Galgameth [The Legend of Galgameth] (1996)

Sometimes the story behind a film is far more interesting than the film itself. That was definitely the case with the North Korean film, Pulgasari. When his ex-wife, Choi Eun-hee, disappeared while on a trip to Hong Kong, South Korean director Shin Sang-ok was upset that he was being blamed for her disappearance and went

Why didn’t we get Gamera vs. Garasharp?…

Lost and unmade films are an often frustrating category, particularly as they sometimes prove to be more myth than reality. Consider for a moment, Gamera vs. Garasharp, a film Daiei was supposedly trying to get made in 1971 when they went bankrupt.  In 1991, the Gamera Permanent Preservation Plan LaserDisc set included the short film below,

Go, Go, Godaizer!…

Yes, it’s true. I love Kaiju Eiga films. Even a terrible film with a giant rubbery monster or a humongous robot is going to get my attention. Now Godaizer most definitely can’t be called terrible, although like a lot of older CGI films it is showing its age badly — it is very stiff, the