Difference between revisions of "Colossal Creatures from Japan: Kaiju Cinema Classics"

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Line 6: Line 6:
|link=All Monsters Attack
|link=All Monsters Attack
Atragonpost.jpg|link=Atragon  
Atragonpost.jpg|link=Atragon  
Daimajinpost.jpg|link=Daimajin
85erog6.jpg|link=Destroy All Monsters
85erog6.jpg|link=Destroy All Monsters
Dogor1.jpg|link=Dogora  
Dogor1.jpg|link=Dogora  
Frankensteinconquersworldpost.jpg|link=Frankenstein Conquers the World
Gamerapost.jpg|link=Gamera  
Gamerapost.jpg|link=Gamera  
Gojira.jpg|link=Godzilla
Gojira.jpg|link=Godzilla
Line 24: Line 26:
War_of_the_Gargantuas.jpg|link=War of The Gargantuas
War_of_the_Gargantuas.jpg|link=War of The Gargantuas
X_From_Outer_Space002.jpg|link=The X from Outer Space  
X_From_Outer_Space002.jpg|link=The X from Outer Space  
|link=Varan the Unbelievable
Varanpost.jpg|link=Varan the Unbelievable
|link=Gorath
Yogmonsterpost.jpg|link=Yog: Monster From Space
|link=Frankenstein Conquers the World
|link=Daimajin (1966)
|link=Space Amoeba
|link=Daigoro vs. Goliath
</gallery>
</gallery>

Revision as of 19:02, 18 December 2015

Underconstruction.png

The Japanese film genre known as Kaiju ("strange beast" in Japanese) is a subgenre of science fiction that features giant monsters wreaking havoc on cities like Tokyo and Osaka. The film that introduced the genre to international audiences was Gojira (1954) which was later redubbed/edited into English and released as Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Soon there were sequels made and other movies with giant monsters like Mothra, Rodan, Ghidrah and Gamera. Since the early days of Kaiju cinema there have been hundreds of incarnations and reboots made. America, China, Korea and Europe also made their own versions of the giant monster movies. This guide is an introduction to the world of kaiju cinema. Every film is not listed on this page but we've selected several classics to get you started.

Newsletter
  • Grindhouse Database Newsletter
  • Exploitation books
  • Kung fu movies
  • Giallo BluRay