Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

let's meet our teams

Team Big Bug
THEM! (1954)- The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.

Tarantula (1955) - A spider escapes from an isolated desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.

Team Alien
The Thing from Another World (1951) - Scientist at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. Upon closer examination, they discover the frozen pilot. All hell breaks loose when they take him back to their station and he is accidentally thawed out!

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) -In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others! According to Carruthers, an unknown life form killed his comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little suspect that "it" has stowed away for the voyage back to Earth..

Team Fantasy
Clash of the Titans (1981) - Perseus is the favored son of the god Zeus, but he has unwittingly ticked off the sea goddess Thetis. Just to make things worse, Perseus falls in love with the lovely Princess Andromeda, who used to be engaged to Thetis's son. Soon Perseus is off on one quest after another, with Zeus helping, Thetis hindering, and lots of innocent bystanders getting stabbed, drowned, and squished

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) - Jason has been prophesied to take the throne of Thessaly. When he saves Pelias from drowning, but does not recognize him as the man who had earlier killed his father, Pelias tells Jason to travel to Colchis to find the Golden Fleece. Jason follows his advice and assembles a sailing crew of the finest men in Greece, including Hercules. They are under the protection of Hera, queen of the gods. Their voyage is replete with battles against harpies, a giant bronze Talos, a hydra, and an animated skeleton army.


Team Werewolf
The Wolf Man (1941) - Upon the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns from America to his ancestral home in Wales. He visits a gypsy camp with village girl Jenny Williams, who is attacked by Bela, a gypsy who has turned into a werewolf. Larry kills the werewolf but is bitten during the fight. Bela's mother tells him that this will cause him to become a werewolf at each full moon. Larry confesses his plight to his unbelieving father, Sir John, who then joins the villagers in a hunt for the wolf.

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) - Larry Talbot finds himself in an asylum, recovering from an operation performed by the kindly Dr. Mannering. Inspector Owen finds him there, too, wanting to question him about a recent spate of murders. Talbot escapes and finds Maleva, the old gypsy woman who knows his secret: when the moon is full, he changes to a werewolf. She travels with him to locate the one man who can help him to die - Dr. Frankenstein. The brilliant doctor proves to be dead himself, but they do find Frankenstein's daughter. Talbot begs her for her father's papers containing the secrets of life and death. She doesn't have them, so he goes to the ruins of the Frankenstein castle to find them himself. There he finds the Monster, whom he chips out of a block of ice. Dr. Mannering catches up with him only to become tempted to monomania while using Frankenstein's old equipment.

Team Silent
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (Marguerite in Faust) for unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this phantom (a masked man) in the catacombs, where he lives. What's his goal ? What's his secret ?

Nosferatu (1922) - Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Silent classic based on the story "Dracula."




Previous Viewings:

Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #01 (05/12) - Son of Godzilla
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #02 (05/19) - Gamera vs. Gyaos
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #03 (05/26) - Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #04 (06/02) - Mothra
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #05 (06/09) - King Kong vs Godzilla
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #06 (06/16) - Varan the Unbelievable
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #07 (06/23) - The Deadly Mantis
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #08 (06/30) - Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #09 (07/07) - Mighty Joe Young
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #10 (07/14) - The Giant Claw
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #11 (07/21) - The Human Vapor
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #12 (07/28) - Gorath
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #13 (08/04) - Secret of the Telegian
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #14 (08/11) - Godzilla's Revenge
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #15 (08/18) - Alligator
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #16 (08/25) - Gunhed
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #17 (09/01) - Godzilla 1985
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #18 (09/08) - Godzilla vs. Gigan
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #19 (09/15) - Space Amoeba
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #20 (09/22) - The Host
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #21 (09/29) - Zaat!
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #22 (10/06) - The Bermuda Depths
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #23 (10/13) - Matango
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #24 (10/20) - Mysterious Island
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #25 (10/27) - Frankenstein Conquers the World
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #26 (11/03) - Caltiki, The Immortal Monster
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #27 (11/10) - Tremors
Weekly Kaiju Movie Viewing Thread #28 (11/17) - Dogora

and team big bug takes the lead

I'm the one who voted for Team Silent. I normally lean toward the giant critters, but you won't find makeup jobs as terrifying as the ones worn by Schreck and Chaney.

just 9 votes *sigh*

Well, you did get the holiday week. Lots of people away from home or busy.

I haven't voted yet. Mwahahaha!

I guess we're watcihng THEM! and Tarantula. I've not seen Tarantula in years.

Should we alter base these threads around new releases? It'd be cool to watch all the new Shokiku films during the next few weeks. Biollante...GTB...ect.

I tried to rouse the Harryhausen troops to tie it up, but the odds were against me. Plus I was already ok with Them/Tarantula winning.

Edit: I still need to watch Dogora. Maybe today.