PODCAST 362: The Manster & Godzilla: King of the Monsters

This week Rhiannon warms up you listeners with The Manster, an American made monster movie filmed and set in Japan. A blend of the East and West, which is a perfect set up for what Forest and Cory discuss, Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

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GIVEAWAY: Comet TV Monster Summer Prize Pack

The good folks over at COMET TV have reached out to us to help spread the word about this years Monster Summer! Sure you could have BBQs, swim at the beach or take a family trip to visit the Grand Canyon. But if you love classic sci-fi monsters - and we know you do - inside will be the place for you!

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TOP GODZILLA FILMS TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE!

Well, he's done it. Forest has watched and reviewed EVER Godzilla film for the Slaughter Film Podcast, and he's putting all those hours of giant monster battles to good use. If you are interested in the King of the Monsters but you're overwhelmed with sixty years of city destroying, alien visitors & time travel, let this be your definitive guide to all things Godzilla.

HM. 10. 09. 08. 07. 06. 05. 04. 03. 02. 01.

"KING KONG VS GODZILLA" "GODZILLA VS MECHA GODZILLA" "GODZILLA AGAINST MECHA GODZILLA" "DESTROY ALL MONSTERS" "GODZILLA VS MONSTER ZERO" "GHIDORAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER" "GODZILLA VS DESTROYAH" "GODZILLA VS KING GHIDORAH" "MOTHRA VS GODZILLA" "GODZILLA RETURNS" "GOJIRA"

PODCAST 266: Godzilla Vs Destoroyah & Monkey Shines

This week Forest FINALLY completes his voyage through Godzilla's Heisei years - finishing with Godzilla Vs Destoroyah. Cory takes a look at another of George Romero's lesser watched film, Monkey Shines, complete with quadriplegic sex.

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PODCAST 265: Godzilla Vs Space Godzilla & Martin

This week continues Forest's fifth consecutive week of Heisei Godzilla films. This time around it's Godzilla Vs Space Godzilla. Cory honors the memory of horror legend George A. Romero by shedding some light on one of his lesser viewed films, Martin.

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PODCAST 264: Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla 2 & Just Before Dawn

This week Forest reviews yet another Heisei Godzilla film, Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla 2. Cory kicks off his lake side summer vacation with an early slasher set in the wilderness, Just Before Dawn.

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PODCAST 262: Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah & Children of the Corn

This week Forest delves deeper into the Heisei era of Godzilla, with Godzilla Vs King Ghidorah - the Godzilla flick with time traveling UFO! Cory shares a few too many corny jokes as he revisits a Stephen King classic Children of the Corn.

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PODCAST 261: Godzilla Vs Biollante & From Dusk Till Dawn

The Horror Duo have returned from Pittsburgh. Forest kicks off his Heisei reviews with Godzilla Vs Biollante - sequel to Godzilla 1985. Cory selects a contrasting flick with strippers, vampires and Tom Savini, From Dusk Till Dawn.

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May 2015: What's New / What's Leaving

Before I get into what's expiring this month, I want to take a moment to acknowledge all the great titles that showed up on Netflix in May. For various reasons I wasn't able to comment on them earlier, so I want to at least call out the most notable.

The Newly Welcome

The marquee titles you probably already know (and/or have an opinion) about: The Blues Brothers (1980), David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986), The Exorcist (1973), Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009), John Woo's The Killer (1989), Legally Blonde (2001), Leon: The Professional (1994), and The Sixth Sense (1999). Oh, and the zombie-beaver movie the world's been waiting for: 2014's Zombeavers. These represent an excellent mix of new and old, violent and funny, and�in the cases of Lynch and Tarantino�a mix of all four.

But there's also the underrated Assassins (1995), a surprisingly entertaining Sylvester Stallone/Antonio Banderas action flick (based on a script by the Wachowskis); Bus Stop (1956), showcasing one of Marilyn Monroe's best performances (and the first new MM title since the March purge); Tom DiCillo's playful, satirical look at the movie business, The Real Blonde (1998); an obscure 1970s western called Santee (1973), starring Glenn Ford; the uniformly excellent indie drama, In the Bedroom (2001), which received a boatload of Oscar nominations; and a couple of acclaimed documentaries, Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man (2005) and Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz (1978). The latter disappeared for a few days due to technical difficulties, but seems to be back up now and makes a surprising but welcome addition to the Instant catalog.

Equally welcome are the returning titles, which include such stalwarts as Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Internal Affairs (1990), and Saturday Night Fever (1977), but also less well-known pics like Peter Bogdanovich's amusing tale of 1920s Hollywood, The Cat's Meow (2001), and Jay and Mark Duplass's first feature, The Puffy Chair (2005). And then there are a couple of scruffy 1970s films: Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude (1971) and the brutal Nick Nolte football comedy, North Dallas Forty (1979), both of which were reviewed the last time they showed up. It's nice to see these join The Exorcist, Bus Stop, and The Last Waltz as proof that Netflix hasn't entirely given up on pre-1982 films.

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New in May: Getting Adventurous (2014)

Minya, can you hear me?

If you like action and adventure, then this is your month. Perhaps in an effort to compete with Hollywood's big spring releases, Netflix is bulking up on its escapist fare. From the high cheese of Fantastic Voyage and all things Godzilla (including Rodan!) to the thrills of the Romancing the Stone flicks and the artful splatter of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, there are any number of ways to get your streaming action groove on. Oh, and did I mention the latest return of Bond, James Bond? Yep, 007 is back again (some of him, anyway), although if recent history is any guide, he won't be around for long�so take advantage of that license to kill before it inevitably gets revoked. (Click here for an earlier rundown of select Bond titles.)

Raquel, I'm over here!

There's a little something for every taste, from every decade since the 1950s. Want to gawk at a miniaturized Raquel Welch, shrunk down and wetsuited to enter a dying man's bloodstream? Apparently, a lot of people did in 1966, which is where the aforementioned Fantastic Voyage comes in. Feeling the urge to bone up on the many moods and manifestations of Godzilla before the latest remake hits the big screen? Then plan to spend a lot of time sitting in front of the little screen, because over half a dozen Godzilla films have reemerged from the earth's core after being buried in January. Most of these are pretty crappy (including what's arguably the worst of all, Godzilla's Revenge), but if you take your monsters seriously�and prefer to avoid a talking baby Godzilla�then stick with the first installment, Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) or 1964's Godzilla vs. Mothra. Or, go ahead, queue up Godzilla's Revenge. As long as you're prepared to uncork a bottle of Awwws (and guff-awws) to randomly hurl at your screen. Talking baby monsters, indeed...

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Alien Invasion Meets Indie Road Movie: MONSTERS

Are you in the mood for superheroic characters fighting scores of scary 3D creatures amid exploding landmarks while computer-rendered populations are crushed beneath tossed cars and collapsing buildings? Then check out The Avengers. Or Pacific Rim. Or just about anything directed by Michael Bay or Roland Emmerich.

But if you need a break from cliche scares and lookalike blockbusters and prefer more character-driven sci-fi--with relatable human beings who aren't wielding weapons or one-liners--then Monsters, an impressive micro-budget alien invasion flick from 2010, should hit your sweet spot. It certainly hit mine.

Set six years after an extraterrestrial species has populated a swath of northern Mexico now walled off from the United States, Monsters utilizes a War of the Worlds-like premise to concentrate on the human toll of an alien occupation--an occupation fought with increasing (and unscrupulous) force by a desperate U.S. military.

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PODCAST 55: Godzilla 1985 & Godzilla [King of the Monsters Edition]

This week Forest & Cory take on two Godzilla reboots, as they review Godzilla 1985 and the American Godzilla from 1998.

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GODZILLA Will Strike In 2014... In 3D!!

Music to my ears! As I have been hoping, Gareth Edwards' GODZILLA will be in fact be presented in 3D. Not sure if he means to shoot natively or have it post converted, but the decision at least has been made to have 3D in mind at the minimum.

Mark May 16, 2014 in your calendars... Godzilla will rise again!

You will remember Edwards from his intelligently shot MONSTERS from 2010 which was shot on a woefully small budget, yet projected as a much bigger studio movie. Loved it. He is definitely the man to resurrect the Godzilla brand and inject some energy. Further, he wrote, designed, filmed and did the visual effects on MONSTERS too, so his hand will be creatively on just about everything. He kind of reminds me of a young James Cameron.

Here's the press release:
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have slated their take on the classic Godzilla franchise to kick off the Summer moviegoing season on May 16, 2014. The joint announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, and Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures, and by Legendary Pictures.

Toho Co., Ltd.’s Godzilla franchise contains one of the most widely recognized movie monsters worldwide, including more than 25 films, multiple television programs, video games and book series. Legendary, which has been developing the project, and its partner Warner Bros. will return the character to its epic roots with a gritty, realistic actioner. The project will fall under Legendary’s overall agreement with Warner Bros.

The film is directed by Gareth Edwards, who earned worldwide acclaim for his feature directorial debut, “Monsters.” Edwards directs from a screenplay by David Callaham (“The Expendables” films), David S. Goyer (the “Dark Knight” trilogy) and Max Borenstein (upcoming “The Seventh Son”). Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce, along with Roy Lee, Dan Lin and Brian Rogers. Alex Garcia and Patricia Whitcher will serve as executive producers alongside Doug Davison, Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira.

A presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, except in Japan, where it will be distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. The tent pole film is expected to be presented in 3D.

Finally. Will we see the Godzilla movie we've all been waiting for?