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Space Amoeba (1970) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Kubo / Yukiko Kobayashi …
other title: Atom il mostro della galassia / Monster des Grauens greifen an …
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters — a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle — and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
Sept. 14, 2026 watched
After the silliness of King Kong vs Godzilla etc, it was good to have something a bit more serious. And the creatures were absolutely fantastic!

Watched in the #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) IMDb TMDB Douban Bangumi
キングコング対ゴジラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Tadao Takashima / Kenji Sahara …
other title: Il trionfo di King Kong / Die Rückkehr des King Kong …
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Faro Island to capture King Kong for exploitation. As Godzilla re-emerges, a media frenzy generates with Pacific looking to capitalize off of the ultimate battle.
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Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)
Guyver 2: Dark Hero
director: Steve Wang actor: David Hayter / Kathy Christopherson
other title: 强殖装甲：暗黑英雄 / Guyver 2: Dark Hero …
Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and kill evil.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
7.6 (12 ratings) director: Don Siegel actor: Kevin McCarthy / Dana Wynter …
other title: L'invasione degli ultracorpi / De stjålne kroppe …
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Aug. 31, 2026 watched
I much prefer the 1978 version but this still had its moments of tension.

Watched in the #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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The War of the Gargantuas (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB
フランケンシュタインの怪獣 サンダ対ガイラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Kumi Mizuno …
other title: Kong, uragano sulla metropoli / Frankenstein - Zweikampf der Giganten …
Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the shores of Tokyo. While the Japanese military prepares to take action, Gaira's Gargantua brother, Sanda, descends from the mountains to defend his kin. A battle between good and evil ensues, leaving brothers divided and a city in ruins.
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Rodan (1956) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
空の大怪獸 ラドン
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Yumi Shirakawa …
other title: Rodan il mostro alato / Rodan, o Monstro do Espaço …
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦
director: Shusuke Kaneko actor: Tsuyoshi Ihara / Shinobu Nakayama …
other title: Gamera - Guardian of the Universe / ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦 …
A great duel of supersonic speed.

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
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Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
ゴジラの逆襲
director: Motoyoshi Oda actor: Hiroshi Koizumi / Setsuko Wakayama …
other title: Godzilla - Il Re Dei Mostri / Godzilla kehrt zurück …
Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside a new monster named Anguirus. Without the weapon that killed the original, authorities attempt to lure Godzilla away from the mainland. But Anguirus soon arrives and the two monsters make their way towards Osaka as Japan braces for tragedy.
Aug. 3, 2026 watched
Lacked a lot of the emotional power of the 1st film, and sagged in the middle. Also had some kaiju fight scenes *sped up* (instead of slowed down). But nice to see somewhere other than Tokyo get smashed! Hopefully the franchise picks up again when Honda Ishirō resumes directing.

Watched in the #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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The Mysterians (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
地球防衛軍
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Kenji Sahara / Yumi Shirakawa …
other title: I misteriani / Os Bárbaros Invadem a Terra …
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to marry earthling women, claiming to be pacifists. Mankind must decide whether to capitulate or to resist.
July 27, 2026 watched
Some impressive footage but long stretches of not much happening, and missed opportunities to explore some of the ideas: e.g. would we sacrifice others to save ourselves?

Watched in the #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon
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The Tingler (1959) IMDb TMDB
The Tingler
director: William Castle actor: Vincent Price / Philip Coolidge …
other title: Il mostro di sangue / Força Diabólica …
A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.
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The Giant Claw (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Giant Claw
director: Fred F. Sears actor: Jeff Morrow / Mara Corday …
other title: Il mostro dei cieli / O Ataque Vem do Polo …
Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant turkey-like bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.
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Godzilla (1954)
ゴジラ
8.7 (7 ratings) director: Ishirō Honda actor: Akira Takarada / Momoko Kôchi …
other title: O Monstro do Oceano Pacífico / Godzilla, Japón bajo el terror del monstruo …
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.
June 8, 2026 watched
Surprisingly serious and dark origin for a franchise that has taken varying paths over the years.

Watched in #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Terrore nello spazio
director: Mario Bava actor: Barry Sullivan / Norma Bengell …
other title: Terrore nello spazio / Planet der Vampire …
After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
June 1, 2026 watched
Spooky & gorgeous. No, not me; the film, silly!

And I can see why people say it was an influence on Alien (1979).

Watched in the #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Rebirth of Mothra (1996) WikiData IMDb TMDB
モスラ
director: Okihiro Yoneda actor: Megumi Kobayashi / Sayaka Yamaguchi …
other title: Mothra - Das Siegel der Elias / モスラ …
A new Mothra takes to the air and battles against Desghidorah to save all of humanity.
May 25, 2026 watched
I never expected a silly little monster movie for kids to make me *care* about the beasties. Or have battle scenes better than 90% of the action movies I've watched.

Watched in the #ReMonsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
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Godmonster of Indian Flats (1973) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Godmonster of Indian Flats
director: Fredric Hobbs actor: Christopher Brooks / Stuart Lancaster …
A mutant sheep is on the move near a ranch in the American West.
May 18, 2026 watched
A monster that is not a god & only did one thing. The film was more about a property deal than the monster.

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Silver Bullet (1985)
Silver Bullet
director: Daniel Attias actor: Gary Busey / Everett McGill …
other title: 银色子弹 / 狼魔 …
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…