The authors of Memories from Monster Island bring you another dangerous safari through the wild world of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies that have held Japan and the rest of the world (but mostly Japan) in thrall for half a century. This time, Travis Kirkland and Luca Saitta travel on down to Atlantis of old to gaze upon the horrifying visage of none other than the Devil's Envoy and Friend to All Children himself: Gamera Yes, he is somehow both. Will city-stomping terror get the best of our intrepid explorers? Or will the rocket turtle's bottom-of-the-bin aesthetic leave them cold as...
The authors of Memories from Monster Island bring you another dangerous safari through the wild world of kaiju eiga, the giant monster movies that hav...
A collection of humorous, informal essays on the films of Godzilla by monster movie expert Travis Kirkland and newcomer Luca Saitta. The pair starts with Toho's seminal kaiju classic GOJIRA (1954) and ends with the 2014 Hollywood reinvention GODZILLA. Through fifty years of monster mayhem, Kirkland and Saitta analyze, marvel and scratch their heads at sequels, spin-offs and ancillary products featuring the King of the Monsters. Additionally, some bonus essays on Toho Studios' foray into King Kong and Frankenstein films are also part of this collection.
A collection of humorous, informal essays on the films of Godzilla by monster movie expert Travis Kirkland and newcomer Luca Saitta. The pair starts w...
