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X-Mas Stocking Stuffers & Destroy All Monsters: CFQ Laserblast Podcast 2.49.2
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Just in time for Christmas, the Cinefantastique Laserblast crew – that would be Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski – offer up their recommendations for DVDs and Blu-ray discs that would make perfect stocking stuffers for the horror, fantasy, and science fiction fan in your life. Suggestions range from the 1932 [...]
Lunar Movie Madness: Cinema’s Many Trips to the Moon – A Retrospective
The Moon has long inspired the imagination of humanity. Although the Apollo landing taught every school child that the Moon is uninhabited by aliens, filmmakers continue to find use for the orbiting satellite. Read on for a look at some of the more memorable examples of Moon-based movies…
Destroy All Monsters – U.S. Theatrical Trailer
As part of our weekend tribute to the late special effects director Sadamasa Arikawa, here is the U.S. theatrical trailer for DESTROY ALL MONSTERS – the memorable Toho production in which Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, and all of Earth’s other monsters team up for a non-stop destruction derby involving invading aliens trying to take over the [...]
Destroy All Monsters (1968) – Kaiju Review
DESTROY ALL MONSTERS is probably the last well-regarded entry in the original Godzilla series. By this time, all serious threat of the monsters had disappeared; recognizing this, director Ishiro Honda (who had helmed the original GODIZLLA in 1954 and many of the subsequent sequels) opted for a fast-paced action-adventure roller-coaster thrill ride that was seldom [...]
Destroy All Monsters vs. Aliens, Plus Hollywood sees 3-D Gold
In Monsters Takes Tips from Vintage Villains, USA Today points out that MONSTERS VS. ALIENS directors Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman drew inspiration from number cult science fiction films. The most important of these many influences was the 1968 kaiju monster fest DESTROY ALL MONSTERS, starring Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and many other monsters: “We [...]
