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What? The Italians are at it again!?!? Hip-hip-hooray…I think?
”Alien degli Abissi” (”Alien from the Deep”) is a 1989 action-horror-monster movie, involving a chemical plant on a tropical island, who dumps their toxic waste in an active volcano. Two environmentalists try to expose these illegal activities, but they get caught by hired vigilantes working for the company.
The female environmentalist of the duo, manages to escape the bad guys, and is saved by a snake farmer who lives alone in the jungle. Together, they try to bring down the company, however…
Years of chemical poisoning have attracted a gigantic 70-foot-tall alien monster, who's crab-clawed tentacle and brain damaging acid ‘fluids’ (no, not like that!), begins attacking hero and villain alike, from beneath the ground. Both sides eventually join forces against the Alien from the Deep, who finally reveals its full form during the climax.
The movie was one of the last works of special effects artist and genre director Antonio Margheriti. And as his per usual, the pyrotechnics and model effects are quite good, even impressive at times. But his traditional Italian insistence to avoid any and all forms of visual effects, leads to the film’s biggest failing; its leading Kaiju.
Although the clawed tentacle is well realized as a full sized puppet prop, the main monster was created through a stiff, 20-foot tall prop, made to look bigger with camera tricks and angels.
They could have done the Alien from the Deep as a man in a monster suit against model buildings. But again, in long-lasting Italian cinema culture, a giant immobile puppet was considered the ‘honorable’ way to go, even if it was the least convincing route.
It doesn't help either that the giant space invader looks just like the Xenomorphs from ”Alien” (1979), if those brilliant monsters were made of thrift-store plastics, covered in black spray-paint.
Despite its shortcomings (and the fact that a lot of fans hate this film), I was lucky enough to catch ”Alien from the Deep” in its uncut entirety, over a year ago. And I actually had a lot of fun with it, even if the title monster doesn't fully arrive until the third act (or 52 minute mark).
But then again...I also thought ”Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century” was a decent film. And yes...we’ll be getting to that mess before Obscure Kaiju Month is over.
Hip-hip-hooray…I think?
Good Giant Puppet!
BAD Giant Puppet!
”Alien degli Abissi” (”Alien from the Deep”) is a 1989 action-horror-monster movie, involving a chemical plant on a tropical island, who dumps their toxic waste in an active volcano. Two environmentalists try to expose these illegal activities, but they get caught by hired vigilantes working for the company.
The female environmentalist of the duo, manages to escape the bad guys, and is saved by a snake farmer who lives alone in the jungle. Together, they try to bring down the company, however…
Years of chemical poisoning have attracted a gigantic 70-foot-tall alien monster, who's crab-clawed tentacle and brain damaging acid ‘fluids’ (no, not like that!), begins attacking hero and villain alike, from beneath the ground. Both sides eventually join forces against the Alien from the Deep, who finally reveals its full form during the climax.
The movie was one of the last works of special effects artist and genre director Antonio Margheriti. And as his per usual, the pyrotechnics and model effects are quite good, even impressive at times. But his traditional Italian insistence to avoid any and all forms of visual effects, leads to the film’s biggest failing; its leading Kaiju.
Although the clawed tentacle is well realized as a full sized puppet prop, the main monster was created through a stiff, 20-foot tall prop, made to look bigger with camera tricks and angels.
They could have done the Alien from the Deep as a man in a monster suit against model buildings. But again, in long-lasting Italian cinema culture, a giant immobile puppet was considered the ‘honorable’ way to go, even if it was the least convincing route.
It doesn't help either that the giant space invader looks just like the Xenomorphs from ”Alien” (1979), if those brilliant monsters were made of thrift-store plastics, covered in black spray-paint.
Despite its shortcomings (and the fact that a lot of fans hate this film), I was lucky enough to catch ”Alien from the Deep” in its uncut entirety, over a year ago. And I actually had a lot of fun with it, even if the title monster doesn't fully arrive until the third act (or 52 minute mark).
But then again...I also thought ”Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century” was a decent film. And yes...we’ll be getting to that mess before Obscure Kaiju Month is over.
Hip-hip-hooray…I think?
Good Giant Puppet!
BAD Giant Puppet!
Kaiju Videos for May 2020 part 2
Here's a new collection of May kaiju vids to enjoy, pretty cool stuff, especially the new Wikizilla video :D
Wikizilla posted a video about everyone's favorite subterranean sea beetle god, Megalon! Seriously, WHEN is Megalon returning to the big screen? Gigan got a comeback, complete with H.R. Geiger influenced redesign, so why not his drill beetle buddy as well? Legendary, Toho, one of you make this happen already.
https://youtu.be/jq1vhOaTRdo
Dangerville goes over a ton of new information regarding the Monsterverse, including the official sizes of the titans!
https://youtu.be/jjb1yQVPAUE
https://youtu.be/gRMwFlINQh4
https://youtu.be/N
Kaiju Videos for May 2020
UPDATES:
From Blue Oyster Cult - So while ON TOUR FOREVER is temporarily on hold we took a short break from working on our next album to record this from everyone's home studio. Hope we can get back on the road and see you all soon. Meanwhile, stay safe & ENJOY!
Exceptionally good live-stream with Matt Burkett, Andres Perez, and Prof. Kaiju (the only one of the three without a fake made-up name) discussing lesser know aspects of tokusatsu including mention on ULTRAMAN: TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
Retro Nerd Girl reviews the movie Fantastic Planet released in 1973. Starring: Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin. Directed by: René Laloux
Happy Birthday to Akira Takarada
Today is the birthday of classic Toho leading man, Akira Takarada! He's a familiar face to all of us kaiju fans who've grown up watching Godzilla movies from the Showa era all the way through to the Heisei and Millennium eras (plus that scene they cut out from Godzilla 2014 lol), and who've been lucky enough to meet him in person at conventions around the world. He's given us so many happy memories and as someone who's met him in real life, seems like a very friendly man overall, so I wish him a very happy 86th birthday, and many more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_SLnE28MmE
DaiGuard The Complete Series FREE TO WATCH
Crunchyroll has recently uploaded the slice-of-life-office-comedy-giant-robot-vs-giant-monster-adventure series DAI GUARD onto their public online and streaming sites, the complete series with both subtitles and English dubbing for free access.
https://www.crunchyroll.com/dai-guard
While the series isn't wall-to-the-wall monster action, its definitely a lot of fun and, as my friend KaijuDuke has noted, one can appreciate it a lot more now as an adult than as a teenager with a working man's perspective but it's still bright and upbeat enough for children to get into - worth seeing for both the mecha vs monster action and, of course, the slic
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