Throwback to Showa Goodness? Or just another flop? I was pleased that Toho was continuing to explore new monsters with this film. In fact, I really liked Megaguirus’ origins. I also like that they tried for a slightly scarier experience, particularly the alley scene. This movie is almost in some ways a throwback to the…

“Space Amoeba was essentially the last fresh giant monster film from Toho’s Showa era. After this 1970 entry, the rest of their giant monster films were Godzilla pictures.” Space Amoeba is mostly a rehash of elements we’ve seen before at Toho. Alien life forms have come to conquer the planet and use a human vessel…

Related by the very thing they thirst for – Blood. KFNExpert Tohosaurus weighs in on one of Toho’s darker, more ambitious films: War of the Gargantuas is a movie that stems from another somewhat dark-themed monster movie, 1965’s Frankenstein vs Baragon. Even from the beginning it has a sort of dark theme, with a sinister…