Holy crackpot! There’s a theory I’ve had for a while now that determines how mature you are based on your understanding and enjoyment of the
Tag: 1960s
Gamera Vs. Guiron (1969) – Review
The Gamera series, despite it’s many flaws, has always had the weirdest designs for it antagonists. Every single one is a truly bizarre, surrealistic nightmare
Gamera Vs. Viras (1968) – Review
By this, the fourth entry in the long running Gamera series, the filmmakers had finally not only nailed down the style that all future installments
Gamera Vs. Gyaos (1967) – Review
Every long running hero absolutely needs a villain: Batman has the Joker, Godzilla has Ghidorah and even I have an annoying cat that lives on
War Of The Gargantuas (1966) – Review
Godzilla and Mothra director Ishiro Honda was always trying to bring something new to that strange little genre known as the Japanese monster flick with
Destroy All Monsters (1968) – Review
By 1968, Toho Studios had been on something of a Kaiju roll for well over a decade, but, behind the scenes, rumblings were occuring that
King Kong Escapes (1967) – Review
Despite their routinely “out there” plots, most of Toho’s monster output still manage to make a certain amount of sense when judged by their own
Mothra (1961) – Review
Ishiro Honda – surely the Stan Lee of monster movies – by this point in his career had belted out more than his fair share
Ebirah: Horror Of The Deep (1966) – Review
An attack of the crabs is never pretty, especially from one the size of Madison Square Garden, but that’s unfortunately only one of the issues
Invasion Of Astro-Monster (1965) – Review
Over the last couple of Godzilla movies, a noticable swing toward showing the King Of The Monster’s in a more heroic light was emerging and
All Monsters Attack (1969) – Review
By the tenth movie in Godzilla’s cinematic odyssey, some bright spark at Toho realised that the greatest resource in keeping the King Of The Monsters
Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster (1964) – Review
By the time we reached the fifth movie in the life and times of the legendary city stomper known as Gojira, Toho studios were in
Son Of Godzilla (1967) – Review
By the time Godzilla’s career had reached 1967, the salty tempered saurian had pretty much done it all. He’d been cast as a villainous metaphor
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