioka, Mitsuki Koga, Plot synopsis: Mechagodzilla is undergoing …
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‘The most colossal conflict the screen has ever known’ King Kong vs. Godzilla is a 1962 Japanese science-fiction Kaiju film produced by Toho Studios. Directed by Ishirō Honda with visual …
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‘1400 pounds of frozen fury that moves like a man!’ Half Human is a 1955 tokusatsu film made by Toho’s Godzilla production team, consisting of Ishirō Honda, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Tomoyuki Tanaka. This was …
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Dagora, the Space Monster is a 1964 tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho Studios. It was directed by the “Golden Duo” of director Ishirō Honda and special-effects …
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Varan the Unbelievable, released in Japan as Giant Monster Varan (大怪獣バラン Daikaijū Baran), is a 1958 Kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya (special effects), and their last black-and-white monster film. …
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‘Spewed from intergalactic space to clutch the planet Earth in its… terror tentacles!’ Space Amoeba, released in Japan as Gezora, Ganime, Kamoeba: Decisive Battle! Giant Monsters of the South Seas (ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦! …
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Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira) is a 1954 Japanese science fiction Kaiju film produced by Toho. Directed by Ishirō Honda and featuring special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The movie stars Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata and Takashi Shimura. Plot: Godzilla, a …
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