Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) Movie Review | Podcast

Godzilla and Robot Man - sorry, Jet Jaguar - battle the dastardly Megalon and psychopathic Gigan. Along the way, we meet fashion icon Robert Dunham and wonder if Goro and Jinkawa are more than friends. Plus, what do Ultraman and John Belushi have to do with this film? Then enjoy Peter Lorre's review of The … Continue reading Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) Movie Review | Podcast

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) Movie Review | Podcast

A king-sized kaiju smackdown! Who will reign supreme? Who will eat their vegetables? Who will tell Kong to lay off the fruit juice?? Plus, behind-the-scenes drama with Willis O’Brien, the fabled alternate ending, and how Creature from the Black Lagoon figures into all this. https://anchor.fm/s/6a39cf3c/podcast/rss Then, we welcome Naomi Osborn to Camp with her TRIVIA … Continue reading King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) Movie Review | Podcast

Silent But Deadly | Monster Movies of the Silent Era

Before Karloff and Lugosi stalked the screens, the movies were no less monstrous. These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and danced in the macabre moonlight; they laughed, they cried, they fooled the sensibilities of honest, decent folk. In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out with a savage humanity … Continue reading Silent But Deadly | Monster Movies of the Silent Era

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) Movie Review | Podcast

The Dynamic Duo are back in this campy adventure that asks the hard questions: what if Hollow Earth had a Hollower Earth? What exactly is the "new empire"? Will the Great Pyramids ever be rebuilt?? We're discussing all that and more. https://anchor.fm/s/6a39cf3c/podcast/rss Plus, Peter Lorre's "Silent But Deadly" and Tomoko Ai's GFEST panel; she talks … Continue reading Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) Movie Review | Podcast

It Came from Outer Space (1953) Movie Review

Over the next several months, Camp Kaiju will highlight the science fiction films of director Jack Arnold, whose filmography of the 1950s helped define the genre for the silver screen. Films like Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) continue to loom large over pop culture's imagination; indeed, those films … Continue reading It Came from Outer Space (1953) Movie Review

Predator 2 (1990) Movie Review

An underrated follow up to 1987’s Predator, set in a crime-plagued Los Angeles. Danny Glover plays a loose-cannon detective hellbent on avenging his partners, killed by a new predator. Glover, center, leads the ensemble with an honest and sincere performance. Director: Stephen HopkinsScreenplay: Jim Thomas, John ThomasProducers: Suzanne Todd, Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, John Davis, Terry Carr, Tom … Continue reading Predator 2 (1990) Movie Review

Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) Movie Review

Godzilla vs. Gigan is the low point of the Showa Era, if not the entire franchise. This distinction reflects the tattered-state of the broader Japanese film industry in the early 1970s; especially for high-concept tokusatsu movies that were hemorrhaging young audiences to the television market. Consequently, Godzilla vs. Gigan attempts to have its cake and … Continue reading Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) Movie Review

Species (1995) Movie Review

Species is a prime example of a film with so much potential but just can’t bring it all together. The story is solid enough, about a team of scientists tracking an escaped female alien-human hybrid whose driving force is to procreate with a man. Naturally she kills anyone in her way. Director: Roger DonaldsonScreenplay: Dennis FeldmanProducer: Frank Mancuso, … Continue reading Species (1995) Movie Review