Posts by Ken Begg

So the Watch Party saw Voyage into Space, the compilation show of Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot. That's the Ultra Man knock-off about a Kenny (yes, with short pants) who ends up controlling a Egyptian-themed giant battle robot. Needless to say, it was pretty fun.  The show only ran one season (26 episodes)…

So...it snuck up on them? Er, it's giant...and a snail! Two shows with giant snails/slugs: Bofuri and Ultra Q. Man, the Ultra Q snail is insanely fantastic. Possibly my favorite monster from that show. Uhm, something about needing a crapload of garlic butter, or a lot of salt, or something. Hey, it's Friday. Have…

OK, even I'm not sure this strictly constitutes a monster, but.....  C'mon. This made me think of that period when every third DC Comics cover featured a gorilla because they ALWAYS sold better.

I mean, sci-fi should get crazy and all, but really, when you see a premise THAT insane it just takes you out of it. I mean, can you even imagine such a thing?

Toho briefly had it's own Peggy Neal, blond actress Linda Miller. If anything, Ms. Miller had an even shorter career than Ms. Neal did, who at least starred in a couple of (admittedly lower profile) Japanese sci-fi films. However, they probably figured Kong needed a blond woman, so they cast one. After this Ms…

Here was the bog standard poster, repurposed as the DVD cover. It's undoubtedly the most representational of the posters. I've seen this film often since I was a kid, and am still vaguely weirded out by monsters gunning people down. The film is on YouTube for those who haven't seen it. Terror Beneath the…

Here's another Euro poster for Terror Beneath the Sea. This one is less cheaty than yesterday's, which implied mass carnage and giant monsters destroying cities. This definitely makes the film look more epic than it really is, but within the proper bounds of poster art at the time. Of course, the hero is race…