The epic kaiju showdown fans have been waiting generations for by magnitude of 21st-Century VFX/CGI, Godzilla v. Kong delivers on its promise jaw-dropping battle w. POC-diverse cast, lens prospectus, razor-thin storyline, & bad middle act. 7.1/10.
[category:actionadventure/kaiju,date:2021-03-24,rate:7.1,type:movies]
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Category: Kaiju & Monsters
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (2019)
A twisted, ominous spookfest sure to become the next Halloween staple with imaginative draconian literature/live-action scares, eerie atmospherics, strong character-based storytelling, & smart del-Torro script of genre nostalgia. 7.1/10.
[category:horror/coming-of-age/kaiju/fantasy,date:2019-12-16,rate:7.1,type:movies]
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Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (2019)
A kaiju masterstroke with Biblical awe, some of the most jaw-dropping battle sequences & epic cinematography ever put to film, a booming thunderous score, and surprisingly-human tale: An experience you have to see to believe. 8.7/10.
[category:actionadventure/kaiju/science-fiction/apocalyptica/war,date:2019-10-02,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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What We Do In The Shadows (2019)
The verifiability of the concept of a horror/comedy on vampires spills over from Taika Waititi’s clever original into this fresh (~even better) remake with stronger plotting, fantastic new characters, & even more hilarious bloodsucker gags. 8/10.
[category:comedyromance/horror/kaiju,date:2019-02-07,rate:8,type:tvshows]
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Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
A wet, weird, wonderful Amazonian mystery/horror B-flick completing a quintet of classic Universal Monster Movies, CFTBL might not hit the high notes of its UN-kin, but is nonetheless a campy proto sci-fi jolt of innovatively-filmed bioscares. 7.5/10.
[category:classics/horror/kaiju,date:1954-04-07,rate:7.5,type:movies]
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Jaws (1975)
Forever changing how we view beaches & the first officialized summer blockbuster, Jaws is as perfect an engine of horror/action as its chondricthye – pure real-world evo/survival terror w. black comedic govt exposé & one of best scores ever. 9.4/10.
[category:classics/horror/actionadventure/slasher/blockbusters/survival/kaiju,date:1975-12-07,rate:9,type:movies]
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
A psychologically-rich and VFX-groundbreaking analysis of the duality of mankind catalyzing gothic horror. aristocratic romance, & science-fiction in performances, Mamoulian’s J&H is film’s definitive version and Golden Monster-Movie Age. 9/10.
[category:classics/crime-films/psychological/periodhistorical/horror/kaiju,date:1932-10-19,rate:9,type:movies]
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King Kong (1933)
The first-ever blockbuster movie groundbreaking a new cinematic age with avant-garde VFX/stopmotion techniques, epic NYC-action, colonialsm, beauty-and-beast romance, & Greek-tragic mortalization redefining what’s possible at movies. 10/10.
[category:classics/actionadventure/experimental/horror/animation/kaiju,date:1933-05-12,rate:10,type:movies]
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Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
Single-handedly proof-of-concepting the entire genre and American film legacy of zombies from folklore, Romero’s 1968 NOTLD’s a tightly-edited, conceptually-scary, nicely-(farm)-locationed, and groundbreaking historical horror masterpiece. 9/10.
[category:classics/horror/kaiju,date:1968-05-12,rate:9,type:movies]
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Ghostbusters (1984)
A marshmallowy cultural phenomenon emblematizng the bonkers jocularity/excess of the ’80’s, GB is classic proto-blockbuster fun w. big legacy & VFX, A-list Murray-ensemble, one of best movie soundtracks, sci/action/comedy/horror blend. 8.7/10.
[category:science-fiction/actionadventure/comedyromance/kaiju/classics,date:1984-06-18,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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