Monster of the Day #953
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Monster of the Day #953

Here's an interesting one. In 1978, Toho and Hammer quite nearly made a coproduction about the Loch Ness Monster. Toho announced it, and they got as far as making up the prop, the poster art and announcing some of the talent, such as Bryon Forbes for director. Then Hammer's funding fell through and the…
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Monster of the Day #951
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Monster of the Day #951

Neptune and Samsom? Uh.................. Actually, it seems like most of the week Samson's been working to stock a post-apocalypse seafood buffet.
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For Your Consideration…

They've been posting this as advertising a ton on Deadline Hollywood. I thought it was a gag, but apparently they are actually making this. And why wouldn't they? I assume O'Brien will only be doing a cameo, but man, he should definitely star in this.
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Monster of the Day #948
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Monster of the Day #948

What can I say, I loves me some Samson. Probably not quite as much as Kona, but those are pretty much all by the boards now. And this is perfect; I was hoping for a week of killer crustaceans originally, but weirdly they got a LOT less love from pulps and comics than octopi.…
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Monster of the Day #946

35 years before starring in our recently featured film, Orochi the Eight Headed Dragon appeared in another Toho fantasy film, meaning that Eiji Tsuburaya presumably did the special effects.
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