Sandy Frank and AIP-TV

[Alien-G]

Can someone tell me the major differences between the two series of Gamera? Here we can also talk about the two. And other than Magic Serpent, Gappa, and Gamera, what other movies did AIP release? and how about Sandy Frank?

[baragon2005]

AIP usually deleted scenes of major violence in kaiju movies. One example is when Guiron kills the Space Gyaos in "Attack of the Monsters". This scene is in the Sandy Frank version, but is not in the AIP-TV prints. Sandy Frank replaced the title cards for the Gamera movies with scenes of water. Beats me why they did it. Also, Gammera the Invincible deletes a few scenes and adds American actors. The Sandy Frank version changes all the names to American names. Again, this is probably unknown why they did it.

AIP has also released Warning from Space, Godzilla vs. the Thing, Destroy all Monsters, Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster, Dagora, Yog, Atragon, and Attack of the Mushroom People. Not sure if that's all of them though.






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[Hockeyface]

AIP stands for American International Pictures. AIP's claim to fame is that it housed horror scream king Vincent Price and the legendary Roger Corman. Corman and Price teamed up a number of times to create a series of Edgar Allen Poe based movies such as "The Raven", "The Pit and the Pendulum", and "The Masque of the Red Death" among many others. AIP got on the horror bandwagon when British Hammer Studios began churning out successful films of the genre in the 60's. AIP also created the hit haunted house movie, "The Amityville Horror." Samuel Z. Arkoff was the AIP's amin producer. AIP is also noted for as the studio where Roger Corman created his ultimate quickie classic, "Little Shop of Horrors." Little Shop of Horrors was made in a record THREE days and was remade in the 80's. The movie is also noted for starring a young Jack Nicholson. Jack Nicholson was also a mainstay at AIP starring in another horror film in the form of "The Terror." Not only did AIP house a young Nicholson but also an aged Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. Karloff was also in "The Terror." Underrated Irish actor Patrick Magee also appeared in a few AIP production, most notably "The Masque of the Red Death" and "Die Monster Die!" Patrick Magee also starred in one of the now famous Francis Ford Coppela's earliest works, "Dementia 13." And now for a list of AIP movies as you asked so politely... your wish is granted! Here.

AIP Movies:

The Amazing Colossal Man
Attack of the Puppet People (Starring B-movie favorite John Agar)
Scream and Scream Again
Count Yorga, Vampire
Frogs
Blacula
Attack of the Giant Leeches
A Bucket of Blood
Sisters
Sugar Hill
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Wild Angels
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Atragon
Konga
Reptilicus
The Conquerer Worm
Beach Blanket Bingo
The Amazing Transparent Man
War of the Colossal Beast
The Brain that Wouldn't Die
Yog: Monster from Space

[Alien-G]

I have Frogs, not a very interesting film, with some bad actors

[Hockeyface]

I khnow that I was jsut naming the movies they released, not if they were good or bad.

[Alien-G]

I know that, I was just saying that. I do however want to see Yog

[Yongary]

Sandy Frank also brought over the woefully underrated LEGEND OF THE DINOSAURS, as well as other films with no kaiju (and little audience) interest.

As AIP-Transworld, AIP brought over the most importaint kaiju of all: GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS.

AIP gave theatrical distribution to G VS THE THING, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, YOG, ATRAGON, FRANKENSTIEN CONQUERS THE WORLD, G VS THE SMOG MONSTER, as well as the non-kaiju fantasy THE LOST WORLD OF SINBAD.

AIP-TV brought over all the Gamera films (with the exception of GAMMERA THE INVINCIBLE, GAMERA VS ZIGRA, and GAMERA SUPER MONSTER) , MONSTER FROM A PREHISTORIC PLANET, the first two Diamajin films, WARNING FROM SPACE, ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE, YONGARY, THE X FROM OUTER SPACE, THE MAGIC SERPENT, DAGORA, and the TV series' "Ultraman" and "Johnny Sokko and his Giant Robot" from which a movie was made called VOYAGE INTO SPACE which was also distributed by AIP-TV

[kpa]

I hope you don't mind a few additions/corrections...

As AIP-Transworld, AIP brought over the most importaint kaiju of all: GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS.

There was never any company called AIP-Transworld, and AIP had nothing to do with GKOTM. AIP made a bid for the film back in 1955 but Toho had already sold the rights to a film distributor named Edmund Goldman. Goldman sold the rights to Jewell Enterprises, who partnered with Embassy Pictures, Cinema Distributors Cotp and others to form TransWorld Releasing Corp.

AIP-TV brought over all the Gamera films (with the exception of GAMMERA THE INVINCIBLE, GAMERA VS ZIGRA, and GAMERA SUPER MONSTER) ,

AIP was revived as Filmways, the company that released SUPER MONSTER in the US.

MONSTER FROM A PREHISTORIC PLANET, the first two Diamajin films, WARNING FROM SPACE, ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE, YONGARY, THE X FROM OUTER SPACE, THE MAGIC SERPENT, DAGORA, and the TV series' "Ultraman"

ULTRAMAN was released by United Artists Television, not AIP-TV.

and "Johnny Sokko and his Giant Robot" from which a movie was made called VOYAGE INTO SPACE which was also distributed by AIP-TV

The show was actually called JOHNNY SOKKO AND HIS FLYING ROBOT.

[baragon2005]

And let's not forget that after AIP/Filmways or whatever died off around '83, they were revived again as New World Productions, which was responsible for Godzilla 1985, or that's what I've heard.











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[Gfantheheroman]

You should stick with the AIP versions of Gamera and Godzilla movies.They are alot better in that the dubbing is so much better and some sequinces are aranged in a better way.But if you are a very obsessed Gamera fan(sorta like me,but I'm not as bad)you should pick up the sandy frank home video versions because alot of youngsters of the 90's(Like me)Grew up with them.And because they are getting more and more rare.