giant monsters

King of the Lost World

By Alan Ng | March 2021

We now move into American productions of giant monster movies with Leigh Scott’s King of the Lost World, produced by The Asylum. A passenger plane…

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We now move into American productions of giant monster movies with Leigh Scott's King of the Lost World, produced by The Asylum. A passenger plane...

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla image — Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
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In the 1974 entrant of the Godzilla franchise, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, we see an expansion of Toho Studios' kaiju-centric stories. The film opens in...

Q, The Winged Serpent image — Q, The Winged Serpent
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Larry Cohen got his start in television before going on to write and direct several cult favorite films such as It's Alive. In 1982, he paid homage to...

King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) image — King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
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Returning to our series on the cinematic history of Kaiju Monsters, Toho Studios brings us the giant monster battle King Kong vs. Godzilla. Did Toho catch...

Rodan image — Rodan
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To me, giant monster movies are very similar to superhero films. The stories are the same, but then we have a new hero with different powers with each...

Mighty Joe Young image — Mighty Joe Young
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The original Mighty Joe Young from 1949 is the third in our ongoing reviews through the history of colossal creature films. It continues the legacy of...

Son of Kong image — Son of Kong
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As we continue to tread lightly through giant monster movies' history, we skip a classic and move right to its sequel with Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 Son...

The Lost World image — The Lost World
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I've been challenged to walk through the history of giant monster movies. We're talking TOHO giant monsters. The first monster film of this kind...

Let the Battle Begin! Godzilla vs. Kong Trailer Debut image — Let the Battle Begin! Godzilla vs. Kong Trailer Debut
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Legends collide in Godzilla vs. Kong as these mythic adversaries meet in a spectacular battle for the ages, with the fate of the world hanging in the...