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Sequart Releases Musings on Monsters: Observations on the World of Classic Horror

Julian Darius — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 16:57:14 +0000

Sequart is proud to announce the publication of Musings on Monsters: Observations on the World of Classic Horror, edited by Rich Handley and Lou Tambone. As children, we fall in love with monsters, and age often… [more]

Smorgasbord #40: He Came from (and in) Canada

Tom Shapira — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 11:00:06 +0000

On this Very Special Episode of Smorgasbord, Tom and Shawn talk about dissenting critical opinions of Batman v Superman and season 2 of Netflix’s Daredevil, Dark Tick is a thing we’re pretty sure nobody asked… [more]

Eco-Horror: Energy Crises, Pollution, & the End of Humanity

Maria Karen — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:00:31 +0000

The eco-horror genre of films may now have a proper name, but it’s been around for a long time. Movie goers have been flocking to theaters to see the explosive battle between man and nature… [more]

Smorgasbord #23: Islands in the Sun

Tom Shapira — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 22:23:51 +0000

Our cups runneth over as Tom and Shawn discuss SDCC trailers and casting news, October Previews, and Marvel’s attempt to revive Franklin Delano Bluth. We also review the first issues of Power Up, Godzilla in… [more]

Where the Kaiju Things Are: All Monsters Attack

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:00:16 +0000

All Monsters Attack" title="Where the Kaiju Things Are: All Monsters Attack" style="float:left;" />After Destroy All Monsters, Toho took the Godzilla franchise in a controversial direction. The studio decided to throw their biggest director at their smallest film yet, birthing one of the least popular Godzilla movies ever.… [more]

Tsuburaya and Honda’s Last Charge: Destroy All Monsters

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 13:00:40 +0000

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Giant Bugs, Children, and Hibernation: On Son of Godzilla

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Tue, 26 May 2015 13:00:18 +0000

Son of Godzilla" title="Giant Bugs, Children, and Hibernation: On Son of Godzilla" style="float:left;" />After Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Toho decided to task Jun Fukuda and his crew with making another Godzilla movie set in the South Pacific. This one would capitalize on the trendy location in a… [more]

Godzilla’s Heartbeat: Sea Monsters, Chameleons, and a New Team for Toho

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Sun, 10 May 2015 13:00:44 +0000

Cancer. The Crab is said to have been put among the stars by the favour of Hera, because, when Hercules had stood firm against the Lernaean Hydra, it had snapped at his foot from the swamp. Hercules, enraged at this, had killed it, and Hera put it among the constellations. [more]

The Last Hurrah: Frankenstein, Baragon, and King Ghidorah

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 13:00:41 +0000

Good men, do not be afraid! You should all single-mindedly recite the name of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva. This Bodhisattva bestows fearlessness upon living beings. If you recite his name, you shall surely be saved from these robbers, and if upon hearing that, the merchants all cry out together, Namo Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, then they will immediately be saved because they recited his name. [more]

A Voice Like a Bell: Godzilla as a Hero and the Arrival of King Ghidorah

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:00:01 +0000

It was not long before awful Yamatano-orochi came. Soon, it noticed the smell of sake and struck its eight heads into each gate. It drank up the sake and began to sleep with a incredibly loud snore. Susanoo-no-mikoto cut its necks and tails one by one with his sword..The water color of the Hi-no-kawa river turned to red with its blood. [more]

The Onslaught of the Mushrooms: Toho’s Serious and Silly Sixties

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:00:44 +0000

"I felt that I was now seeing plain, whereas ordinary vision gives us an imperfect view; I was seeing the archetypes, the Platonic ideas, that underlie the imperfect images of everyday life. The thought crossed my mind: could the divine mushrooms be the secret that lay behind the ancient Mysteries?" [more]

A Countless Number of Small Items: King Kong vs Godzilla and Akira Ifukube Pt. 2

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 13:00:07 +0000

I visited temples in Rehe and saw numerous Buddha statues embedded all over the wall. Even though each statue was humble, seeing all of them together on the wall impressed me greatly. [more]

A Countless Number of Small Items: King Kong vs Godzilla and Akira Ifukube

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 13:00:30 +0000

Be done with rote learning and its attendant vexations; for is there distinction of a “yes” from a “yea” comparable now to the gulf between evil and good? What all men fear, I too must fear... how barren and pointless a thought! [more]

Such Beautiful Miniatures: Yasuyuki Inoue and a New Age for Toho

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 13:00:01 +0000

Earth Defence Force is the start of an important transition in Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya’s techniques, a transition that wouldn’t reach its peak until a new decade arrived. The bright and colourful space film required Eiji Tsuburaya to focus more on optical effects then he had to date. [more]

The First Kaiju Fight: Godzilla Raids Again

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 11:00:29 +0000

Godzilla Raids Again" title="The First Kaiju Fight: Godzilla Raids Again" style="float:left;" />As Nakajima himself put it, “I had to stand in the middle of the set while a huge amount of crushed ice came tumbling down on me.” The weight of the ice, coupled with the weight of the GyakushuGoji suit, broke the platform Nakajima and a cable operator were situated on. [more]

Baptized in the Fires of the H-Bomb: Eiji Tsuburaya, Godzilla, and the Birth of Kaiju

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:00:08 +0000

Godzilla, and the Birth of Kaiju" title="Baptized in the Fires of the H-Bomb: Eiji Tsuburaya, Godzilla, and the Birth of Kaiju" style="float:left;" />With my eleven Gamera movies watched and reviewed and the last outlier on its way I decided it was time to delve into more kaiju films, specifically as many of them, in chronological order, as… [more]

Godzilla: One Complicated Lizard

Maria Karen — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 12:00:47 +0000

Bombardier Major Thomas Ferebee opened the bomb bay of the Enola Gay B-29. Out plummeted “Little Boy,” a 9,700-pound nuclear warhead, which detonated 1,900 feet above a surgical clinic in downtown Hiroshima. The bomb was… [more]

2014 in Movies Part Two

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 15:00:37 +0000

So after scribing a list of the best movies I didn’t see there’s only one natural follow up – my favourite movies of the year! After all my quick-and-dirty defences of ranking and lists I’m… [more]

Fire-Breathing Turtles and Rubber Suits: On Gamera

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:00:47 +0000

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Kaiju-Sized Review of Godzilla

Harry Edmundson-Cornell — Tue, 20 May 2014 20:00:26 +0000

Godzilla" title="Kaiju-Sized Review of Godzilla" style="float:left;" />I was very excited for Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla. This had less to do with the fact that it was a Godzilla film (though I won’t lie and tell you that wasn’t a factor) and more… [more]

Godzilla’s a Hit

Julian Darius — Mon, 19 May 2014 09:44:50 +0000

Godzilla’s a Hit" title="Godzilla’s a Hit" style="float:left;" />Godzilla had an estimated $93.2-million opening weekend, domestically. That’s more than Amazing Spider-Man 2 ($91.6 million) and just under Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($95 million). That puts Godzilla is serious blockbuster territory. Godzilla has… [more]

“We knew the world would not be the same…”: Thoughts on the Chimeric Nature of Promoting Gareth Edwards’s Godzilla

Dave Whittaker — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:00:49 +0000

Godzilla" title="“We knew the world would not be the same…”: Thoughts on the Chimeric Nature of Promoting Gareth Edwards’s Godzilla" style="float:left;" />Not long ago, fellow Sequart contributor Greg Carpenter tweeted his interest in Godzilla after viewing the trailer released towards the end of February. I attempted to let this learned man know that there is more… [more]