Giant Monster Mash

THE BERMUDA DEPTHS 1978 - Rankin-Bass produced TV Movie with a Japanese SFX team from TOHO. Scientists investigating incidents in the Bermuda Triangle are threatened by a giant sea creature and the ghostly spirit of a young brunette swimmer.

THE LAST DINOSAUR 1977 - Rankin-Bass produced TV Movie with a Japanese SFX team from TOHO. Richard Boone is a wealthy big game hunter where he and his group become trapped in prehistoric times. They are stalked by ferocious dinosaurs including a massive T-Rex.

THE MAGIC SERPENT 1966 (aka Battle of the Dragons) - Japanese Version with Subtitles from TOEI Studios. In old Japan, a good lord is killed & his throne taken by the evil Yuki Daijo & his sorcerer Oroki. Prince Ikazuki is rescued from the sorcerer's dragon by a wizard's magic giant bird. 10 yrs years later, Ikazuki embarks on a journey to avenge his parents death with magic he learned from the wizard. He kills Yuki Daijo but then must battle Oroki's dragon.

REPTILICUS 1961 - A Kaiju Film from Denmark featuring a flying dragon that sprays acid saliva and can regenerate itself. This is the AIP US English Release. Copper miners discover a piece of the frozen tail of a giant prehistoric reptile in Lapland and scientists inadvertently bring it back to life. It regenerates into a new whole monster.

WAR OF THE GOD MONSTERS 1985 (aka The Flying Monster) - Korean Kaiju Film with English Subtitles from Woosungsa Entertainment. A young reporter is writing a story about the theories of scientist who believes dinosaurs still exist. When Kaiju monsters suddenly appear and cause destruction, the doctor and journalist must find a way to save the world.

LEGEND OF DINOSAURS & MONSTER BIRDS 1977 - Japanese Version dubbed into English by TOEI Studios. A Japanese village is menaced by a Plesiosaur from the depths of the sea. Meanwhile, deep in a cave of ice, a prehistoric egg begins to hatch. The Plesiosaur and the creature hatching from the egg are destined to clash.

TERROR IN THE MIDNIGHT SUN 1959 (aka Space Invasion of Lapland, Invasion of the Animal People) This is the complete Swedish version in English. A meteor crashes in a remote part of Sweden. Scientists discover the meteor is actually a spaceship. The aliens within release a hideous giant monster that destroys their plane. They send for help by having two of the group ski to a local village. Meanwhile, the giant wreaks havoc across the snowy countryside.

SPACE MONSTER WANGMAGWI 1967 - The oldest surviving Kaiju film from South Korea. Aliens from another world seeking the conquest of Earth invade with flying saucers. They unleash a gigantic monster called Wang Ma Gwi, who destroys everything in its path with a powerful death ray.

THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN 1977 - (aka Goliathon) Shaw Bros produced this Hong Kong film to capitalize on 1976's King Kong. This is the complete movie dubbed into English for International release. A greedy Hong Kong businessman captures a 50-foot-tall ape from the Himalayas and puts it on display, but it escapes and goes on a rampage.

DAIGORO VS GOLIATH 1972 - Japanese Version with English subtitles by TOHO Studios. An inventor and his family try to raise funds to feed a friendly giant monster named Daigoro so that he doesn't shrink. Meanwhile, a meteor lands into the sea bringing with it another giant monster named Goliath. Will Daigoro be able to stop Goliath? A lot of fun for family viewing.

GAPPA THE TRIPHIBIAN MONSTER 1967 - Japanese Version dubbed into English by Nikkatsu Studios. An expedition lands on a tropical island where natives worship the deity Gappa. They discovered a baby reptile in an underground cavern. Natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, parent Gappas start smashing Tokyo looking for their child.

PULGASARI 1985 - Korean version with English subtitles. The Notorious North Korean Kaiju Film similar in plot to Japan's Giant Majin series. In feudal Korea, the evil King imprisons and starves an old blacksmith to death. His last creation is a tiny figurine of a monster, Pulgasari, a Kaiju that eats iron making it grow. The blood of his daughter brings the creature to life, and it fights alongside the poor, starving peasants to overthrow the corrupt monarchy

MONSTER X STRIKES BACK 2008 - Japanese version with English Subtitles. All the world leaders are together at a G8 Summit meeting in Sapporo, Japan. A meteorite crashes into the heart of Sapporo and releases Monster X, named Guilala. The monster rampages through Sapporo, leaving death and destruction in its wake.

THE X FROM OUTER SPACE 1967 - The Japanese Version dubbed into English by Shochiku Studios. A spacecraft of scientists investigate a UFO seen near Mars and are sprayed with a substance by the fleeing UFO. Upon return to Earth, the substance grows into an enormous, rampaging, energy-eating kaiju that spits fireballs.

YONGGARY THE REPTILIAN 1999 - The Korean remake of 1967's Yongary was poorly received, so it was re-edited into English, 10 mins longer with American actors, new CGI SFX added, and a much different plot. Archeologists find the buried body of an enormous monster, preserved for 200 million years. When the beast is uncovered, an alien spacecraft appears and brings it back to life in order to wreck the planet so they can take over.

YONGARY: MONSTER FROM THE DEEP 1967 - A joint Korean-Japanese film dubbed into English by TOEI Studios for International release. The Korean version is a lost film. Earthquakes in central Korea turn out to be the work of Yongary, a prehistoric gasoline-eating reptile that soon goes on a rampage through Seoul.

GODZILLA 1998 - Disparaged for not being a real Godzilla movie, it has a plot similar to, and Godzilla looks more like, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms. In this one, Godzilla is birthed from Nuclear tests and gets even with the USA for it. Stomping New York & no attack on Japan. It's still a fun film with good SFX. I enjoyed it regardless of box office disappointment & weak reviews.

GARGANTUA 1998 - A Cash-In of Godzilla 1998, broadcast on May 19, one day before the theatrical release of Godzilla. On the island of Malau, marine biologist Jack Ellway studies the effect of seismic activity on the area's marine life. A string of mysterious drownings soon turns his research project into a different investigation as Jack learns that a nearby underwater trench is home to a family of giant amphibians that have mutated after prolonged exposure to buried pesticides.

TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA 1974 - Japanese Version dubbed into English by TOHO Studios. A submarine expedition by the UN to salvage the remains of Mechagodzilla is thwarted by a massive dinosaur named Titanosaurus under the direction of a brilliant mad scientist, Dr. Mafune. Mafune is aligned with the Black Hole Aliens, who seek to unleash a reconstructed Mechagodzilla along with Titanosaurus on Tokyo and defeat Godzilla.

GODZILLA VS MECHAGODZILLA 1974 - Japanese Version dubbed into English by TOHO Studios. An Okinawan prophecy appears to foretell Earth's destruction at the hands of Godzilla. Turns out aliens have built a much stronger, mechanical version of Godzilla to put an end to his interference of always saving Earth. To assist Godzilla in the battle, the legendary deity Kaiju King Caesar is called forth.

GODZILLA VS MEGALON 1973 - Japanese Version with English Subtitles by TOHO Studios. An inventor creates a humanoid robot named Jet Jaguar that is seized by the undersea nation of Seatopia. Using Jet Jaguar as a guide, the Seatopians send Megalon, a Beetle-Insect Kaiju, as vengeance for the nuclear tests that have devastated their society.

GODZILLA VS GIGAN 1972 - Japanese Version dubbed into English by TOHO Studios. An commercial artist becomes suspicious of his employers perhaps being aliens when he overhears a space message sent to them. He investigates this while Godzilla and Anguirus join forces to defeat the invaders' team of Cosmic Space Kaijus Gigan and Ghidorah.

GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER 1971 - Japanese Version dubbed into English by TOHO Studios. An unusual and somewhat "Psychedelic" Godzilla Entry where he battles a flying monster created from microbes grown out of pollution that join together to create Kaiju Hedorah, and then spread deadly acidic toxins over the land.

GAMERA VS ZIGRA 1971 (aka GAMERA VS THE SEA MONSTER) – Japanese Version dubbed into English by DAIEI Studios. An alien spacecraft destroys a moon-base then arrives on Earth to take over the planet, but they must first destroy Gamera with a giant shark-like mutation that can send out a deadly immobilizing raybeam.

GAMERA VS JIGER 1970 (aka GAMERA VS MONSTER X) - Japanese Version dubbed into English by DAIEI Studios. When an ancient statue is moved for display in Japan's Expo '70 Worlds Fair, the giant lizard monster Jiger is released. It can fly, shoots quills like a porcupine and has skin as tough as nails. It goes to Japan in pursuit of the statue and ends up battling Gamera.