Obscure Kaiju & Other Giant Monsters

[Enshohma]

The following information come from Icaustin2000 over by the Yahoo forums and it concerns the '60s series "Monster Prince", which is more in-depth then my earlier post on the matter;

Just to clarify a bit, Enshohma...

MONSTER PRINCE was a contemporary series to THE SPACE GIANTS, also produced by P Pro(ductions). In the first episode the set-up is
that a myterious volcanic island erupts out of the ocean. the
tummult it creates causes an passenger plane to go down. Aboard the
plane is a young couple with twin boys (Takeru and Mitsuru) come out
of the crash only managing to save one child from the ordeal.

Several years later, a shipwrecked crew reports to seeing monsters
on this new island. The twins's father, is amongst a group of
scientists assigned to survey the island. There they find not
only 'dinosaurs', but a feral child living with a brontosaurus pod!
Without warning, rat-like alien hunters (as near as I could
understand) beseige the island and the mother, of the brontosaurus
family, dies from wounds she suffered driving them away.

When the Hunters return, the boy is injured fighting them and
rescued by the scientist who confirms his hope that the wild child
is, in fact, lost Takeru.

I won't ruin any more of the plot by going further into the series'
events (One turn, even with my foreknowledge took me off guard!). I
will say that, Takeru eventually returns to the island to team up
with his brontosaurus brother, Nessie, of course, to contend with
the Rat-men and, other monsters on the island. This series, like
other P Pro drama series, was full of action and yet didn't shy
away, or, side-step any drama inherant to the situations presented.
In the first episode alone the viewer sees a trajic plane crash, a
fantastic parade of monsters, Mitsuru's heartbreaking birthday wish -
to have a brother again; furious action scenes and genuine scenes
of emotion are skillfully blended. I only wish similar 'more grown-
up' series today handled pathos as well as this kids' show. MONSTER
PRINCE was a monster action show with heart. I encourage everyone
to look into this still hidden gem!

<enshohma@y...> wrote:
>
> Hello, my name's Enshohma and I've joined this newsgroup a while
ago,
> but had yet to make a post. Then I found this old file on my PC
and
> decided to put up just for the heck of it and for all of you to
> enjoy. I and the other authors try our best to be accurate, but if
> you see a mistake, by all mean share it here. Anyway, unless noted
> otherwise, I'm the author of the entry in question. Again, enjoy;
>
>
> MONSTER PRINCE (1967)
> Better known as "Kaiju Oji", this live action series from P
> Productions, which premiered on December 2nd 1967. Its about boy
> called Takeru, whose parents die in a plane crash and grows up as
a
> wild boy in the jungle, aids Japan with his giant brontosaur
Nessie,
> to fight against other monsters and alien invaders that give
problems
> to the army and the forces of the order.
>
> http://www.videodaikaiju.com/monsterprince.jpg

[Cam Eleon]

G’day mates! This time we go Down Under to find our latest obscurity. In other words, there’s an official- if silly- giant monster entry from Australia, after all!

The 1997 film WELCOME TO WOOP WOOP is frankly, a very warped comedy, based on an equally strange novel, about an illegal bird dealer on the run in Aussie-land, who gets shanghaied to live in a small backwoods town there. The town (the Woop Woop of the title) in a way resembles the town in the US movie Nothing But Trouble, which was released around the same time. Both include a bizarre cast of locals, headed up by another bizarre character in an ‘elected official’ position. (The in-movie explaination for Woop Woop’s strangeness is the proximity of an off screen irradiating element- in this case,an asbestos mine. This comes into play in a moment.) In this case, the leader is the manly Daddy O, played by the great Rod Taylor (the Traveller in George Pal’s The Time Machine among appearing in other great movies), who rules with an iron hand and makes everyone watch old Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals (!).

So, our hero, the bird dealer, wishes to get out of Dodge, er, Woop Woop that is, and finally makes a break for it. This, of course, is a no-no and the chase is on. At the end of the chase, someone better call Steve Irwin, because here we encounter another Woop Woop inhabitant (and one it’s implied is made possible by said mine- don’t ask!), a monsterous giant mutant kangaroo- Big Red! ("Crikey! Thet’s th’ biggest kanga-roo I’ve evva seen! Isn’t she a beaut ?") Point of fact: the movie’s original title was going to be "The Big Red".

Having never been able to track down this film- yet- this is where information gets sketchy. No pictures exist of the massive marsupial online, but almost every review of the film mentions him and several point out his destruction of a jeep in the film. The effects for Big Red were all cgi, done about one year before the infamous GINO appeared, so make of that what you will. The movie was only ever released to VHS in the US and is somewhat hard to find currently, but if anyone does find it, perhaps they could zap off a couple vidcaps? Who knows, it might be fodder for a future Kaiju Karnage. ( "It’s the thunder from Down Under, Big Red Vs. the nuclear spawned nightmare- Tromie, the Nuclear Squirrel!"…)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120491/

[Yongary]

OK-I'm back after an (over) long hiatus. Here's some stuff I picked up whilst on it.

TWO MORE JAPANESE KONG MOVIES
If you have been following the thread for a while, you probably already know of EDO NI ARAWARETA KINGU KONGU/KING KONG APPEARS IN EDO, the legendary lost 1938 Japanese King Kong picture. What you probably don't know is that there were apparently OTHER 1930's Japanese King Kong rip-offs. I got this off of the Google newsgroup archives:

------------------------------ ------------------------------
"DAITOKUSATSU"(published from Yubunsha, edited by Colosus)
says ...

" The influence that 'KingKong' gave to the Japanese
film industry was big, so that in the same year of
it theatrical release, rip-off movie 'Wasei Kingukongu'
(made-in Japan KingKong) appeared from Shochiku, and
5 years later (Showa 13=1938), Zenshou Eiga(sp?) created
'Kingu Kongu Zenkouhen'(KingKong Part1 & 2).

Both films featured apes' raging with monster suits.
The latter was a samurai-movie style"
------------------------------ ------------------------------

That would mean that there are (were?) at least three (four if you count the 2-parter) Japanese King Kong films from the 1930's floating around. The mind boggles…

THE BEAUTY AND THE DRAGON

BEAUTY AND THE DRAGON (Bijo To Kairyu ?) (1955) Toei. director: Kimisaburo Yoshimuro. "high priest forces a dragon into a water pit".

Don't know much besides the above info, save that it was scored by Akira Ifukube.

More to come-I hope!

[Cam Eleon]

A couple of pages back was a mention of the film ATTACK OF THE B-MOVIE MONSTER and it’s ‘alternate’ title THE NAKED MONSTER. Well, here’s some new information- they’re more or less two different films! Lemme ‘splain:

Ted Newsom began work in 1985 on a project that was a tip of the hat to the old 50’s "monster on the loose" films that was, at the time, called ATTACK OF THE B-MOVIE MONSTER. It was slowly pieced together over several years- much of the work getting done during the ‘90s- and eventually did receive a small VHS release around 2002 (hence the small matter of confusion over release dates mentioned in my previous post).

ATTACK featured lots of ‘genre’ actors in small roles, lots of them reprising roles from the films which inspired this one. (Sadly, it was also the last film for many of them, as several passed away soon afterwards.) It was released in a black and white, one hour ‘rough cut’ form, which Videohound Cult Pics Video Guide described as having taken footage from the cast’s old films and working it into the movie proper. The monster of the title was the Monstersaurus (Erectus), a 60 foot tall, three eyed dino-like creature brought to life by stop motion animation.



Cut to 2005, and the film finally receives a release on the film festival circuit, with a new name- THE NAKED MONSTER (a reference to the "Naked Gun" parodies)- and lots of new goodies. The movie has now been released in color with brand new footage and a longer running time. ("Scream Queen" Brinke Stevens actually returned 10 years after shooting her original scenes to film new material for this version.) Of interest to daikajiu fans is that the stop motion effects of the original movie have been replaced with good, old fashioned, all-new suitmation (!) sequences of the Monstersaurus. To quote Mr. Newsom, in this, the giant beastie "…sinks the Titanic, smashes a dam, prowls through Bronson Caverns, destroys the Eiffel Tower, the Capitol and Big Ben, kicks a T-Bird over the Golden Gate Bridge, juggles a school bus, pulls James Dean apart at Griffith Observatory and lays eggs at Vasquez Rocks!"

A DVD release has been promised for NAKED later in the year, so keep your eyes peeled for this one.

Other info:

http://www.bmonster.com/may2005.shtml (Fourth story down, also on page is an article on Joe Devito's Kong book.)

http://www.anxietyfilms.com/AmandaByNight.html (3/4 way down the page, also with info on a Newsom/Harryhausen Sinbad collaboration!)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088751/

[Enshohma]

THE MIGHTY KONG (1997)
When I hear Peter Jackson was making a remake of probably his all time favorite movie, 'King Kong', my feelings was mixed. On one hand, the more the merrier as far as giant monsters are concerned. Plus, WETA, one of the few, if not only, effects house that impresses me these days was involved and knew what they did for 'The Lord of the Rings' visual they would do with the big ape. But on the down side, the 1933 film and the title monster are perfection in the realms of fantasy in general. I can handle Godzilla by-the-way of Michele Bay (right, Kitamura?) , but another remake of the Monster King who came before Godzilla? Recently, the trailer eased many fears I had, it looks to be a labor of love by a man who obviously gets what Kong's about and appears to be very much in the vine of Willis O'Brian's original imagery. But I've been bitten by hype before and will not make any more comments until I see the completed product, twice. If there is one good thing to come from the upcoming remake, its that Kong will get his due, so to speak. Willis O'Brian had many spectacular plans for the giant gorilla, but the high price and ambition of the original film and a less then stellar quickie sequel probably killed his plans for such in the beginning. Later, bad copyright issues kept Obie from making further features. We may have gotten 'Godzilla vs. King Kong' from it, but imagine what could have been. Full colored stop motion movies, Kong against a colossal amalgam of various wild animals, Kong fending off a small army of sea monsters. Oh what wonders Obie had in mind, which sadly never go off the ground. Recently, we had a wonderfully written and illustrated book - "Kong: King of Skull Island" by Joe Devito, Brad Strickland & John Michlig. I'm only half way into the story and its as if the authors were channeling Mr. O'Brian. I hope they do a sequel, if not we have many more new Kong story related items coming down the line. At this point, you're saying to yourself 'why am I in the Obscure Kaiju section when I can be renting elsewhere in the forum'...and if you haven't said such and instead saying 'what does this have to do anything obscure?' Simple, Kong's career between the 1931 film and the upcoming 2005 one have been a mixed bag of very public affairs, like the 1976 film, and much of the lesser known, of as well here refer to it as, obscure. Which brings us to the 1997 low budget animated film 'The Mighty Kong'. Now I just came back from work and our hamster dies because my brother owns a sword and has a fear of rats, so I'll let the good folks at Jabootu take it from here with an extended review, because if you thought my introduction was long, you ain't seen nothing yet!

http://www.jabootu.com/mightykong.htm

[Kevzilla]

I don't known if this has deen posted befour, but The class of nuke´me high par two had a giant monution rat at the end of it.

[Yongary]

BIG NEWS! BIG NEWS!

A review of WANGMAGWI now exists! Take a look!
http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm60s.html#wangmagwi

Perhaps the most interesting part of the review is the mention of 3 previously unmentioned Korean Kaiju films: A 1962 version of PULGASARI, a Korean/Thai co-production called HORROR OF THE CROCODILE (Could this be the infamous Sompote Sands CROCODILE (1981)?), and an 80's movie called FLYING MONSTERS that apparently features a half-dozen different beasties.

[Enshohma]

THE ELEPHANT'S EGG (2005, short film)

I attended a collection of horror and fantasy shorts at the Spiealberg Theater in Hollywood last Sunday the 7th of August. The Spiealberg Theater is actually a smaller 78 seat room underneath the Egyptian itself and there saw 5 short films from young film makers and all made earlier this year. The first was 'Hallow' a sob tale of a couple haunted by the spirit of their aborted child, needless to say, this was the weakest of the lot and the acting stunk. Next up was the humorous and somewhat poignant 'Sky Lab' about a kid in the 1970s who believes the ill fated space station will crash on his house during the wedding of his Mom and Step-Dad. Next was 'Shadow Man' the tale of a child alone at home who meets a tragic end at the hands of the title horror. Then came 'The Silvergleam Whistle' a very well done horror film about a family captured by the demonic ghost of a train conductor. And finally was the comic fantasy called 'Elephant's Egg' which is the one of interest for us seekers of weird and obscure giant monsters.

In it, a young man named Joe is in love with a girl named Leyla, whose a ditz and gives him a zippo lighter for his birthday, supposedly owned by Salvador Dali, which she gullibly bought at a pawn shop. If that wasn't enough, Leyla starts jumping on his bed and accidentally knocks Joe out. The incident makes him dump her and while wandering the streets at night after some heavy drinking, Joe is visited by his talking dog Ptolemy, who thinks dumping Leyla was a mistake and that he's truly in love with her. At first Joe denies it, but soon realized his dog is right and when he uses the zippo to light a smoke, a giant talking hippo genie appears. This being is the Hippo of the Zippo (voiced by Ken Rosier) and will grant him one wish if the lad is successful if breaking the golden Elephant's Egg, located in a Salvador Dali designed wonderland. Joe agrees and along with Ptolemy, enters the strange world and meets the beautiful, but giant multiple sisters calling themselves the Rhyming Sphinx. These 100 ft tall siblings (all played by Ronee Swafford) ask the riddle 'dose this landscape make us look fat?' and instead risking death by answering incorrectly, Joe and Ptolemy tricks them by causing a fight amongst themselves. Using the opportunity, Joe reaches the Elephant's Egg, but is then attacked by a giant red preying mantis. In the end he destroys the title item and gets his wish, as the mantis transforms into his true love, Leyla. The man then awakens from a supposed dream and thanks Leyla for the zippo and confess he does love her. But like the 'Wizard of Oz' or 'The Ten Thousand Fingers of Doctor Terwilliker' (Hans Conried rules!!!) Joe's adventure was more then just a dream...oh, and his dog still talks as well.

Although I thought 'Sky Lab' was the best film or the five presented, I still enjoyed 'Elephant's Egg' a lot. The official web site can be found here and I'll try to return to regular posting in this thread in the near future...or so I hope.

http://www.elephantsegg.com/

[Burkion]

I want to know more about this Shadow Man...

[Enshohma]

MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (2005)

[The following article has been moved from its original location in the Kaiju News and Rumors section of the Kaijuphile forums]

A bit of news I've been meaning to share, but haven't had the time up until now, the last minute. Hallmark Channel is airing either a 2 hour movie or first half of a miniseries retelling the island adventure with the return of Jules Vern's classic villain / anti-hero Captain Nemo, this time played by Patrick Stewart.

One fact that largely gets missed is that the original novel had no monsters what so ever, but three films based on it so far have taken great liberties with this fact. The 1920's "Mysterious Island" featured a deep sea race of small amphibious humanoids, a 'Gluttonous Sea Monster' played by a dressed up baby aligator, and a giant octopus. The better known Ray Harryhausen version of the 1960s had giant bees, crabs, a Phorohaces (or how ever you spell it), a Nutaloid Squid and to a far lesser extent, oversized clams. Then there was the terrible late 1980s film "Mystery on Monster Island" which featured a bizarre horde of fake mechanical monsters posing as real ones, all inspired by the highly inaccurate dinosaur sculptures of England’s Crystal Palace parks.

The 2005 version will be no different, as giant rats, a mosquito, a preying mantis and scorpion are among the dangers faced by our heroes. The new version airs around 8PM central and again at 11PM central, checks your local listings for more information.

Also, a reminder for those who have the Toon Disney cable network: they will air the first two episodes of the 1999 "Kong" animated series this Monday night, sometime around 5:30PM to 6:30 Central, though I'm not sure and thus you must check your local listings.

[the following info was posted the next day]

Okay, I caught the roughly 3 hour film last night and although it surpasses the monster count of other 'Mysterious Island' adaptations (see above post for more information) I didn't enjoy it as much as the more charming or as 'noble' Ray Harryhausen version. Still, some nice adventure and not as abysmal as other Hallmark fantasy films of recently, such as the lack luster "Hercules" of earlier this year.

But now onto what you'd rather hear: the monsters! Whereas the Harryhausen film had its giant animals being the result of beneficial food experiments by Captain Nemo, in the 2005 version they are the enlarged results of a rare (and made up) radioactive element called Thorium, found only on the Mysterious Island and no where else on Earth. The monsters featured are as followed in order of appearance:

Giant Squid or Cuttlefish
Perhaps a deliberate salute to the sea monster Nemo battled in '20,000 Fathoms Under the Sea' and this beast is never fully shown, either as a huge shadow beneath the ocean or attacking tentacle above the water. Its also the only creature to survive after the destruction of the island.

Preying Mantis
20 ft high insect that makes short work of the obligatory expendable character when our heroes first land on the island.

the 'Graveyard'
A collection of giant rib cages our heroes stumble upon, to what animals these were meant to be is never made clear. Either way, it shows that the island is filled with many monsters.

Cooked Lobster Claw
Like the above mentioned 'Graveyard' its not a complete monster, but worthy of mentioning, since its what Captain Nemo and the Union general Cyrus are eating at dinner. The cooked claw is 3ft at the very least.

Mushrooms
Even fungus based plant life is not immune to the effects of Thorium, as our heroes pass a small 'forest' of these gigantic toadstools.

Rat
Enough of the giants that don't move or who are long dead, here is a lively horse sized black rodent who our heroes hunt and soon eat afterwards, which one of the female characters admit 'taste like chicken'. I could go for some giant rat myself now thinking about it.

Cobra
Second or equal to the barley seen Squid, this is the largest monster on the island, who must be well over 70ft in length and makes a cameo when it tries to enter Nemo's compound, only to be detoured by the "Jurassic Park' style electric fence.

Ant
Unlike the monster army of 'THEM!' this creature appears to be a lone predator and is attracted to the smell of the cooked Rat. Because of its great size, even more so then your usual giant ant, our heroes are overpowered by it until Nemo blasts the creature dead with a gun of his own design.

Chameleon 'Mother and Child'
The film's main villains, a ship of cut throat pirates, send a small scouting party to locate the cave where a treasure is located. Unfortunately they don't get far, when they are attacked by a Kong sized Chameleon and what appears to be its smaller human sized offspring. Considering that the larger Chameleon is eating pirates left and right with its tongue and doesn't harm the smaller reptile right next to it, I'm inclined to believe that their family.

Scorpion
Our heroes have a disagreement with Nemo and his plans to use Thorium as an atomic weapon that will keep nations from committing anymore war out of fear. For this, out heroes get the boot from Nemo's compound and while searching for a new home on the island, is attacked by the scorpion. A spear to the arachnid's soft skinned mouth ensures its fate.

Crow or Raven
I'm guessing its a crow, considering the rather plump body shape, but this gigantic bird does a pterodactyl on the younger female lead, who takes her back to its nest. Here, we find out the giant crow is a mother with four un-hatched eggs. The others come to rescue the girl and kill the bird in the process.

Spiders
In the cave where the desired treasure is hidden lives the last group of monsters introduced in the film, multiple giant spiders, ranging from a small 'junior' member, 1ft in diameter, to the biggest one, who like the ant from earlier is somewhere around 30ft in length and shy of that in height.

Mosquito
With all the monsters in the film, someone had to get the short end of the deal. Although the spiders are the last new monsters seen in the film, there was one other who got edited in the final version; the giant Mosquito. Early online articles and the magazine Starlog made mentioned and featured photos of the yellow and brown blood sucker, but after watching the film twice last night, it seems this monster was edited for time. Perhaps when 'Mysterious Island' is released on DVD, the Mosquito will return is its full glory or as a deleted scene, but until then, another monster in the world of deleted or semi-unmade kaiju.

That's it for now, if there's any questions for me on the film or your own take on the film, given that you've seen it, please share.

[Scorpion13mk2]

Was this as agonizingly long and boring as the other Hallmark productions, or was it uncharacteristically lively?

[Enshohma]

RETURN OF THE 50FT WOMAN (2003)
Not an official sequel to the 1958 film staring the extremely hot Alison Hayse, nor to its so-so 1993 remake with not-as-hot Daryl Hannah. Instead this 2003 short was a salute and spoof of retro monster movies in general and although the following link has very little by the way of text, it does feature screen shots and the film itself for download. Unlike the Nancy Flower Archer character, the giant lady of this film has her clothe growing along with her, seems to be a regular run of the mill 1950s house wife, and even battles the aliens responsible for her predicament. I'd download it myself, but as many of you know, my PC is steam powered.

http://www.visualantics.net/projects.../50ftwoman.php

ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN Sequel (late 1950s, unmade)
While on the subject of Nancy Flower Archer, I should make mention of this abandon project: Not much is known about this project except that it was seriously considered after the semi-success of the 1958 film staring the voluptuous B-movie cult figure Allison Hayes as Nancy Fowler Archer, an heiress who grows to such a height after an encounter with an alien giant and his craft while driving through the desert.

Entry written by Enshohma (whose obviously has a thing for Miss Hayes)

Special thanks to Cam Eleon, a fellow giant monster fanatic and 'historian' who first brought the info to my attention from an issue of Scary Monster Magazine which makes mention of the unmade sequel.

http://www.angelfire.com/film/unmadekaiju/

In the near future, I'll be making mentioned of the more kaiju-like opponents of the well-known alien time traveler "Doctor Who" in either this thread or the TV Kaiju one, so keep an eye out and thanks for reading and posting here at the Obscure Kaiju thread thus far.

[Goji Son]

Originally Posted by Enshohma

THE ELEPHANT'S EGG (2005, short film)

I attended a collection of horror and fantasy shorts at the Spiealberg Theater in Hollywood last Sunday the 7th of August. The Spiealberg Theater is actually a smaller 78 seat room underneath the Egyptian itself and there saw 5 short films from young film makers and all made earlier this year. The first was 'Hallow' a sob tale of a couple haunted by the spirit of their aborted child, needless to say, this was the weakest of the lot and the acting stunk. Next up was the humorous and somewhat poignant 'Sky Lab' about a kid in the 1970s who believes the ill fated space station will crash on his house during the wedding of his Mom and Step-Dad. Next was 'Shadow Man' the tale of a child alone at home who meets a tragic end at the hands of the title horror. Then came 'The Silvergleam Whistle' a very well done horror film about a family captured by the demonic ghost of a train conductor. And finally was the comic fantasy called 'Elephant's Egg' which is the one of interest for us seekers of weird and obscure giant monsters.

In it, a young man named Joe is in love with a girl named Leyla, whose a ditz and gives him a zippo lighter for his birthday, supposedly owned by Salvador Dali, which she gullibly bought at a pawn shop. If that wasn't enough, Leyla starts jumping on his bed and accidentally knocks Joe out. The incident makes him dump her and while wandering the streets at night after some heavy drinking, Joe is visited by his talking dog Ptolemy, who thinks dumping Leyla was a mistake and that he's truly in love with her. At first Joe denies it, but soon realized his dog is right and when he uses the zippo to light a smoke, a giant talking hippo genie appears. This being is the Hippo of the Zippo (voiced by Ken Rosier) and will grant him one wish if the lad is successful if breaking the golden Elephant's Egg, located in a Salvador Dali designed wonderland. Joe agrees and along with Ptolemy, enters the strange world and meets the beautiful, but giant multiple sisters calling themselves the Rhyming Sphinx. These 100 ft tall siblings (all played by Ronee Swafford) ask the riddle 'dose this landscape make us look fat?' and instead risking death by answering incorrectly, Joe and Ptolemy tricks them by causing a fight amongst themselves. Using the opportunity, Joe reaches the Elephant's Egg, but is then attacked by a giant red preying mantis. In the end he destroys the title item and gets his wish, as the mantis transforms into his true love, Leyla. The man then awakens from a supposed dream and thanks Leyla for the zippo and confess he does love her. But like the 'Wizard of Oz' or 'The Ten Thousand Fingers of Doctor Terwilliker' (Hans Conried rules!!!) Joe's adventure was more then just a dream...oh, and his dog still talks as well.

Although I thought 'Sky Lab' was the best film or the five presented, I still enjoyed 'Elephant's Egg' a lot. The official web site can be found here and I'll try to return to regular posting in this thread in the near future...or so I hope.

http://www.elephantsegg.com/

Damn, I only wish I had the man power to do something like that. I have made only 2 "legitiment" student films so far at the age of 19 and the first I have discounted all together and the second got me a job but when I showed it to the contest that it was not complete but I still received an honorable mention even though they seemed to not really get the film. I always wondered how much different it would have been had I gotten everything in I wanted. Funny thing is when I turned the complete film into other contests it was panned but upon showing it infront of about 100 students at my former high school it was received rather well.

I have always wanted to do a fantasy type film like this with a minimalist budget, maybe one day I will. Then again these were made by COLLEGE film students so I guess I am not too far behind.

[Enshohma]

Originally Posted by Goji Son

Damn, I only wish I had the man power to do something like that. I have made only 2 "legitiment" student films so far at the age of 19 and the first I have discounted all together and the second got me a job but when I showed it to the contest that it was not complete but I still received an honorable mention even though they seemed to not really get the film. I always wondered how much different it would have been had I gotten everything in I wanted. Funny thing is when I turned the complete film into other contests it was panned but upon showing it infront of about 100 students at my former high school it was received rather well.

I have always wanted to do a fantasy type film like this with a minimalist budget, maybe one day I will. Then again these were made by COLLEGE film students so I guess I am not too far behind.

Well, to be fair, only "Elephant's Egg" was made on a collage grant, while the others were truly independent fair. So there's hope for you plans, though having a collage budget ain't bad either.

Now changing gears...here are some descriptions from the Super Strange Video site ( http://www.superstrangevideo.com/ ) which may or may not feature monsters of a height 30 feet or more. Though the shark from "The Last Shark" seems to be much larger then the one from "Jaws". If anyone here have seen any of these films and comment more on them, please do.

Battle Beyond The Sun (1962)
Two countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

http://www.superstrangevideo.com/gal...Beyond+The+Sun

Adventures At The Center Of The Earth (1964)
Inspired by Jules Verne's Journey Of The Center Of The Earth, a group of explorers encounter dinosaurs, a cyclops, snake-eating winged reptillian bat creatures, and rat-faced monsters in the bowels of the earth. Filmed in actual caverns. With Kitty de Hoyos. In Spanish language.

http://www.superstrangevideo.com/gal...r+Of+The+Earth

The Day Time Ended (1979)
Great special effects and strange creatures abound as Jim Davis and his family battle aliens.

http://www.superstrangevideo.com/gal...Day+Time+Ended

Man Eater Of Hydra aka Island Of The Doomed (1966)
A group of people are stranded on an island where large, man-eating plants that spew blood, begin to pick them off one-by-one. Stars Cameron Mitchell.

The Great Alligator aka The Big Caimano River (1979)
Tourists on a tropical island anger an island god, who turns himself into a giant alligator and stalks them.

http://www.superstrangevideo.com/gal...aimano+River)+

The Jungle (1952)
A great white hunter (Cesar Romero) and an Indian princess (Marie Windsor) trek into the Indian jungle to investigate a number of wild animal stampedes which have resulted in the deaths of many people. On their journey, they discover a herd of prehistoric wooly mammoths are responsible for the terror!

The Last Shark aka Great White (1981)
An enormous and angry 35-foot Great White Shark takes revenge on humans when they build a beach just for swimmers by a coastal town. After several shark attacks, and the mayor does nothing to stop it, James Franciscus and Vic Morrow sail in pursuit to kill it.

Marketed in America under the title "Great White," this film had a rather large advertising budget of over four million dollars. Shortly before the film's release, Universal Pictures filed suit against the producers claiming the film was too derivative of "Jaws." Universal won the lawsuit and "Great White" was pulled very shortly after its release.

It was released in Spain as if it was the third part of Jaws (1975).

Actor Vic Morrow was to die tragically. On July 23rd. 1982, while filming a pyrotechnically complex stunt sequence for Twilight Zone-The Movie (released 1983), Morrow and two child actors were accidentally killed when an out-of-control helicopter crashed and fell on them.

http://www.superstrangevideo.com/gal...a:+Great+White)

Legend Of Loch Ness (1976)
A documentary exploring the existence of the legendary "Nessie," an aquatic dinosaur that is supposed to exist in the depth of Loch Ness in Scotland. Supposedly features underwater footage of the elusive monster. Narrated by Arthur Franz.

The Mysterious Planet (1982)
A spaceship crash-lands on a planet, and the crew is astonished to find that it holds a beautiful woman who can heal the sick and injured and a race of super-intelligent beings. Rare space epic with stop-motion animation.

http://www.superstrangevideo.com/ga...sterious+Planet

Secret Of The Loch (1934)
A batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young reporter attempts to get a scoop on the story.

http://www.superstrangevideo.com/ga...ret+Of+The+Loch

Beast In Space (1978)
One of the countless imitations to cash in on the success of Star Wars. In this one, a leather-clad crew go on a space mission. During the trip, Sondra Richardson (Sirpa Lane) keeps having erotic flashes of some encounter yet-to-come. They arrive on a planet and are confronted by a giant robot. The robot is the source of the images, as it sends messages of desire towards Sondra and she dreams of fornicating with it. She also has flashes of a centaur-like creature, which she intermingles with. (In Italian language.)

(At this point, the following movies seem to be the most unlikely of having true giant monsters in them)

Beast Of Blood (1970)
See Human Heads Transplanted! See natives eaten alive by giant vultures! A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented. This is the third installment in the Blood Island series. Stars John Ashley.

Fear Chamber (1968)
A scientist (Boris Karloff) and his assistants discover a living rock underneath a volcano. Back at their lab, they discover that it needs the hormones that are produced by humans when they are fearful in order to survive. So they then abduct and sacrifice young girls to keep the living rock alive.

Mutiny In Outer Space (1965)
An expedition to the lunar ice caves contracts a deadly moon-fungus. Stopping en route they contaminate a space station with the fungus, which soon begins to take over the entire place.

War Of The Planets (1965)
In the 21st century, aliens (weird, green lights which sometimes manifest themselves as large clouds of smoke) invade the solar system. Using Mars as their base, they steal all of Earth's space stations then brainwash or kill the crews. Next stop: Earth, unless Tony Russel and his crew can stop them.

The Cremators (1972)
An alien life form that is a huge ball of living matter invades Earth, then replenishes itself by absorbing people.

[Enshohma]

Originally Posted by Enshohma

THE RANKIN / BASS / TSUBURAYA MADE-FOR-TV TRILOGY
The mid to late seventies was rather good time for the entertainment alliance of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass. The men responsible for the stop motion Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer specials, its numerous spin-offs, the animated version of The Hobbit, and eventually, the 80s action figures saga of Thundercats. As with almost all of their projects, Rankin and Bass would do co-productions with Japanese studios like Toei, and in 1977, began a trio of giant monster based television movies with the home of Ultraman, Tsubaraya Productions. The first of these was The Last Dinosaur.

In it, a team of explores, lead by craggy Richard Boone of Have Gun will Travel fame, enter a supposedly underground world of prehistoric beasts and cave people. In search of the film miss-leading title star, the Last Dinosaur, a giant Tyrannosaur, who despite being said to be 20 ft, looks tad bigger then so. (I say miss-leading because the film also has a Triceratops, a flock of Pteranodons, and the rhinoceros like Uintatherium)

Although the Last Dinosaur is fairly well known and has been playing of stations like TBS and TNT for several times, it is the other two features in this trio that can diffidently be called obscure. The Bermuda Depths is a semi-Moby Dick type tale of a duo of scientists who are threatened by a giant turtle from the deep and the tragic spirit of a young woman who is some how connected to it. It's more likely to come across bootlegs of this film then it is with the final and most hard to find of the three flicks, 1980s The Ivory Ape. According to the description posted at www.imdb.com, an ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it. Unlike 'Last Dinosaur' and 'Bermuda Depths', the title abino is human size.

MONSTRULA and Jabootu have reviews and images from the Last Dinosaur, unfortunately the same can not be said about Bermuda Depths and Ivory Ape

http://www.monstrula.de/filme/letzte...inosaurier.htm
http://www.jabootu.com/lastdino.htm

(Very Special Thanks to MonsterSlayer for saving this one)

Wonderful update to the above information, I have stumbled upon an actual review of 'The Bermuda Depths' compleate with images of its ghostly / demonic giant sea turtle.

http://www.horrorchannel.com/dread/m...wcontent&id=49

Enjoy!

[Enshohma]

Because my life has become very busy as of late, mostly due to the blasted holidays, my day job getting longer hours thanks to it, and my work on the “Sam Project” for KP, a lot of other side projects have been put on hold. One such were some obscure kaiju related articles I wanted to do, among them a list of primate monsters to celebrate the Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” remake. But sadly that may not be done in time, and one of these projects I’ve decided to post anyway, despite the incomplete form of it. It makes mention of various episodes from the long running TV series “Doctor Who” which focused heavily on giant monsters or similar characters. Hope you enjoy what’s here so far and like the Obscure Kaiju thread, I’ll add more entries for episodes later on or you’re all welcome to do so as well.

Enshohma

THE GIANT MONSTERS OF “DOCTOR WHO” (part 1)

This thread is what I hope to be the first of several entries based on the giant monster related episodes of the long running "Doctor Who" series. The British science fiction series is the longest running of the whole genre, starting with the first episode "An Unearthly Child" which aired on November 23rd, 1963, to the last episode "Survival" aired November 22nd, 1989. And this is not counting 1997 Fox / BBC TV movie "Doctor Who" which was an attempt to bring back the series, and the 'new' series which started earlier this year with the episode "Rose" on March 26th (and lets not even get into the movies and other spin-offs)

The hero of the series is the Doctor, a human looking alien known as a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. True to his species name, the Time Lords are the undisputed masters of time travel in all the known universe and even more so, their style of time machines called a TARDIS (acronym for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) can take them to any place in the universe. A TARDIS is also design in such a way that the inside dimensions are far larger this its outer one, meaning a TARDIS could be the size of a phone booth on the outside, but be as roomy as the natural history Museum inside. TARDIS machines can also take on various forms to disguise itself, but in the case of the Doctor's busted machine, its forever stuck in the form of a blue 1960s British Police phone booth. Of course with the troubles of time travel, the vast majority of Time Lords stay on Gallifrey and although a powerful race, they have become a rather dull and reserved society, so much so that its even difficult to reach their world through any means outside a TARDIS.

Of course their are exceptions to this rule and the Doctor is such a renegade, a free spirit who prefers traveling through time and space with child like wanderlust. Even so, the Doctor has made the Earth his main place of stay and enjoys way of human life, though even he is sometime offended and sadden by our darker nature. Although Time Lords but out of other people's business, the Doctor has a strong sense on justice and whenever he encounters evil and tyranny in any form, on any world, at any time, he can't help to straiten things out. This may seem like irresponsible behavior on his part, but this unlikely hero of great intelligence, compassion and wit has done far more good then harm against fiends of incredible evil and capable of unimaginable destruction that even make the other Time Lords realize the Doctor's worth.

Being an alien, the Doctor, as well as the extreme majority of his race, has the ability of regeneration. Upon his several deaths, the Doctor's body regenerates into a new form and with a slightly different personality. In reality, this ability was made by the show's writers as an imaginative excuse for replacing actors playing the Doctor, which is quite brilliant when you realize it and a key to the original show's longevity.

However, regeneration is not always a reliable process nor is it always successful and thus the Doctor is as acceptable to death as any other life form and avoids it as much as possible. And even with that said, a Time Lord only has a certain amount regenerations to be used. Think of it like the nine lives of a cat, sure, the animal can escape death nine times, but only nine times and after that... The fact that the Doctor is far from being the perfect immortal retains some level of suspense for the character's safety.

Durring his many travels, the Doctor and his traveling companions aboard his TARDIS (usually humans from various times of Earth's history, and on rare occasions non-human beings like the robotic dog K9 and the Time Lady, Romonna) has encounter many life forms from all over the map. Sometimes these creatures reach giant size, worthy of being called ‘British Kaiju’ and here is a brief run down of some such creatures from various episodes;

THE MACRA TERROR
The earliest giant monster story took place during the 2nd Doctor’s era, then played by Patrick Troughton. Patrick gave the character an eccentric favorite uncle feel, as opposed to the grandfather 1st Doctor played by the more elderly William Hartnell. In ‘The Macra Terror’ the Doctor and his freind go to a Earth colony in the future which is run like a massive holiday resort. But there are dark secrets happenings behind the colony, involving a race of large slimey crab like aliens called the Macra, portrayed through van sized props like a low budget TV version of “Them!” More detailed information can be found in the following links;

http://wheelinspace.com/macra-jj.htm
http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=jj
http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sps/serials/jj.html

Unfortunately, due to BBC politics at the time, and that no one believed something like VCR and DVD could ever be made, this four-episode serial has been destroyed or lost, possibly forever. Only clips and photos from this story remains, as well as full audio from all ‘The Macra Terror’ episodes that have been released on cassette.

THE DEAMONS
The charismatic Jon Pertwee portrayed the Doctor in his 3rd regeneration and unlike the last two versions of the character, he was a man of action, one who used James Bond style gadgets and a bit of martial arts when the situation called for it. But true to what the Doctor really is, intelligence, compassion and wit where his greatest strengths. It was also in these early days of the Jon Pertwee’s Doctor that the Time Lords permanently exiled him to Earth, as punishment for his meddling with other planet’s affairs in the past seasons. The Doctor was then employed by UNIT, short for United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, which defended the Earth from alien invaders, like a more realistic military version of the Science Patrol from “Ultraman”. Among the threats UNIT and the Doctor thwarted was the Master, an evil renegade Time Lord played by Roger Delgado. The Master used his vast intelligence in attempts to conquer the world (and later the universe) and unlike the Doctor, was a ruthless and heartless being, willing to sacrifice any number of lives, human or not, to get what he wanted. He also has a knack for awakening ancient ubber-monsters in his various plots, two of which were giant sized. The first was Azel, the last of the Deamons, a powerful but highly amoral race that had ties to Atlantis and was the inspiration for the horn devils of legend as well as the scientific revolutions of human history. Azel had the ability to change his size on will, from the microscopic to 30-50 feet in height. And along with Azel, the Master also called upon a gargoyle robot servant to Azel’s race, Bok, as deadly security against UNIT and the Doctor.

http://wheelinspace.com/the_daemons.htm
http://www.gallifreyone.com/episode.php?id=3j
http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sps/serials/jjj.html

The five-episode serial has been released on VHS, but has since been out of print and no word on a DVD releases as of now.

TO BE CONTINUED...

[Raptor]

EXCELLENT, Ehsh! Not only do we get introduced to even MORE giant monsters, we can look forward to a wonderful opportunity to explore the primate world of King Kong. With Godzilla, many of his fans also have a big interest in dinosaurs and reptiles so let's see what the "furballs" have some up with.
As for Doctor Who, there is another one besides the evil skinny guy who hangs out with Mechanikong, the venerable "good Doctor" of a very popular (even in America to a degree) British TV series. I know of at least two G-fans who really enjoy HIS exploits. DALEK EMPIRE by John Roberto is a great site to see "what it's all about". I believe our non-Kaiju TV forum also has a Dr. Who topic.
Compared to the Toho version, think of Gene Hackman and/or Willy Wonka, not necessarily the bad hair but the eyes. The characters "lead" you into wondrous new worlds to explore. Isn't that what it's all about to begin with?
Yes, I'm sure many of you know what a Dalek is but how many of us think of Dr. Who as an alien because we might have simply "sampled" his adventures? Is having a gizmo of ANY kind hidden in a phone booth/police box "dated"? Not if you remember how to suspend your disbelief and realize that the British have a somewhat different outlook on life than typical Americans. The Japanese do, don't they? The older shows are also great "period pieces" but I believe they hold up very well because this is science fiction.
I would suggest we "remind" Rafe to pursue his Dr. Who project as time permits. This could be an excellent opportunity for many of us to focus on British science fiction efforts (and an often overlooked premier series, at that). Besides, kaiju eiga doesn't necessarily have to be limited to theatrical productions. And there will be MONSTERS!

NOTE: If you would prefer, we can split this post off your topic for DISCUSSION.

[Enshohma]

No, its cool to discuss "Doctor Who" in general here, I just hope the entries I post on it won't get too overshadowed. Deleks are nasty little villains, but far from the good Doctor's bigger enemies like the Macra, Azel and the other kaiju-style beasts I'll be mentioning soon. As for the primate monsters, that I will do but not at the time I wanted to originally. But be assured that I'll go all out with the primate monsters mentioned in it, heck it will even make mentioned of King Homer and Grape Ape!

BTW, for those who may be curious, Deleks are small, pathetic mutant alien blobs that house themselves robotic like armor similar to a man sized tank or a minute version of the Martians and their War Machines from "War of the Worlds". And much like H.G. Well's terrible creations, the Deleks are no better, a nasty war mongering race that despite their intelligence are very eggier to commit genocide on any they find inferior...even if that means in fighting between themselves. They are the most widely known of all the Who villains, and their original creator, the mad alien scientist Davros is even scarier. You can learn more about them at the Delek Empire site Raptor mentioned of, and this nice gathering of Doctor Who aliens:

http://wheelinspace.com/enemymonst.htm

[Enshohma]

BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN (1962)
Around the early 1960s, Roger Corman picked up the rights to several Russian made space science fiction films and tried to Americanized them with US made footage, In the case of "Nebo Zowitt" a fairy strait tale about a rescue mission in space is altered slightly with a new plot and rather notorious insert done by a young Francis Ford Coppola, envolving a brife battle between two alien monsters that unfortunetly, resemble too much like human...huh...private parts...and on both ends of the gender spectrum. I recently got a bargain bin priced copy for the film and although I have yet to fully sit through it as a whole, I went right towards the alien monster battle and despite the crudeness of the insert and its effects compared to the rest of the film, its more then clear that the 'Female' and 'Male' monsters are of giant size. The films US poster, showing multiple astronauts getting eaten by the giant 'Female' monster and trailer, promising such things as 'Gigantic Battle' while the two beasts...go at it...further confirms this. The following are some more links and images with more info.

http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/a...ilot626577.htm
http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/Rick/liz_bbs.htm
http://www.clubdesmonstres.com/best/...lebeyondts.htm

[Cam Eleon]

Here's a late Holiday present for all you obscure Kaiju fans, and it's a bit of a mystery, too...

While surfing around at the Burnproject.com Ultraman forum, I came across their own humble Obscure Monster thread. I checked it out and found a very nice, under the radar surprise. Someone had posted about a film that had originally been brought up at the Ultramanlah.com forum recently (and as a side note, I highly recommend checking out both above forums for news and fun). The film features three giant sized bug headed Alien Invaders being held off quite brutally by some Chinese god type in full battle armor and carrying a halibard/naginata/big friggin' spear! It's got a very Daimajin vs. the Baltans vibe about it. The original posters were even kind enough to post stills and the movie's poster. To wit:

http://www.tower3a.com/ut/attach/515...load-embed.jpg

http://www.tower3a.com/ut/attach/515...oad2-embed.jpg

http://www.tower3a.com/ut/attach/515...oad9-embed.jpg

http://www.tower3a.com/ut/attach/515...oad6-embed.jpg

http://www.tower3a.com/ut/attach/515...oad8-embed.jpg

http://www.tower3a.com/ut/attach/515...ad11-embed.jpg

The downside is, beyond these few pictures, there's really not much info. Not even a definate movie title or release date. Here's what is known, however, apart from the obvious Ultraman-on-steroids style city destruction:

The film is most likely Chinese, as that is the language on the poster and seems to take place in Hong Kong ("Hong Kong Hilton" can be read-in English!- in the background on one of the buildings) One poster claims the poster reads CHINA YA as a title, but I can't confirm this, not being able to read the language.

Some posters mention the Chinese deity as being an Immortal character called Guan Yu or Guan Gong. He may also possibly be called Tua Pek Gong or Dua Pek Gong. Another poster claimed to remember him appearing from a statue and growing to giant size. Mentions have also been made of a similar Guan Yu tv series, with him playing the Ultraman role, as well. It is unknown if there is any connection between that series and the movie.

So, now it seems, we have the proof of an obscurity, without actually knowing what it is exactly. That's gotta be a first- usually, it's the other way around! As always, anyone who knows anything else about this one or even those who read Chinese and can help in translating, please feel free to post any new information about this unknown here....


One last, little bonus: There also may be more potential unknowns where that came from. Someone in the same original Ultramanlah thread was kind enough to post a picture of what seemed to be newspaper ads for several tokusatsu movies from all over Asia. Of the ones shown, only the movie mentioned above, Hanuman meets the Ultra Brothers, Jumborg Ace Vs. The Giant (mentioned in this thread before) and the classic (Super) Inframan are recognizable. One or two others in that picture aren't so easily pegged. See for yourselves:
http://www.tower3a.com/ut/attach/515...ilms-embed.jpg

[Raptor]

A stocking-ful of Obscure Kaiju indeed, Cam!
While checking something on Gamera, Super Monster, I note in the DMI review a Gamera vs. Garasharp reference to another monster, an unnamed mystery kaiju with a pineapple-like body, bird-like beak and long, spindly arms.
Anything on this critter?

[Cam Eleon]

Well, I've got some new information to add to my above post, thanks to the miracle of the internet (and cross posting to several groups). I owe Enshohma hugely, for getting the word out.

Thanks to August Ragone, we know the Chinese title of this movie translates as WAR GOD. Other information discovered includes the Mandarin title being CHAN SHEN and gleaned from a translation of the poster at the Kung Fu Fandom message board, we now know it was directed by a Chen Hung Min and stars Gu Ming Lun and Hsie Ling Ling. No one seems to know much more, but many guess it's an 80's release, due to Gu Ming Lun's passing. Still no closer on any story details, but at least this is something to go on....

And, Raptor, I'm extremely surprised no one has posted about your Gamera question. The weird looking beastie in question is usually referred to as Malcopkarappa or several variant spellings thereof. His only appearance was at the end of the Gamera Vs. Garasharp 'mini-movie' and it's unknown if he would have been another of Gammy's actual film foes or not. I can't completely confirm, being mostly unfamiliar with the Japanese language, but apparently, GARASHARP doesn't give many details about it either. He just kind of appears out of nowhere. Personally, I always assumed it was some kind of cyborg, given the metallic arms and the clear dome on top of his head. If the model used to represent the creature is anything to go by, the close up details show the head would probably have been covered in a ton of whiffle balls....

[SuperXAsh]

Well I had nothing to do yesterday so I took the time to wait for my computer (which is probably just as slow as Enshoma's) to fully buffer and play the entire "Return of the 50ft Woman" movie. Took a while.

Here's what it's about.

Basically a Brussels/Belgian version of "Attack of the 50Ft Woman," though more of a 4 minute and 50 second summary of the basic themes of said movie.

-Return of the 50 ft Woman-
Our movie, after the credits, begins at some random office where our heroine, Marie if I remember correctly... is busy typing away on an old typewriter. She calls her hubbie, Mark, to tell him that she'll be late AGAIN due to her work. Mark acts all concerned and caring, till he hangs up the phone and gets comfy with their housemaid.

In between all this a mysterious stranger is lurking in shadows and being all mysterious as he gets closer to his goal... a strange mysterious whatchamacallit machine.

Marie is soon seen walking home in a park, apparently she decided to put off her work so she can go home to her "caring and loving" hubby.

The mysterious stranger is trying to activate the machine. By this time Marie notices the mysterious machine as it's conventiently "hidden" in that very park.

Then, in the oddest part of the whole movie, a naked baby angel statue (like ones you see in a park fountain) pees water on the mysterious stranger, making him cry out in agony and this apparently causes the mysterious whatchamacallit machine to malfunction and zap poor Marie... right in the face. All this while spliced together with images of Mark and the maid in the sack getting busy... in a scene that would probably never make it onto the screen back in the 50's and 60's.

After doing the dirty deed, Mark's acting like a jerk to the poor maid whom he just deflowered. Then the face of his now enlarged wife fills the nearby window, causing the maid to faint. Marie apparently realizes what just went on between the two and is understandly surly as she smashes through the window.

Mark runs out of the room in a panic and is soon in his car.

After a few attempts his jalopy starts and none too sooner for his 50ft wife is right behind him.

There's a short-lived chase before the wife steps right in front of the car, almost causing Mark to crash right into her titanic legs. Mark gets out of the car quickly & flees as his wife picks the vehicle up and tosses it aside like the toy it appears to be.

Mark thinks he's in the clear till the shadow of Marie falls over him. The cheating bastitch tries to lie his way out of his comeuppance as his wife prepares to step on him.

Just as she's about to squish her roach of a husband... the mysterious naked baby angel statue pees water on her, causing the enormous woman to howl in agony as she slowly shrinks down to size. This hardly changes anything and she puts the boots to Mark anyway and leaves him lying in the street.

As Mark lays there gasping for air, a tiny man (the mysterious stranger) walks up to him and asks if he knows the way to the "Atomium." To which Mark passes out. The End.
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This was an interesting ode to sci fi movies of old, done in glorious black and white, and even utilizing a musical score appropriate for the subject matter.

While it does some things that are odd/unexplained (the peeing baby angel statues being the main one) it's a nice little nugget of fun to watch.

Now while the female lead is nowhere near as scorching hot as either Allison Hayes or Darryl Hannah... she's got the more common housewife look to her than "super sexy movie actoress." Too bad she doesn't dawn clothing similar to her predacessors in this, heck even her purse grows with her.

But it's still a nice and short movie to watch if you like old classic b-movies from the time period this is supposed to be set in.

Grade: C++, though it gets an E for Effort.

[Kevzilla]

I don't known if this has deen posted, but I have come acorrs some old fans films where made by Don Glut. Here's a quick run down of them

DIPLODOCUS AT LARGE(1953)

THE EARTH BEFORE MAN(1956)

DINOSAUR DESTROYER(1959)

THE TIME MONSTERS(1959)

THE FIRE MONSTERS(1959)

THE AGE OF REPTILES(1960)

TIME IS JUST A PLACE(1961)

TOR, KING OF BEASTS(1962)

SON OF TOR(1964)

The Laster one fetures a fight between Godzilla and the Yimr. here's the man's site:
http://www.horrorseek.com/horror/mov...dinosaurs.html

[mattman]

Wow! I heard of those! Those films would go in a thread called "amateur kaiju eiga". Jon Berg, who later ended up working on the STAR WARS trilogy, made an amateur film called KONG! and THE SON OF KONG RETURNS in 1965, when he was young.

In an episode of MOVIE MAGIC, Alec Guillis who was working on ALIEN RESSURECTION, did his own version of KK when he was young using stop-motion.

Does anyone has a still or clip of this film of his?