Godzilla Rises from Lake Michigan!
Listen in awe and horror as Godzilla rises from Lake Michigan and Chicago is threatened with alien invasion!
“An Ode to Mothra”
Friend of the Gutter Jessica Ritchey writes an ode to Mothra at Balder & Dash at RogerEbert.com. “The giant moth’s introduction to audiences came in 1961’s “Mothra,” and for all it owed to the conventions of the Kaiju formula it offered plenty that was unique. Instead of a […]
Sally Forth at a Kaiju Theme Park
That time the characters of daily comic strip Sally Forth went to a kaiju theme park. (Thanks, Brian!)
We’re Here to Explore Uranus
Journey to the Seventh Planet deals with a journey to the planet Uranus, and as anyone can tell you, it is the God-given right of people discussing this planet to make as many jokes as they can. Some movies will try and head you off at the pass, […]
The Miracle of Ajooba
Ajooba is one of those Bollywood movies that almost everybody dismisses—cheap costumes, awkward giant monsters, make-do special effects—until you get them to actually think about it. Released in 1991, this bank-breaking Indian and Soviet co-production features a plot that sounds more at home in the 1970s in the […]
“Godzilla 2014 vs. The Giant Claw”
Michael Aguilar discusses The Giant Claw and making the stop motion wonder of “Godzilla 2014 vs. The Giant Claw, Part I!” (Thanks, Kate!)
