“Yuko, I am your… [father].” No, this line is not from a Japanese foretelling of Return of the Jedi, but to quote Norman Bates, “Oh God, mother! Blood! Blood!” We’re talking a garden hose with a spray nozzle. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as […]
She may not have the cinematic celebrity of some of her kaiju contemporaries, but since first hitting the big screen in 1961 MOTHRA has always had a sentimental spot in the hearts of monster movie fans. Like Godzilla, MOTHRA is the product of man’s mishandling of atomic radiation, but unlike the big lizard, MOTHRA isn’t […]
“I can’t believe that Godzilla was the only surviving member of its species… But if we continue conducting nuclear tests, it’s possible that another Godzilla might appear somewhere in the world again.” Of course, Godzilla appeared in the world again, many, many times! Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, and Jeff […]
“Well, maybe he fell in love with a whale?” Of course! Nobody ever suspects interspecies shenanigans! Join this episode’s Grue Crew – Chad Hunt, Whitney Collazo, and Jeff Mohr – as they struggle to keep the two Gargantuas straight in one of Ishirô Honda’s Toho classics, The War of the Gargantuas! Decades of Horror: The […]
Who knew Dracula had a lake? Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Chad Hunt, Bill Mulligan, and Jeff Mohr – as they go for a swim in Lake of Dracula (1971) volume two in Toho’s legendary vampire trilogy. Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 86 — Lake of Dracula (1971) At one time, because […]
“In the midst of a mountain blizzard, I have experienced a terrifying incident unparalleled in human history. At the very moment, we were about to die, I clearly saw the monster with my own eyes . . .” These words are read from the journal of a dead man who had come face-to-face with a […]
“Don’t try to stop me or you’ll taste Yuki’s medicine yourself.” The King of the Monsters fights himself… or at least an intergalactic version of himself. Throw in some telekinetic powers, the Yakuza and a cinnabon version of Godzilla Junior & you’ve got the odd mess that is Godzilla vs SpaceGodzilla. Only Thomas Mariani can […]
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ToHo returns with another entry in their most popular franchise ever, Shin Godzilla (2016). The film dominated the box office in Japan earning a limited run in US theaters. The big green monster is heading back to the big screen, baby, yeah! The Grue-crew follow the big guy’s roar and are here to share their […]
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After getting his second American make over, The King of the Monsters returns home. Shin Godzilla, the first Japanese Godzilla in over a decade, shows off a new look for the massive monster from Tokyo Bay. He’s got clear radiation scars all over his body. His eyes are super small googley eyes of death. The […]
ToHo is promising a return to what made Godzilla scary back in 1954 as found in the original Kaiju film Gojira. The upcoming release Godzilla: Resurgence is on its way and ToHo has released another teaser trailer. The clip is full of eerie music and somber images of devastation, desperations and the giant monster as […]
“There’s no place else to go and pretty soon we’ll all be dead, so forget it! Enjoy yourself! Let’s sing and dance while we can! Come on, blow your mind!” – the out-of-this-world 70’s tagline for the cult favorite Godzilla vs Hedorah still does not approach how unbelievably bizarre this entry into the Godzilla lexicon […]
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