There was always something delightfully anti-social about some of the anime released in the 80s and 90s. I mean, what could be more counter-culture (and
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Fist Of The North Star (1986) – Review
Like a punch that reduces the human skull to so much tapioca, the anime explosion of the 90s literally blew my mind as all these
The H-Man (1958) – Review
While Ishiro Honda will always be most famous for unleashing a 165 foot tall irradiated lizard onto the world as it masqueraded as the social
The Mysterians (1957) – Review
There’s a test I tend to put on the works by Japanese filmmaker Ishiro Honda that I like to call the Godzilla test. It’s born
Matango (1963) – Review
Hey, you guys all know Ishiro Honda right? I mean, some of you less familiar with Japanese fantasy cinema actually might not instantly have prior
Atragon (1963) – Review
Ishiro Honda rightfully is held aloft as one of Japan’s leading purveyor of sci-fi and adventure primarily because of his most famous creation, the city
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009) – Review
Emerging from the the grainy, black and white frazzle of an 80s avant garde, art house experiment, came Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man, a
Uzumaki (AKA. Spiral) (2000) – Review
When the Japanese turn their eye to horror, you’re always going to get something weird, be it the analogue terrors of The Ring or the
Yokai Monsters: Along With Ghosts (1969) – Review
If you think follow-ups, spin-offs and sequels come at us at a fearsome rate now, you should have seen how fast things moved in the
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (1968) – Review
Probably one of the strangest trilogies you’ve never heard of, the Yokai Monsters series saw its second installment hit Japanese theatres a mere seven months
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968) – Review
One of the things I love about exploring lesser-known franchises from other countries is that you’re essentially deep diving into the weirder nooks and crannies
Godzilla Minus One (2023) – Review
In some regards, modern Godzilla fans don’t quite know how tough they’ve got it, after all, the previous three eras of Toho’s returning city smasher
Gamera: Rebirth – Season 1, Episode 6: Childhood’s End (2023) – Review
After five episodes, five different Kaiju fights and one shock death, theres a very good chance that when all is said and done, Gamera: Rebirth
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992) – Review
There’s been a long and storied history of young, visionary directors who chose to semi-remake their rough-looking, low budget debuts with more cash and experience
Shin Kamen Rider (2023) – Review
Ever since tackling Japan’s largest export with 2016’s Shin Godzilla, Hideaki Anno has been dead set on give virtually all of his childhood influences a
Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead (2023) – Review
The feel-good zombie movie is a sub sub genre that has precious little entries to date. I mean, it’s hardly surprising considering that the staggering,
Hiruko The Goblin (1991) – Review
Swerving from the experimentally industrial metallic/phallic leanings of the Tetsuo movies to riffing on the gonzo energy of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead movies, director Shinya
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) – Review
Less a coherent movie and more of a deranged art installation, Shinya Tsukamoto’s utterly insane Tetsuo: The Iron Man is something of an enigma.Welding and
The Street Fighter (1974) – Review
The anti-hero is a magnificently cinematic concept that allows us to follow the exploits of people who freely go out and do the types of
Lone Wolf And Cub: White Heaven In Hell (1974) – Review
After cranking out five films in a little under two years, the landscape that lay behind the scenes of the Lone Wolf And Cub series
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