Horror: Aliens, Robots, Kaiju & Post-Nuke Sci-Fi Meltdowns

After a long absence, legendary Kaiju terrapin Gamera returned to the big screen in the ‘90s with Gaurdian of the Universe (just in time for his 30th anniversary), with upgraded special effects and a more serious tone. Gamera, the original "hero in a half-shell" (Arrow Video) has been the definitive box-office rival to Godzilla for decades. In Guardian, Gamera faces...Read More

A holy grail among kaiju fans, Space Monster Wangmagwi is a 1967 South Korean kaiju film that was long thought to be lost until an original print emerged out of the blue recently. Directed by Gwon Hyeok-jin (The Swordsman), this big creature flick features aliens from another world who seek the conquest of Earth with a flying saucer invasion and unleash a gigantic m...Read More

A volcanic eruption in the North Atlantic brings to the surface a 65-foot prehistoric monster. Two treasure divers capture the creature and take him to London where he made the star attraction at a circus. A scientist is thoughtful enough to point out that the sailors' bonanza is only an infant, and that a full-grown specimen would be over 200 feet in height. Sure e...Read More

Global warming leads to excessive melting of the southern polar ice cap, disrupting Earth's ecosystem. The receding ice brings long dormant ancient sea creatures back to life, monsters that set their sights on Japan. Among the kaiju is an enormous sea beast the locals refer to as the legendary Raiga. The monster attacks the city of Asakusa, bringing death and destru...Read More

Over 250 feet long from tip to tail, the massive sea creature, KRAA!, has been sent to destroy all life on Earth and claim the "Warm Planet" in the name of the evil Lord Doom. The only hope of survival now rests with THE PLANET PATROL; four powerful young intergalactic crime fighters. Rated PG.

A never heard signal arrives from deep space to Earth disturbing all communications. At the same time a UFO appears above the Antarctic sea. Captain Alex Hamilton along with his crew and space ship are sent outside the Solar System to find the origin of that signal. They reach an unknown planet where a crazed and short circuited giant robot has enslaved a whole popu...Read More

Using an all puppet human cast and a fantastic monster suit, Howl From Beyond The Fog is a completely novel experience in the world of kaiju films. The 35 minute film is followed by a comprehensive making-of documentary in this streaming double feature. Set in Kyushu during the Meiji era, a blind girl, named Takiri, and the blind monster from a nearby lake, named Ne...Read More

When a lab experiment goes wrong, Benjamin Knight is left invisible while his scientist friends trying to find a formula that will restore his visibility to last the rest of his life.

This lost Korean Kaiju has never been released in North America until now. Dr. Kim believes that ancient dinosaurs are waking up due to global warming rapidly melting the glaciers where they have slept for thousands of years. The recently widowed scientist, now in isolation to study his theories outside the judgemental eye of the public, struggles to find balance wi...Read More

A direct homage to the horror/sci-fi/creature features of the 50s and 60s, right down to the poor quality film, "rubber monster", bad dialogue, numerous puns and negligible budget. What makes this film so unique is the gathering of luminaries that came out of the woodwork to participate, including the original stars of classic films like "The Thing From Another Worl...Read More

Dr. Karl Zimmer (ROBERT SYMONDS) is a brilliant Romanian scientist who is working on a top secret assignment with his daughter Zanna (JANE CALDWELL). They are developing a crystal-like element called Super-con,that could become the most powerful force on earth. If this element were to fall into the wrong hands it could mean the end of the world as we know it...Dr. Z...Read More

spaceship returns from deep space to find the Earth in "The Aftermath" of a nuclear and biological war. The streets are filled with mutated survivors feeding off the weak and a Manson-like figure called Cutter, Sid Haig, "The Devil's Rejects" (2005), "House of 1000 Corpses" (2003), "Jackie Brown" (1997) is reigning terror down on all others. Cutter and his gang of ...Read More

The root of all evil! The sleepy little town of Comet Valley has been invaded by plants from outer space. Intent on taking over the Earth, the space plants have found a way to pollinate humans, thus turning them into walking seed carriers. Can the resourceful residents fight off the alien invaders, or is the planet doomed to become an alien garden' Directed by cult ...Read More

The classic era of drive-in schlock was near its end in 1959, but there was still time for The Giant Gila Monster, a no-budget howler from producer Gordon McLendon. In The Giant Gila Monster, a lizard takes on a small town. If that's not enough for you, there are plenty of cool cars and some ersatz rock 'n' roll sung by the movie's star, Don Sullivan (The Monster of...Read More

Its engine roars with a deafening thunder. The sleek, dark profile cuts through the night like a sword through flesh. Devoid of human emotion, it kills to live. It has torn into our dimension from the Hell of another world. An alien being with a mission to destroy the one person on earth that prevents its immortality. There is no place to hide - when the MURDERCYCLE...Read More

Atomic Age and Stone Age collide when a new planet appears in our solar system, within sight of Earth, prompting a two-man, two-woman rocket flight that finds giant animals and reptiles, some reminiscent of our planet's prehistoric monsters. A key early low budget Bert I. Gordon production with the "prehistoric monsters" played by a magnified iguana and other lizards!

A year before their jaw-dropper SHOCKING DARK, director Bruno Mattei and co-writers Claudio Fragasso & Rossella Drudi first collaborated on this brain-melting mash-up of PREDATOR, ROBOCOP and Philippines war movie mayhem. When a team of badass commandos is hired for a jungle rescue mission, they’ll instead find them hunted by a kill-crazed creature that is part man,...Read More

In 1994, aspiring Niagara, Ontario filmmaker Erica Benedikty was working part-time at a community cable channel. Over the course of a year – and aided by a dedicated team of friends, volunteers and fellow film rebels – she wrote, produced, directed and edited a wildly ambitious, feature-length sci-fi action thriller for only $250. But when she convinced her employer...Read More

In 1989, it became the first Canadian shot-on-Super 8 gore shocker commercially released on VHS. Today, it remains perhaps the most bizarre, depraved and mind-boggling chunk of 'Canuxploitaion' ever unleashed upon humanity. Adult film superstar Amber Lynn and co-writer/producer Barry J. Gillis star in this surreal saga about two friends who visit a remote cabin, onl...Read More

1980. A team of astronauts investigate the mysterious deaths of two previous expeditions to a strategically important but barren world at the edge of the Milk Way.

For his own entry in the '80s Italian Post-Nuke cycle, Joe D'Amato combines a prescient script, ferocious action and an unprecedented cast of ItaloCult icons to create "one of the better Spaghetti Sci-Fi films of the decade" (Rivets On The Poster): In a radiation-ravaged future, an underground society of mutant rebels will attempt to overthrow the tyrannical governm...Read More

Be careful what you wish for... You just might get it! Nothing attracts attention more than a sealed box... And old McCreedy, the studio's night watchman, should have known that he was courting disaster when he warned Kevin, the new trainee, to stay away from the old vault. But, now, it's too late... The Hobgoblins make no exception for idle curiosity. They're loose...Read More

A group of skeptical government officials headed by General Randolph are brought to a remote laboratory for a demonstration in “Psychic Materialization”, a successful side effect of an experimental drug. But the project scientists had warned that not enough testing had been completed to access safety concerns. In a freak accident during the demonstration to the poli...Read More

Deep in a tropical jungle, a team of scientists has unearthed the bones of an ancient creature, buried in the ruins of a forgotten civilization. Led by the gifted but unorthodox Dr. Karl Wessinger (Jürgen Prochnow), the team has discovered a way to remove strands of DNA from the bones of the fossil. Now all they need to reanimate the creature and bring to life the f...Read More

Imagine a pulsating mass of gray matter, expanding in size and strength as it takes control of human minds and devours human bodies. It could never happen, right? Just watch Independent Thinking, starring Dr. Anthony Blakely (David Gale, Re-Animator), a hot new TV program. But as the show's ratings continue to soar, so does the suicide and murder rate among its view...Read More

Assigned to cover the space shuttle landing, college newspaper reporter Marci and her colleagues head out to a restricted area of the desert, where they are also attempting to prove the existence of aliens they believe have landed there. When the shuttle crash lands nearby they sneak into headquarters and stumble upon a secret, unauthorized experiment that has gone ...Read More

World War IV has ravaged Earth, and its survivors must battle for food, shelter and companionship in a post-atomic wasteland. This classic sci-fi tale follows the exploits of a young man, Vic (Don Johnson), and his telepathic dog, Blood, as they struggle through the barren wilderness. In the midst of their meager existence, foraging for scraps of food and battling r...Read More

1963 Summer. Nagano, the president of the Daiei Film Company, is in need of a new hit movie. He’s convinced by his special effects director Tsukaji to make a giant monster motion picture - but to outdo the studios’ competitors, not just any monster movie, but a “Giant Horde Beast” feature. Along with veteran director Muraoka, assistant director Yukawa, and producer ...Read More

Something strange is happening in the wilds of Mexico. Radioactive waste has contaminated the major waterways and once harmless sea creatures have developed frighteningly complex intelligence systems... the OCTAMAN is on the prowl! From the co-writer of the original "Creature From the Black Lagoon" and the makeup effects wizard of An American Werewolf in London come...Read More

When a group of scientists travel to a remote island to study the effects of nuclear weapons tests they get stranded when their airplane explodes. They soon discover the island has been taken over by crabs. But these are no ordinary crabs, they have mutated into giant intelligent monsters. To make matters worse, the island is slowly sinking into the ocean. Can any o...Read More

An alien creature has been waiting millions of years for a chance to breed, and its time has finally come when a group of space explorers unwittingly lands on its home planet. The 12-member crew is investigating for possible origins for the planet's vanished civilization. Instead, they awaken the planet's creature and discover that the horror to come is more terrify...Read More

A small Japanese village is obsessed with killing a monstrous whale that has decimated its hunting parties. The town's wealthiest man offers his land, position, and only daughter to the individual who can kill the demon whale. Shaki, a popular young man whose family has been massacred by the beast, steps forward. Based on Koichiro Uno's award-winning novel published...Read More