They'll be showing every Thursday night all through June on TCM.

Yes, TCM, the last cable channel that even pretends to live up to its monicker, will be showing movies that haven't been seen on the tube for decades now. Such as Gojira, King of the Monsters, Tarantula, Attack of the Fifty-Foot Woman, and It Came From Beneath The SeaReally, these ( Read more... )

No, it's for real -- Hollywood wants to make a new Godzilla movie, only they'll "Americanize" it ( Read more... )

Since people seemed to like the last Toho review...

Here's one for my current favorite among the non-kaiju Toho flicks: Atragon!

First the trailer:

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The movie itself is rather straightforward. Basically, Japan and all other nations with a coastline are ordered to put themselves under the rule of the 'Mu Empire', a Hollow Earth style kingdom ( Read more... )

I promised this, so here it is.

The Mysterians is a Japanese Sci-fi (tokusatsu) movie from Toho studios in 1959, back in the glory days of Godzilla and all the rest. The same people who worked on the Godzilla movies -- Ishiro Honda (director), Akira Ifukube (score), and Eiji Tsuburaya (SFX) all worked on this, and their skill and love for the ( Read more... )

I ordered this film (mainly for my brother, who saw it decades ago) and it just came in. Here's hoping he enjoys it.

Though the Tsuburaya SFX look good!

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Remember Toho Studios? The people who made all those Godzilla flicks?

Well, they made some rather more... offbeat material as well.

Like this one: Lady Vampire!

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That so desperately needs to be released in America.

Here's some of the best creepy footage from that H-Man film I told you about. Enjoy!

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Earlier this week, I was fortunate enough to see two classic SF films of the 50's (shown on TCM, of course; what, you thought that the Sci-Fi Channel would show them?); I Married A Monster From Outer Space! and a Toho masterpiece, The H-Man ( Read more... )

It even has its own web site now ( Read more... )