23rd Jul2021

A Brief History of Giant Monster Movies

by Phil Wheat

The ‘kaiju’ film – the Japanese giant monster movie – includes such classic screen icons as mutated sea monster Godzilla, flying caterpillar deity Mothra and towering turtle Gamera. Among the multitude of magnificent monsters was Daimajin, inspired by the ancient Golem story where a large stone-carved being comes to life. The Daimajin Trilogy has been […]

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17th Feb2014

First trailer and poster for Ultraman-esque ‘Red Jade’

by Phil Wheat

A Hong Kong/China co-production, Red Jade looks – for all intents and purposes – like an Ultraman wannabe (yet human empowered by a strange force to fight giant monsters), but I’m still REALLY digging the look of the lead character and the awesome kaiju action in the trailer… Check them both out below: An archeology […]

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