Podcast appearances and mentions of King Kong Escapes

Godzilla's on island time until Ebirah and Mothra crash the party, while a terrorist organization enslaves Infant Island natives for their nefarious plans. But before things get too serious, the jazz music, teen dance marathons, and wise-cracking safecrackers will keep this breezy flick rockin' and rollin'. Plus, discussions on director Jun Fukuda and the film's hidden themes with Godzilla scholar Beth Bredlau! Fresh off her Ebirah panel at GFEST XXX and successful Godzilla Days, we can't thank Beth enough for joining us. As for Peter Lorre, he's taking his own summer break until...... Season 5, Part 2!! Vincent and Matt reveal the next five months of monster movies at the end of this episode. Thanks for listening, friends! We'll see you next time for... should we tell you? Or should you hear the last 15 minutes of the episode? Muahaha! You're in our clutches now!Well... anyways, if you enjoy Camp Kaiju, please leave a rating and review! Subscribe to campkaijupodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or leave a comment at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠campkaiju@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠Instagram (@camp_kaiju_podcast)⁠; or leave a voicemail at ⁠⁠⁠(612) 470-2612⁠⁠⁠.Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/campkaiju⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠campkaiju.threadless.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for perks and merchandise.TRAILERSEbirah, Horror of the Deep, a.k.a. Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (1966); King Kong Escapes (1967); Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, a.k.a. Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster (1974); Son of Godzilla (1967); Mothra vs. Godzilla, a.k.a. Godzilla vs. The Thing (1964)SHOUT OUTS & SPONSORSSubstack ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Film Criticism by Matthew Cole Levine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Plays by Vincent S. Hannam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zack Linder & the Zack Pack ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Beth's YouTube (@GodzillaGal); Beth's Instagram (@GodzillaINBloomington)Camp Kaiju: Monster Movie Podcast. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) movie review. Hosted by Vincent Hannam, Matthew Cole Levine © 2025 Vincent S. Hannam, All Rights Reserved.

"This time, it's personal..."For our 200th Episode, just in time for Shark Week, we round out the Jaws franchise with the fourth and final entry, 1987's "Jaws: The Revenge" - starring Michael Caine! And this time, we're covering it as a Drunken Movie Commentary Track! (Movie starts at 21:35)Podcasters Featured: Zack Derby ⁠⁠(The NeatCast)⁠⁠Troy Dunham (Troytle Power) Justin Ache ⁠(Epik Fails of History)⁠Chris Carroll ⁠(Comic Zombie)⁠Erik Slader (The Super Switch Club)(Edited by Erik Slader)Watch along with us over at - Patreon.com/PodcastersAssemble and check out our other hilarious commentary tracks: Time Cop (1994)⁠Street Fighter: The Movie (1994)⁠⁠Super Mario Bros (1993)⁠King Kong Escapes! (1968)⁠Godzilla vs the Smog Monster (1971)⁠⁠007 - Never Say Never Again (1983)⁠The Podcasters will Assemble again... If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://probablywork.com/podcasters-assemble/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can also join the discussion in our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Our Merch!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Network InfoThis podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! The place for those with questionable taste!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠| ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠| ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @probablywork⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.probablywork.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ProbablyWorkPod@gmail.com⁠

Nathan sits down to talk with former model/actress (and now everyone's favorite grandma) Linda Jo Miller, who famously starred alongside Akira Takarada and Rhodes Reason in King Kong Escapes (1967). Nathan asks her what it was growing up as a military brat in Japan and what life was like after she was in King Kong Escapes. Watch the original version here: https://youtube.com/live/XVFWdVDJMNo. Check out Nathan's spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip, and Henshin Power V3! We'd like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, Wynja the Ninja, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Eli Harris, Jake Hambrick, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), Jonathan Courtright, Leon Campbell, Michael Watson, and Sam Allred! Thanks for your support! You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (https://www.patreon.com/monsterislandfilmvault) Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! (https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-monster-island-gift-shop). NEW MERCH NOW AVAILABLE! This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors. Podcast Social Media: MIFV Linktree: https://linktr.ee/monsterislandfilmvault Nate's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nathan_marchand MIFV is a member of PodNation (https://podnation.tv/) MIFV is one of Feedspot's top 10 tokusatsu podcasts! (https://blog.feedspot.com/tokusatsu_podcasts/) MIFV is one of Feedspot's top 20 monster podcasts! (https://podcasts.feedspot.com/monster_podcasts/) www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com #JimmyFromNASALives       #MonsterIslandFilmVault    #KingKong © 2025 Moonlighting Ninjas Media

This week, we're turning up the volume on kaiju culture! Join us for an exclusive chat with Toho royalty herself, Linda Jo Miller, the star of King Kong Escapes, on the United Kaiju Podcast! You won't want to miss her fascinating insights and experiences. We hope you enjoy this wonderful conversation as much as we did. Stay united and keep the kaiju love going! Grab some merch in our linktree! UKP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/unitedkaijupodcast?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAafRcuNZ3kHogIQU5MRG7jBTJ_xo6dgJeDJo6-AO2diQciYfsJ2mVR_NR4h2WQ_aem_7SkUutqVXwbbQbkf52ZvDQLinda Miller Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindajo.miller?igsh=YWJkMzZveWt2ZjZ3

Ditch the TARDIS for Tokyo Tower! Hamish Steele⁠⁠ returns for Toho's second attempt at King Kong, which includes a supervillain named Dr. Who (!!!) creating Mechani-Kong, a giant robot ape version of the lonely and horny real deal. We get into this movie's origins as a Rankin-Bass cartoon -- and the on-set conflicts caused by those American co-producers -- along with all the James Bond DNA (including a literal Bond girl), iconic English dubbing, and how this is a better sequel to classic King Kong than you'd expect.⁠Pre-order Go-Man: Champion of Earth!Part of⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ |⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠skreeonkpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Theme song:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"BIO WARS - Synth Cover" by Kweer Kaiju⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sources include: Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa by Steve Ryfle and Ed GodziszewskiA Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series by David KalatWikizillaLost Media Wiki

Click here for the Full Video version to watch along with us - now on Patreon!"Murder is forever... Until now!" Last year, in 2024, we did a Time Travel Movie Vote and the internet decided we should watch Jean-Claude Van Damme's cinematic masterpiece - 1994's "Time Cop" - so of course we had to do it as a commentary track! (Note: Movie starts at 18:04)Podcasters Featured:Zack Derby ⁠⁠(The NeatCast)⁠⁠Kory Torjussen ⁠⁠(The World Is My Burrito)⁠⁠Justin Ache ⁠(Epik Fails of History)⁠Chris Carroll ⁠(Comic Zombie)⁠Erik Slader (The Super Switch Club)(Episode edited by Erik Slader)Click here to check out Erik's latest book, “Tempus Machina: A Short (Time Travel) Story” - available now on Amazon, Kindle, and Audible!Also, be sure to check out our other Movie Commentaries on our Patreon:⁠Street Fighter: The Movie (1994)⁠⁠Super Mario Bros (1993)⁠King Kong Escapes! (1968)⁠Godzilla vs the Smog Monster (1971)⁠⁠007 - Never Say Never Again (1983)⁠The Podcasters will Assemble again... If you would like to be featured on an upcoming episode head over to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://probablywork.com/podcasters-assemble/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can also join the discussion in our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord server⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy Our Merch!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Network InfoThis podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! The place for those with questionable taste!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠| ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠| ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @probablywork⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.probablywork.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ProbablyWorkPod@gmail.com

Author Shawn Pryor joins us to discuss his new book, and whaddyaknow, he loves talkin' monster movies as much as we do! We get REAL nerdy on this one. Ever hear of the tokusatsu show, VR Troopers? Well, you will. That's just one example of the rich kaiju legacy in film, comics, toys, video games, and more. Thank you for joining us as we share our passion for Godzilla and all his friends (even Reptilicus gets some love!). As Shawn says, "there's a Godzilla for everyone". Ain't it the truth. Thank you for listening. We hope you enjoy. If you do, please leave a rating and review! Or leave a comment at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠campkaiju@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠campkaijupodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠Instagram (@camp_kaiju)⁠; or call the Kaiju Hotline at ⁠⁠⁠(612) 470-2612⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon.com/campkaiju⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠campkaiju.threadless.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for perks and merchandise. AND YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY BUY KAIJU UNLEASHED - You can do so at Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or wherever books are sold. We'll catch you next time for Godzilla Minus One (2023). TRAILERS Destroy All Monsters (1968); Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965); Gammera: The Invincible (1966); Reptilicus (1961); All Monsters Attack (1969); King Kong Escapes (1967); VR Troopers (1994-1996) SHOUT OUTS & SPONSORS • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Film Criticism by Matthew Cole Levine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Plays by Vincent S. Hannam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ • ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Novels by Matthew Cole Levine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Special thanks to Steve Roth of Quarto Publishing⁠ Camp Kaiju: Monster Movie Podcast. Kaiju Unleashed: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Strange Beasts by Shawn Pryor. An interview hosted by Vincent Hannam, Matthew Cole Levine. Camp Kaiju: Monster Movie Podcast, produced by Vincent S. Hannam; © 2024 Vincent S. Hannam, All Rights Reserved --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/camp-kaiju/support

In a stunning conclusion to Season 2, Joe and Adam revisit the epic (forgotten) classic, King Kong Escapes (1967). Loosely based off the nearly lost Kong cartoon series, The King Kong Show (Rankin/Bass), this movie is like all the best parts of Saturday morning cartoons. In this film, you have it all: Kong, Mechani-kong, the evil Dr. Who, Madame Piranha, and more! Also, Season 3 starts next week as we examine the Frankenstein series of films by Hammer Films, most of which star your favorite Star Wars character, Peter Cushing.

"He's going home. I think he's had enough of what we call civilization..." - Commander Carl Nelson Just in time for the release of "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" (2024), the sequel to "Godzilla vs Kong" (2021) - we decided to revisit our #KongZillaThon season by doing a drunk commentary track for the absolutely bonkers Japanese sequel to the original "King Kong vs Godzilla" (1962) - 1967's "King Kong Escapes"! (The one with Mecha-Kong?!) Podcasters Featured: Zack Derby ⁠(The NeatCast)⁠ Kory Torjussen ⁠(The World Is My Burrito)⁠ Justin Ache (Epik Fails of History) Chris Carroll (Comic Zombie) (Episode edited by Erik Slader) Check out our other Movie Commentaries on our Patreon: Super Mario Bros (1993) Street Fighter: The Movie (1994) Godzilla vs the Smog Monster (1971) Never Say Never Again (1983) Network Info This podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network. Follow us below to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts! The place for those with questionable taste! Twitter | Facebook| Instagram: @probablyworkwww.probablywork.com Email: ProbablyWorkPod@gmail.com

This week, Monster Mondays wraps up its month of non-Godzilla Toho kaiju films with a pretty big star in his own right as Geoff discusses King Kong Escapes from 1967! Find new episodes of the Film Seizure Podcast every Wednesday and a new Monster Mondays each Monday at www.filmseizure.com Like what we do? Buy us a coffee! www.ko-fi.com/filmseizure Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/filmseizure/ Follow us on Mastodon: https://universeodon.com/@filmseizure Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/filmseizure/ You can now find us on YouTube as well! The Film Seizure Channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/FilmSeizure

In anticipation of the upcoming Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Elijah and Rex look back onto the filmography of the big ape with Ishirō Honda's King Kong Escapes.Kaiju Conversation is a podcast series diving into the world of tokusatsu featuring genres like science fiction, J-Horror, action, and comedy! From Godzilla, Gamera, and Ultraman to the deepest darkest places like Zeiram, Zebraman, and Tetsuo: The Iron Man.The podcast is hosted by Elijah Thomas and Jackson Gibbens. Email: kaijuconversation@gmail.comTwitter/Facebook: @kaiju_convers Instagram: kaiju_conversLinktree:https://linktr.ee/Kaiju_Convers YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuni8GjDt1abcYq39cOxzDw Discord Server:https://discord.gg/gEwRexe Merchandise:https://teespring.com/stores/kaiju-conversation • Host: Elijah Thomashttps://linktr.ee/ET13_PRODUCTIONS• Co-host/Editor: Jackson Gibbenshttps://linktr.ee/RexXenoOur special guests have been: Samson West, Daikaiju Legends, D Man1954, ProjectGodzilla, Deadzilla, Steven's Toy Reviews, Scrye Productions, Bianca Wallace, Benjamin Chaffins, Henry the Host, Travis Alexander, Connor Baxter, Nathan Marchand, Michael Hamilton, Matthew Blair, Frankie B. Washington, Mark Bailey, and Jack Hudgens.Don't forget to leave us a 5-star review!

Hello, Kaiju Lovers! Neil Riebe makes a dangerous journey to Hong Kong to join Nate for another “Godzilla Redux” with Son of Godzilla. This film was made in the “Year of the Kaiju,” 1967, and along with King Kong Escapes, was Toho's big contribution to it. The studio's “B team,” led by director Jun Fukuda, returned to helm this island adventure…that infamously introduced fans to “the Jar Jar Binks of the Godzilla franchise,” Minilla (aka Minya). But it also has some impressive insect kaiju. Believe it or not, this was made as a date movie…for very Japanese reasons! All this and more in the latest MIFV! Check out "Jimmy's Notes," the official follow-up blog to this episode: https://monsterislandfilmvault.com/index.php/2024/01/25/jimmys-notes-on-episode-83-son-of-godzilla-ft-neil-riebe/.  VISIT THE MIFV WEBSITE FOR FULL SHOW NOTES, INCLUDING A LIST OF SOURCES: https://monsterislandfilmvault.com/?p=2120.  Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org. Check out Nathan's spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip. We'd like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Damon Noyes, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, Ted Williams, Wynja the Ninja, Brad “Batman” Eddleman, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Eli Harris, Jake Hambrick, Edwin Gonzalez, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), Jonathan Courtright, and Robert Kidd! Thanks for your support! You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (https://www.patreon.com/monsterislandfilmvault) Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! (https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-monster-island-gift-shop). NEW MERCH NOW AVAILABLE! This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors. Timestamps: Introduction: 0:00-5:51 Main Discussion: 5:51-1:43:19 Outro: 1:43:19-1:54:03 Credits: 1:54:03-end Podcast Social Media: MIFV Linktree: https://linktr.ee/monsterislandfilmvault Nate's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/nathan_marchand MIFV is a member of PodNation (https://podnation.tv/) MIFV is one of Feedspot's top 10 tokusatsu podcasts! (https://blog.feedspot.com/tokusatsu_podcasts/) www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com #JimmyFromNASALives       #MonsterIslandFilmVault     #Godzilla            #SonofGodzilla          #GodzillaRedux © 2023, 2024 Moonlighting Ninjas Media  

Between Metropolis and Star Wars lies a 50 year wasteland of terrible movie robots. Every week we rate the robot from a movie, if it gets a score of 7 out of 10 then we say that it is not a shit robot. Today, we are deep-diving into the waters of a 1967 US/Japan co-pro called KING KONG ESCAPES. It features an enormous robot King Kong, what's not to love? Almost everythingWARNING! The S**t-bomb is sometimes uttered but nothing more. TikTok: @FiftyYOSRInsta: @FiftyYOSRNOTESINTERNET ARCHIVE: KING KONG ESCAPEShttps://archive.org/details/vlc-record-2020-03-24-15h57m50s-dvd___- THE PROBLEM WITH APU TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGzvEqBvkP8 HANK AZARIA: THE RIGHT THING TO DO WITH APUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrlpU99lGzI THE PROBLEM WITH APU WITH HARI KONDABOLUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC0P8dLSLg MATT GROENING ON RECASTING WHITE ACTORShttps://deadline.com/2021/02/the-simpsons-creator-matt-groening-recasting-white-actors-1234699766/ HANK AZARIA APOLOGIEShttps://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/13/hank-azaria-apu-the-simpsons-apology BOND VILLAINS WITH FACIAL DISFIGUREMENTShttps://theconversation.com/no-time-to-die-the-problem-with-bond-villains-having-facial-disfigurements-169411   Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

191 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956) Movie Discussion with Linda Jo Miller Steven is joined by Linda Jo Miller, star of King Kong Escapes, to discuss 1956's Godzilla: King of the Monsters! Ms. Miller will be appearing at Monster Bash, from October 13-15, 2023. To hear Steven's interview of Linda, please go to Episode 45. To learn more about Monster Bash go to www.monsterbash.us. Please leave feedback at DieCastMoviePodcast@gmail.com or leave us a message on our Facebook page. Thanks for listening!

Become a member of the Say You Love Satan Army today! Join us!www.patreon.com/sayyoulovesatanpodcastThis episode:- Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla (1974)- King Kong Escapes (1968)*outro track "Cultus Est Vivere" by Insanirwebsite: www.sayyoulovesatanpodcast.com email: sayyoulovesatanpodcast@gmail.comPlease rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes!instagram: sayyoulovesatanpodcastartwork: Sam HeimerSupport the show

After Godzilla leapt to the big screen in 1954, he quickly became Japan's most recognizable pop culture expression of lasting trauma and remorse over the nuclear end of their involvement in WWII. In the 1960s, Godzilla-inspired kaiju movies took this same metaphor of an unstoppable destructive force that indiscriminately kills both the innocent and the guilty with equal fury, and made it fun! Carlo Vanstiphout of Back Row Cinema and CRUD Buddies shares his expertise on his favorite era of Japanese monster movies and help us understand how Japan learned to stop worrying and love the atomic monsters. While Godzilla is discussed in detail, Carlo focuses mostly on Big G's Toho friends, as well as a certain fire-powered turtle and a stone giant from Daiei (Toho Studio's main kaiju competition).In this episode, Carlo navigates through the several dozen kaiju movies made in the Sixties and chooses six that he truly enjoys and thinks best represent what was happening in the genre at the time. Left to their own devices, Bart and Jenna could have blundered through these movies and perhaps drawn a few conclusions about the appeal of rubber monsters in the ‘60s. But thankfully Carlo is on hand to explain what the hell is going on in these colorful, outrageously fun, and often perplexing batch of films.The following films are discussed:• Mothra (1961) モスラ Directed by Ishirô Honda Starring Furankî Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyôko Kagawa• Frankenstein vs. Baragon (a.k.a. Frankenstein Conquers The World) (1965) フランケンシュタイン対地底怪獣 Directed by Ishirô Honda Starring Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Tadao Takashima• Daimajin (1966) 大魔神 Directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda Starring Miwa Takada, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Jun Fujimaki• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (a.k.a. Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster) (1966) ゴジラ・エビラ・モスラ 南海の大決闘 Directed by Jun Fukuda Starring Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chôtarô Tôgin• King Kong Escapes (1967) キングコングの逆襲 Directed by Ishirô Honda Starring Rhodes Reason, Mie Hama, Linda Miller• Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) ガメラ対大悪獣ギロン Directed by Noriaki Yuasa Starring Nobuhiro Kajima, Miyuki Akiyama, Christopher Murphy

Hello and welcome listeners to Episode 188 of Journey with a Cinephile: A Horror Movie Podcast. In this episode, your tour guide, David Garrett Jr., is continuing his Traverse through the Threes with #11. The Featured Reviews are The Boogeyman (2023) and the Seventh Victim (1943). This double feature isn't the greatest. What I can say though is crimes are committed and figuring out who the killer is makes the story. Also on this episode are Mini-Reviews of The Mummy's Shroud (1967), The Outwaters (2022), King Kong Escapes (1967), The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021) and Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966). I hope you enjoy coming on this journey with me! Time Codes: Intro: 0:00 - 2:55 Mini-Reviews: 3:01 - 23:49 The Boogeyman (2023) Trailer: 23:49 - 26:12 The Boogeyman (2023) Review: 26:12 - 36:33 The Seventh Victim Trailer: 36:33 - 37:46 The Seventh Victim Review: 37:46 - 50:22 Outro: 50:28 - 52:50 Social Media: Email: journeywithacinephile@gmail.com Reviews of the Dead Link: https://horrorreview.webnode.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dgarrettjr Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/buckeyefrommich Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/davidosu/ Instagram: davidosu87 Journey with a Cinephile Instagram: journeywithacinephile

Last year we had promised an episode on King Kong Escapes and Skull Island, well this year we're going to make things right. Partially right at least. King Kong Escapes and Skull Island were gonna be done as bonus episodes for KaiJUNE but things have gotten a little hectic out here so we edited the first bonus episode in with a different movie Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster, because we can't stop this podcast until we've covered every single Godzilla movie in it's extensive catalogue.First movie we cover is King Kong Escapes. If you're excited about a sequel to King Kong vs Godzilla by the same director... well you got one of those wishes, as we cover this movie that is completely separate from the canon of the previous movie. Then we move onto the 7th Godzilla movie covered by the Bloody Good Film Podcast, Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster.  We'll see how this one stacks up against the previous ones we've covered. It's definetly out of this world!Most importantly we'll let you know whether or not King Kong Escapes and Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster... ARE BLOODY GOOD FILMS!And remember... KEEP IT BLOODY BUDDIES!......#godzilla #kingkong #kong #honda #monsters #Film #Movie #Movies #Action #Horror #ActionFilm #ActionMovie #ActionMovies #HorrorFilm #HorrorFilms #HorrorMovie #HorrorMovies #ActionPodcast #HorrorPodcast #Slasher #80s #80sHorror #NewPodcast

In this 12th episode of the Maser Squad Podcast, we review Kong Escapes and Territory Issue 1, two thrilling stories of giant monsters and human conflicts. We also discuss the latest news in the kaiju / Toku fandom, including the MMPR 30th special, the Legend of the White Dragon movie, the Funko layoffs at Mondo, the Year of the Megalodon movies, the Gamera Netflix trailer, the Ultraman Netflix release date, the Shin Kamen Rider preview, and the Godzilla translated novellas. Plus, we give you some updates on the crowd funding projects we support, such as Stomped , Fall of Man, and Kaijus & Cowboys. Join us for a fun and informative episode of the Maser Squad Podcast! links Follow Us: http://linktr.ee/masersquad Blake McCarthy's Links https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/bmccomics/created https://globalcomix.com/c/territory https://twitter.com/BMcComics Time Stamps: 00:00 Intro 00:51 Mighty Morhpin Power Rangers Once & Always 05:12 Legend of the White Dragon Update 08:18 Funko Destroys 30 Million in Unsold Pops & Lays Off Half Of Mondo 14:00 The Black Demon April 28th & Meg 2: The Trench August 4th 19:50 Gamera Rebirth / Ultraman Final Season Poster 29:05 Shin Kamen Rider / Kamen Rider Amazons News 34:32 Godzilla & Godzilla Raids Again Translated Novelizations 36:03 Godzilla Here There Be Dragons 39:48 Crowd Funding Comic News 50:25 Territory Issue 1 Review 01:01:29 King Kong Escapes

To be fair, King Kong didn't seem to be captive for very long.Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really.Luke is getting back into extensively talking about monsters, and you will want to hear him here - especially if you are into Monster Hunter:https://monstermash.transistor.fm/Or the smaller, Pokemon kind:https://lukelovespkmn.transistor.fm/Matt's getting himself and others into the Twilight Zone with the Time Enough Podcast.  Hear it here:https://timeenoughpodcast.transistor.fm/Coming Soon:March 22 : Super Mario Bros.

Do you see what I see?Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really.Or the smaller, Pokemon kind:https://lukelovespkmn.transistor.fm/Matt's getting himself and others into the Twilight Zone with the Time Enough Podcast.  Hear it here:https://timeenoughpodcast.transistor.fm/Coming Soon:March 8 - LabyrinthMarch 15 - King Kong Escapes

It's barbarous!!Please do like, subscribe, and rate on all the things like Facebook, Twitter, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Wherever you happen to be hearing us, really.Luke is getting back into extensively talking about monsters, and you will want to hear him here - especially if you are into Monster Hunter:https://monstermash.transistor.fm/Or the smaller, Pokemon kind:https://lukelovespkmn.transistor.fm/Matt's getting himself and others into the Twilight Zone with the Time Enough Podcast.  Hear it here:https://timeenoughpodcast.transistor.fm/Coming Soon:March 1 - X: The Man With X-Ray EyesMarch 8 - LabyrinthMarch 15 - King Kong Escapes

On this Thursday edition of Drive-In Double Feature Podcast, Nathan and Ryan return to the old Toho well, but not for Godzilla. We are talking about the KING, King Kong with King Kong Escapes. Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/driveindoublefeaturepodcast https://twitter.com/didfpod and email us at: driveindoublefeaturepodcast@gmail.com

Our Annual Monster Double Feature is back!!  First, Godzilla gets a craving for lobster in Ebirah Horror of the Deep, while our favorite monkey fights his robot double in King Kong Escapes! OK who's got the butter? #godzilla #ebirah #mothra #kingkongescapes #kingkong #kong #gojira #toho #kaiju #gorosaurus #mechanikong

We look at yet another Ishiro Honda classic in the extremely colorful 007-style kaiju adventure of 1967's "King Kong Escapes". Get ready to monkey around deep dive into the history behind this production on this week's Kaiju Vs. History! Twitter: @kaijuvshistory Email: kaijuvshistory@kaijuvshistory Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/KaijuVsHistory/

In this week's episode, in addition to our usual nonsense, we have an interview with King Kong Escapes star Linda Miller (Lt. Susan Watson.) Ms. Miller will be appearing at Revolution Superfest Sept. 2-4 and All Monsters Attack Convention Sept 9-11. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mmftg/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mmftg/support

We never thought we'd be covering Dr. Who on the show, but here we are! Our favourite lanky-armed primate King Kong returns to the podcast and goes head-to-head with his mechanical double - who's gonna come out on top? Follow us on Letterboxd, Instagram & Twitter, and join our Discord. Check out our artists, Cassie Selin & dogora9898!

We discuss this scathing critique of civilization and learn why Kongs should be wild and free, swimming from island to island rocking dinos.

This movie has everything: Mad Scientists, submarines, dinosaurs, gorillas, hovercrafts, Mia Hama, robots, helicopters, big snakes. Therefore, this episode of Record All Monsters has everything, PLUS Courtney! AND Nathanael Ross Smith! Find us Online Nominate us (and Nathanael!) for a Rondo! Find Nathanael Online and on Instagram

We take a Quick Look at 1966's The King Kong Show, the animated series from which King Kong Escapes was spun off. You'll learn more about Rankin/Bass Productions than you probably ever wanted to know. Find us Online Nominate us for a Rondo! Our Patreon Our NEW King Kong Show T-shirt! Ephemeral Podcast on Rankin/Bass Quinton Reviews on Strange Rankin/Bass Specials TV Party Saturday Morning Cartoon Lineup 1966 The King Kong Show on DVD: Volume 1 Volume 2

The Fiascos sign up to earn their citizenship and tour the healing tank facilities as they contemplate Paul Verhoeven's upside-down adaptation Starship Troopers (1997).SHOW NOTES.Starship TroopersHost Recommendations:Infra-Man (1975)Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, aka The Great Yokai War (1968)Listener Recommendations:Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)Alien vs. Predator (2004)Alien vs. Predator (2007)The Black Scorpion (1957)Clash of the Titans (1981)Destroy All Monsters (1968)Ghoulies II (1987)In the Mouth of Madness (1994)King Kong Escapes (1967)Night of the Creeps (1986)Night of the Lepus (1972)Pacific Rim (2013)Support The Fiasco Family on Patreon.

Wird es plötzlich kalt? Höchstens weil dieser Film zum Teil am Nordpol spielt! Chris und Philip haben sich nämlich erneut Michael von StompedMovies eingeladen und sprechen, im Rahmen unseres #Kongtinue Monats über "KING KONG ESCAPES"! Hierzulande hieß der Film zwar "King Kong, Frankensteins Sohn", aber wer kommt nicht durcheinander bei den vielen "Frankenstein"- und "King Kong"-Titeln von Tohofilmen aus der Showa-Ära? Wir reden darüber, wie realistisch Gorosaurus' Känguruh-Kick ist, wo der Blech-Affe Mechani-Kong sein eigentliches Debüt feierte und wie toll die Frisur des fiesen Dr. Who ist! Auf jeden Fall müsst ihr euch jedoch die Filme von Michael ansehen! Diese und seinen Social Media Auftritt findet ihr unter den folgenden Links: youtube.com/c/NoBudgetNerd instagram.com/stomp_motion https://twitter.com/StompMotion Vergesst auch nicht uns auf Spotify und Itunes zu bewerten und auf https://twitter.com/DDD_CAST zu folgen.

Fonseca talks about fun Halloween Facts, Halloween 3 Season of the with..Where's Michael Myers? What if with Star Wars? Fonseca sits down with Linda Mille known for King Kong Escapes (1967), The Green Slime (1968) and Seven Faces of Man (1967

Fonseca talks about fun Halloween Facts, Halloween 3 Season of the with..Where's Michael Myers? What if with Star Wars? Fonseca sits down with Linda Mille known for King Kong Escapes (1967), The Green Slime (1968) and Seven Faces of Man (1967

Kal tackles the second Toho production of King Kong! In this episode, he discusses the film's origin, its connection to the Godzilla franchise, casting as well as emerging popular themes explored in the film

 This episode we have a rather odd combo for you: two animated series that couldn't be more different! We'll start with Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal, the story of a caveman and his dinosaur companion in a savage primordial world, and then we'll switch gears and look at the latest Star Wars animated series, The Bad Batch, which follows a squad of clone troopers after the fall of the Republic.Primal follows the adventures of Spear, a caveman, and Fang, his dinosaur companion. Both of them lost their families and so have bonded. So far there have been ten episodes. It's definitely not for kids - there are extremely gory, bloody battles with no punches pulled. But the stories are interesting and run from pure adventure to way out fantasy. Primal sets itself apart from many shows in that there is no dialogue in the show - Spear, the caveman, has no language and communicates only in grunts and shouts. The story is conveyed via the action and the interactions between the characters. The show also uses color very well to establish mood. Hopefully there will be a new season later this year.The Bad Batch follows Hunter, Tech, Echo, Wrecker, and Crosshair - Clone Force 99, aka The Bad Batch. This group of "defective" clones goes on the run after the end of the Republic and the rise of the Empire. The series fills a space in the Star Wars timeline and rather than focus on the Skywalkers or the Jedi, looks at things from the perspective of the clones, who were being replaced by the stormtroopers -recruits from around the galaxy, rather than clones grown to serve the Empire. There's been some strong episodes and some not so strong ones, but overall, it's provided some great insights to this era of Star Wars.There are a ton of other animated shows out now or about to come out, and we'll throw around some thoughts on them too. Between all the movies, live action, and animated shows, there's a ton of media for geeks right now!Before we get to the Sensor Sweep, just a reminder that there are two, count 'em two, Godzillafests coming your way this month in the San Francisco Bay Area. At the Balboa Theater in San Francisco, August 20-22, they'll be featuring King Kong Crashes Godzillafest, with special guest Linda Miller, from King Kong Escapes and The Green Slime. They'll show a ton of movies, including the original Kong, King Kong (1976), King Kong Escapes, Kong: Skull Island, and a smattering of Godzilla films. On the weekend of August 27- 29, it's Legendary Godzillafest, featuring the Legendary films, as well as the Millennium series, and special guest will be motion capture actor T.J. Storm, who played Godzilla. Bob will be on the radio talking about Godzillafest, along with Ms. Miller and Mr. Storm, on August 16 on radio station KFJC 89.7FM with Rob Emmett at 6 pm pacific time (you can also find them online).Commander Larry has an appropriate Sensor Sweep - it's Masters of the Universe Mini Muglets available at Walmart. They are two-ounce ceramic shot glasses from Geek Tikis. It features four muglets in a plastic container that looks like Castle GreySkull. What better to accompany your viewing of He-Man: Revelations? That's all for this episode. What animated shows are you watching? Let us know!Twitter: https://twitter.com/Planet8CastFacebook: www.Facebook.com/Planet8PodcastLater, gators!

Finally, the Black Widow movie has been released! It's been delayed over a year, but now it's out in the theater (as well as on Disney Plus), and your intrepid crew has made the journey back to the theater to check it out. In this SPOILER-FILLED review, we'll share our thoughts on the film and how it works with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As a bonus, we also discuss the Disney Plus series  Loki, which takes the villain/anti-hero through an adventure that has major implications for the rest of the MCU.Black Widow takes place between Captain America: Civil War and Infinity War, and provides a glimpse into Natasha's life before she became an Avenger. On the run from Thunderbolt Ross, Natasha winds up returning home after her long lost "Sister" contacts her, and she learns that the Red Room program that turned her into an assassin is still operating.The Planet 8 crew discusses what we liked about the film, the performances, the little bits of connective tissue to other MCU films, and so much more. This film introduces some major characters, including Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, aka the "other" Black Widow, David Harbour as the Red Guardian and the villain Taskmaster, whose identity is rather controversial. If nothing else, it was a great spotlight for Scarlett Johansson and a good send off for the character.The Loki TV show was a mixed bag for the Planet 8 crew. Certainly Tom Hiddleston did a wonderful job in providing us with a Loki of real substance who goes through extensive character growth. The story itself was complex and with the timestream fractured, should feed directly into Spider-Man: No Way Home and Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. What other Marvel properties might we see come out of this? Phase 4 looks to be full of surprises!Our Sensor Sweep brings us some great shows coming to the Bay Area. In August, there will be two Godzillafest shows at the  Balboa Theater in San Francisco.  On August 20-22, it will be King Kong Crashes Godzillafest, with a number of King Kong kaiju films as well as many Godzilla films, and special guest Linda Miller from King Kong Escapes. Then on August 27-29, it's Legendary Godzillafest, featuring many Legendary Godzilla films, with special guest TJ Storm, motion capture artist who played Godzilla. Both weekends will have vendors with tons of goodies. And there will even be a show t-shirt. Go to Bay Area Film Events to get all the info about tickets, what movies are going to be shown, and more!We'd love to hear your thoughts on Black Widow and Loki! Did you go to the theater to see Black Widow? Was it your first time back in the theater? Let us know how you felt about the movie and your experience. As always, leave a comment here or hit us up at our other locales:Twitter: https://twitter.com/Planet8CastFacebook: www.Facebook.com/Planet8PodcastDosvedanya!

King Kong Escapes | King Kong Lives - Hey everyone! We're kicking off another MPM Monster Month of May with a couple of King Kong flicks. Dehart chooses King Kong Escapes (1967) and King Kong Lives (1986). In this episodes, we discuss sequels that pull things out of left field, Stephen goes on a sidebar about how awesome alligators are, and Phil debates the legitimacy of a giant ape surgeon job. Enjoy!Check out these other podcasts from UC:United Cypher Presents…The Curly Mustache PodcastThe Edge of the World Broadcast Check out these other bangers:NerdonomyThe Whiskey ReelSean Vs. WildCode Yellow: A Scare Actor's PodcastSorry To Waste Your TimeFollow us on Twitter @MPMPodcastFollow us on Instagram @motionpicturemeltdownMake sure to click on our logo to the left to subscribe on Apple Podcasts and Spotify FOR FREE!Don't forget to rate and review!Metal Donkey KongAwesome 80's effects.They really hook you with this one. Is this a job?Hillbillies...

Brandon and Zach travel to Mondo Island to discuss King Kong Escapes! They talk its unique place in the King Kong mythos, influences from the 1933 original film, Japanese/American co-productions and voice dubbing, and much more!SCREAM QUEEN COUNT12FRANCHISE SCREAM QUEEN COUNT100RATINGSBrandon: 3/5Zach: 2/5IS THIS FRANCHISE FATIGUED?Brandon: NOZach: NOUnited Federation of Podcasts is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help produce the podcast! Tim CooperChrissie De Clerck-SzilagyiMahendran RadhakrishnanJim McMahonCasey PettittVictor GamboaJustin OserVera BibleGreg MolumbyTom ElliotKevin ScharfTom Van ScotterAlexander GatesJim StoffelFit RogersVanessa VaughanChris TribuzioThad HaitAnn MarieJoe MignoneJosh BrewingtonYou can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/ufpearth

Hard to believe this is our 25th episode! 25 years of movies. Seems like 6 months ago. This week's movie is from Toho, and Rankin/Bass, King Kong Escapes (1967). That's right the people behind Godzilla, team up with the people behind Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, to bring you a Kaiju film with a giant robot ape! When villainous Dr. Who (Not that one!) tries to gain access to 10 thousand tons of the radioactive Element X, he builds Mechani-Kong, a robotic duplicate of King Kong, to mimic the giant ape's legendary tunneling skills. When the radiation causes the robot to fail, he must kidnap and hypnotize the real Kong to complete his plans. Kong escapes and is forced to fight his robotic duplicate to save Tokyo, and the world, from the mad scientist's plot. Learn about the film, and all the weirdness around is conception and release in this week's episode. Join Wyndham Jennings on another dive into the weird, wild, wacky, wonderful world of overlooked, and underappreciated films in Celluloid Fever Dreams! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/celluloidfeverdreams/support

Topic: King Kong     The move is over, and we’re back with new episodes.  And we pick ourselves back up with one of our more recent topic, on our way to their epic faceoff, we’re studying King Kong, The Eighth Wonder of the World.  Unlike his nemesis, Godzilla, King Kong has a far smaller collection of movies by comparison, but his impact on American pop culture and history and certainly been around in America just as long as his Japanese Counter Part.  And as we await their epic battle, we learn a bit about the massive ape, and study his movies to see what we can gleam off the future encounter.     Creation Created by Merian C. Cooper for his title movie, King Kong (1933), young Cooper was fascinated with primates.  Upon growing older, he eventually started working in the motion picture industry and after production finished on The Four Feathers(1929), he started thinking his next picture would be something to do with Primates.   A year later, he found himself at RKO, a major movie studio, and Cooper began development on what would be King Kong, deciding that his primate would be giant sized.  He had actually decided the ending of the film first, liking the idea of his giant primate fighting war planes atop of the New York Insurance Building.  Famously, Cooper liked the idea of pitting a giant primate against a dinosaur, but decided to focus on one main character instead.   The name for King Kong took some development however.  Cooper originally like names that started with a K, but found himself having a difficult time coming something that sounded mysterious and catchy.  In original scripts, the title monster was only referred to as ‘The Beast’, but the studio did not like the generic name.  Eventually, after notes from the studio, Cooper landed on the name ‘Kong’, but in worried it would sound like a docudrama instead, like other one word films at the time.  He added ‘King’ to differentiate it, thus became King Kong.     Fictional History King Kong is a massive Monster Primate, who originates from ‘Skull Island’, a mysterious island that King Kong lives with other prehistoric mammals and creatures.  The island is thus named due to the skull shaped mountain that lies at the center of the island.  The island is also home to the ancestors of a once highly civilized nation that previously built a wall to keep in the monsters on the island.  Though the name was never used in the original 1933 film, the name was featured in the novelization that came out two months prior to the movie, and has since stuck.   Though described as prehistoric Ape, King Kong has a number of human like qualities, notably, his ability to walk upright in an anthropomorphic manner.  He is described as being upwards of 40-50 feet tall, he was later rescaled to be 18-25 feet tall in the original 1933 film.  In most initial western versions, King Kong is roughly 25 feet tall, however in later Japanese versions, he was scaled in size to be similar to Godzilla.  Most recently, in the 2017 film, he was 104 feet tall, and finally 337 feet tall to fight against Godzilla in 2021.   In most early versions of the character, King Kong is a villain, however, in more recent films, he’s given a sympathetic story, and is even the hero in some of these movies.      History While a major film icon in the west, the character’s intellectual property owners have been split between various parties through history, making the character a difficult character to track.  Initially, the rights were thought to belong with Cooper, but in 1962, when the character was licensed to Toho to make King Kong vs Godzilla (1962), Cooper sued RKO.  Even though there was quite a number of evidence in Cooper’s favor, some key documents were lost between his time in the military and his return home, which the courts found that RKO owned the character.   Eventually, concern over the rights would come up again in 1975 when Universal Studios were trying to make a King Kong Film.  Eventually Universal Studios went to court, arguing that the King Kong novelization and serialization were now in the public domain, but that Universal couldn’t infringe on the original 1933 film.  A later ruling affirmed that the Cooper estate has owned the rights to King Kong’s name, story, and character, which were later sold to universal in 1976.      The character himself has appeared in less than a dozen films over the last 88 years.    King Kong & Son Of Kong (1933) The initial films released by RKO, with the success of the initial King Kong movie, a subsequent film was released later in the year.   King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) After the success of Godzilla in Japan, they looked to make further movies in the franchise.  This moving being the 3rd movie in the Godzilla franchise, it was also the first time either character was portrayed in a color film, showing what they would look like in color.  This King Kong was different from its original western counter part, which included: Coming from Faro island instead of Skull Island Being able to absorb electricity Being same relative size as Godzilla, (100 feet) The film is famous for having to two creatures attacking different parts of Japan, before getting together on the summit of Mount Fuji and fighting each other.  In the end, both tumble in to the ocean, with only King Kong rising up from the depths and swimming back to Faro Island.   King Kong Escapes (1967) In another first, predating Mecha-Godzilla, this 1967 film offered a Mecha-King Kong, a similar mechanical version of the title character.  The film sees a mechanical King Kong digging for a mysterious element, but the robot goes haywire, which results in our heroes capturing King Kong and taking him to Mecha-King Kong to finish each other off.  They eventually can’t do it, and instead somehow get to Tokyo from the North Pole, and recreate the famous ending of the 1933 film, this time using the Tokyo Tower instead.  After defeating Mecha-King Kong, King Kong swims back to his island, never to be heard again.  This is also the version time King Kong seems to have a handler so sorts, as there is a woman who has the ability to control King Kong.    King Kong (1976) A modern remake of the original 1933 film.  This film was what started the law suits with Universal Pictures, as Paramount Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis were attempting to remake the original film, and bought the rights from RKO-General.  The film is a largely faithful remake, but take places in 1976 instead of the original 1933 time frame.   King Kong Lives (1986) A sequel to the 1976 film, King Kong had been alive the entire time, but is currently dying.  In order to save him, they need to transfuse blood from a similar creature, which is where introduce a ‘Lady Kong’, and another similarly sized King Kong primate who helps save King Kong. The film sees King Kong die after the events to save Lady Kong, but Lady Kong gives birth to their son, and returns to Borneo to live peacefully with their son. King Kong (2005) This is the Peter Jackson film that took 3 hour to watch.  A retelling of the 1933 film from a 1933 perspective, it focuses on a film maker, who hires a crew to get footage of the amazing creature, before bringing it back to New York.  The film was well received and earned top marks for its special effects and acting. It was also the first live action film in nearly 20 years.   Kong: Skull Island (2017) As a part of Legendary’s MonsterVerse, which focuses on King Kong and Godzilla movies created in the west.  The movie take places in the same world as Legendary’s other 2014 and 2019 Godzilla movies.  The film follows Monarch, as it searches to map out the various ‘Titan’ monsters around the world.  The Film does a good job of introducing other monsters and setting up the world, and stars Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L. Jackson.  The movie also teases Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, which was the next major movie to come out.   Godzilla vs Kong (2021) The newest feature, which is a sequel to the 2017 film and 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters.       King Kong in Pop Culture There have been multiple illusions to King Kong in various media over the last 88 years, ranging from parodies and humorous references, to near duplication.  Famously, scenes have been reference and re-used in various cartoons, such as the Simpsons, Futurama, The Muppets, and more.  Other movies have references scenes from King Kong as well, including the Nutty Professor, Lego Batman: The Movie, and even Jurassic Park’s dinosaurs were based off the films.    Donkey Kong Franchise The 1981 Nintendo franchise about hero trying to save his girl friend from the title character.  The fact that you travel up buildings that and face off against a large ape were clear illusions, as Nintendo wanted to make a King Kong game.  The character himself would continue on as something much different as the 90s moved on, moving in to a hero role, and being re-imagined as a primate family that fought to save their island.  He was named Donkey Kong, to mean ‘Stubborn Gorilla’.   Rampage Franchise An 1986 arcade classic sees three Kaiju sized monsters destroying a city.  These monsters include a Godzilla/Ymir analog in Lizzie, a giant werewolf in Ralph, and a King Kong like gorilla names George.  The series has several remakes over the years, usually coinciding with new video game hardware and platforms at they came out.  It was adapted in to a film in 2018, which include the Rock leads a rare Albino-Western-Lowland Gorilla that knows sign language, and eventually grows to city-toppling proportions.     Homework: Kong: Skull Island (2017): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OULoar_y7H4 Godzilla vs Kong (2021): Available on HBO Max and in Theaters

King Kong Escapes | King Kong Lives – Hey everyone! We’re kicking off another MPM Monster Month of May with a couple of King Kong flicks. Dehart chooses King Kong Escapes (1967) and King Kong Lives (1986). In this episodes, we discuss sequels that pull things out of left field, Stephen goes on a sidebar … Continue reading "MPM: Ep. 414 – Kong Wants To Score"

This week we are visiting our old friends at Toho for Japan's second Kong film King Kong Escapes. This time around, Kong must face off against his robotic doppelganger and the evil Dr. Who in a vicious battle for survival! But is this film a worthy follow-up to King Kong vs. Godzilla? Or is this movie as ugly as Kong's suit? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our social medias: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stompthisway Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stompthisway Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stompthisway The final track is "Starting up MechaniKong" by Akira Ifukube  Don't forget to join us next week for Mighty Joe Young (1998)!     

We are joined by our guest, award-winning graphic novel author and Toho Yaro co-host Joey Weiser (@Joeyweiser) to talk all about KING KONG ESCAPES. This one is a whole lot of fun, both on its own terms and as a really weird artifact of history with its Rankin/Bass origins. The show is also consistently stolen by Hideyo Amamoto as Dr Who (no, not that one) who is always a joy to talk about. And of course there's the monkey! and the robot monkey! Also a dinosaur in there too! It's a great time, so please take some time to hang out with us as we chat about this wild movie. Follow us on twitter! @EWD_Podcast @Anti_Laser @Wazpranger Check us out on Patreon at patreon.com/explodewhendefeated

When you have a movie with a giant ape and his mechanical clone, it only makes sense to invite Alex of Monsters vs. Men to monkey around. Despite the reputation the film has, however, do Chris, David, and Alex find much to discuss, or does Dr. Who and Crew just make our hosts want to cuss? (Worst. Rhyme. Ever.) Watch King Kong Escapes on Archive.org here.

This week we tackle a toho classic with a mechanical twist! Travis wows everyone with his rap skills, while Michael tries to keep from facepalming himself unconscious. Follow our Twitter @KaijuWeekly. Email us at kaijuweekly@gmail.com

Elwood and Stephen set sail for Mondo island in this second attempt by Toho studios at a King Kong movie as they team up with Rankin / Bass for this follow up to “King Kong Vs. Godzilla”. So get prepared for giant ape madness as Kong battles his robot clone “Mechani-Kong” in a battle for ape supremacy!! We also look at the the legacy of Gundam Wing, Stephen also shares his thoughts on the live action “Ghost In The Shell”, the use of blackface in cinema and why Attack on Titan is so essential plus much more!!

Original Duology (1954-1955) Godzilla (1954) Godzilla Raids Again (1955) Revival (1962-1968) King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) Son of Godzilla (1967) Destroy All Monsters (1968) Champion Series (1969-1975) All Monsters Attack (1969) Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) Other Toho Kaiju Films Rodan (1956) The Mysterians (1957) Varan (1958) The Three Treasures (1959) Mothra (1961) Gorath (1962) Atragon (1963) Dogora (1964) Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) The War of the Gargantuas (1966) King Kong Escapes (1967) Latitude Zero (1969) Space Amoeba (1970) Princess from the Moon (1987)

Directed by Ishirō Honda Produced by Tomoyuki TanakaArthur Rankin Jr. Written by Takeshi Kimura(screenplay) (as Kaoru Mabuchi)Arthur Rankin Jr.(concept) Starring Akira TakaradaRhodes ReasonMie HamaLinda MillerEisei Amamoto Music by Akira Ifukube Cinematography Hajime Koizumi Edited by Ryohei Fujii Productioncompany Toho StudiosRankin/Bass Distributed by Toho (Japan)Universal Studios (USA) Release dates July 22, 1967 (Japan) June 19, 1968 (US) Running time 104 minutes (Japan)96 minutes (USA) Country JapanUnited States Language JapaneseEnglish Box office $1,000,000 (US/ Canada)

King Kong fights a robot version of himself. Yes, this movie actually exists.