With the launch of HBO Max on May 27, 2020, over 10,000 hours of content from Warner Brothers, Turner Classic Movies, and more will be available to stream. This includes most of the Showa Godzilla and Kaiju films.
If any of you Monster Kids out there remember sitting home on a rainy Saturday watching some of these classics on TV, this may be a world of wonder to revisit, nearly in its entirety. At least sixteen Godzilla films to devour and enjoy. Check out the amazing list below:
- Godzilla (1954)
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- Rodan (1956)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
- Invasion of the Astro-Monster (1965, Godzilla vs. Monster Zero)
- The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
- Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966, Godzilla vs the Sea Monster)
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- All Monsters Attack (1969, Godzilla’s Revenge)
- Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971, Godzilla vs the Smog Monster)
- Godzilla vs Gigan (1972)
- Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)
- Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1974)
- Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Notably missing: Mothra (1961), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), Dogora the Space Monster (1964), Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965, Frankenstein Conquers the World), King Kong Escapes (1967), Latitude Zero (1969), Space Amoeba (1970, Yog, Monster from Space).
Doc Rotten is the founder of Gruesome Magazine. He is also a film critic for Gruesome Magazine and the podcast host & producer for Horror News Radio, Monster Movie Podcast, Decades of Horror: 1970s, The American Horror Story Fan Podcast and Hannibal Fan Podcast. He is also co-host of the Dracula podcast on TV TALK and is a contributing reviewer for HorrorNews.Net and Widescreen Warrior.
Doc a lifelong fan of horror films, sci-fi flicks and monster movies first discovering Universal Monsters and Planet of the Apes as a young child in the 1970's searching out every issue of Famous Monster of Filmland (and, later, Fangoria). Favorite films include Jaws, The Car, The Birds, The Tingler, Vampire Circus and The Exorcist. Still a huge fan of horror films from the 70s, Doc continues consuming horror films to this day for the site, for the podcasts and for the fun of it all.
Doc a lifelong fan of horror films, sci-fi flicks and monster movies first discovering Universal Monsters and Planet of the Apes as a young child in the 1970's searching out every issue of Famous Monster of Filmland (and, later, Fangoria). Favorite films include Jaws, The Car, The Birds, The Tingler, Vampire Circus and The Exorcist. Still a huge fan of horror films from the 70s, Doc continues consuming horror films to this day for the site, for the podcasts and for the fun of it all.
