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1989 marked the start of the Heisei era in Japan. It also marked a new direction in tokusatsu films beginning with Godzilla vs. Biollante and Gunhed. This tome covers all the Japanese giant monster movies produced from 1989 up to 2019''s Godzilla: King of the Monsters. This book covers a broad range of titles, from well known fare such as Gamera, Guardian of the Universe (1995), Rebirth of Mothra (1996),  and Monster X Strikes Back (2008) to independent kaiju movies Reigo, King of the Sea Monsters (2008) and Attack of the Giant Teacher (2019).  In addition to giant monsters, this book also covers all of Tsuburaya Productions Heisei era Ultraman films from from Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna (1998) all the way up to Ultraman R/B The Movie (2019). 

From the 1950s onwards, far eastern filmmakers from Japan, China, and Korea—but mostly Japan—cranked out a bevy of dai kaiju (“giant strange beast”) movies. This guidebook covers not only all the Godzilla and Gamera movies produced during Japan’s Showa Era (1954-1989), but also offshoots like Yongary, Monster From the Deep (1967), Agon, the Atomic Dragon (1968), Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972), Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977), and more! Also covered are a bevy of famous tokusatsu (“special effects”) films like Invisible Man vs. the Human Fly (1957), Submersion of Japan (1973), and Virus (1980). From classics like King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) to obscure rarities like 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (1974), this book has got it all!

Ever since the early days of cinema, starting with the 1910 FRANKENSTEIN, monsters have been the stuff that movies are made of. This guidebook includes all of Universal's "Classic Monster" movies from DRACULA (1931) to ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY (1955) and THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956) to Hammer Film's CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957) to THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES (1974). Also reviewed are related horrors like Turkey's DRACULA IN ISTANBUL (1953), Mexico's THE NEW INVISIBLE MAN (1958), Japan's FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (1965), Spain's COUNT DRACULA (1970), Italy's LADY FRANKENSTEIN (1972), and Germany's NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979) to name only a few. From well-known classics like DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1920) and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) to off-shoots like I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF (1957), BILLY THE KID VERSUS DRACULA (1966), and BLACULA (1972), this tome has got them all!

In addition to being the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico was also once the Land of Bewitchment. Witches used to streak across the skies as fireballs, creep along the streets as black cats, and flutter into the trees in the form of owls. When they weren't casting the Evil Eye, they might be concocting a dish of worms disguised as goat's cheese or making a love potion for a client. And those were just the Spanish brujas. Elsewhere, Navajo skinwalkers stalked the deserts and prairies in wolfskins, and the ghosts of Apache witches possessed bears in the forests. From historical accounts like the Abiquiu witch trials and Luis De Rivera's deal with the Devil to familiar folktales like Panfilo and the Cat-Eyed Witches and the Witches in the Oldest House, this tome collects all of New Mexico's best known witch-tales and accounts.

In addition to being the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico was also once the Land of Bewitchment. Witches used to streak across the skies as fireballs, creep along the streets as black cats, and flutter into the trees in the form of owls. When they weren't casting the Evil Eye, they might be concocting a dish of worms disguised as goat's cheese or making a love potion for a client. And those were just the Spanish brujas. Elsewhere, Navajo skinwalkers stalked the deserts and prairies in wolfskins, and the ghosts of Apache witches possessed bears in the forests. From historical accounts like the Abiquiu witch trials and Luis De Rivera's deal with the Devil to familiar folktales like Panfilo and the Cat-Eyed Witches and the Witches in the Oldest House, this tome collects all of New Mexico's best known witch-tales and accounts.

Get ready to explore a bevy of prehistoric paths not taken across the silver screen in... LOST FILMS OF THE LOST WORLD! Explore THE LOST WORLD's lost footage and deleted cannibal subplot; delve into lost LOST WORLD sequels like ATLANTIS and a spoof to star Charlie Chaplin; uncover a forgotten adaptation of MYSTERIOUS ISLAND in 1929; explore the wilds of 1951's JUNGLE MANHUNT to find a deleted dinosaur scene; ponder the possibility that dinosaur test footage meant for THE LOST ATLANTIS popped up in THE LOST CONTINENT; and unravel the tangled web that turned a monster-less sequel to HERCULES UNCHAINED into GOLIATH AND THE DRAGON. Then, see what could have been if Willis O'Brien had been allowed to complete GWANGI in 1942 as opposed Ray Harryhausen's 1969 VALLEY OF GWANGI, and other 'what-could-have-been' scenarios! See THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS envisioned as a tentacled alien or a mythical minotaur as opposed to a dinosaur; picture THEM! filmed in Technicolor 3-D; marvel at GORGO wrecking Tokyo instead of London in KURU ISLAND, and watch in awe as dinosaurs run amuck in the original planned finale of 1961's MYSTERIOUS ISLAND! All this plus reviews of 'Movies That Time Forgot' like UNKNOWN ISLAND, EEGAH!, TWO LOST WORLDS and more from the likes of Mike Bogue, Neil Riebe, Blake Matthews, Matthew B. Lamont and Lee Powers!

Even though the "Golden Age of Newspapers" came to an end in the early 20th Century, tales of dinosaurian monsters remained in print. Plus, with photographic evidence of mystery creatures like Nessie and Bigfoot emerging, not to mention the new science of cryptozoology, perhaps the idea of remnant dinosaurs wasn't so strange after all. This new tome in the Cowboys & Saurians series sets out to explore North America's more notable dinosaur and cryptid encounters of the modern era. From Nebraska's Walgren Lake Monster fiasco of the Roaring Twenties to the Minnesota Ice Man of the Swinging Sixties all the way up to the Colorado River Dinosaur phenomenon of the early 2000s, this tome hits all the high points. After reading this book, you'll ask yourself: Was a North Dakota farmer's account of nearly being run off the road by a dinosaur in 1934 inspired by the Arthur Grant Loch Ness account of the same year, or was it a genuine close-call with a cryptid? Was the "vampire" Beast of Bladenboro a run-of-the-mill varmint, or a supernatural shapeshifter out for blood? Was the animal behind the Texas "Big Bird" Flap of 1976 a pterosaur? Did starved, Depression-Era Wisconsinites take to eating a race of rare, pygmy mastodons? Was the infamous Glacier Island carcass of the 1930s a dinosaur or a whale? Why did a Churubusco, Indiana, farmer nearly go bankrupt trying to prove the existence of a titanic turtle? Was Kentucky's Milton Lizard a descendant of Ohio's Crosswicks Monster? And, finally, what does an 1892 Iguanodon sighting at Devil's Hole have to do with a lost city of giants found under the sands of Death Valley in 1947?

This 100-page monster-sized issue explores Hammer's classic 1958 opus Horror of Dracula uncut-including an examination of scripted scenes that went unfilmed, plus footage both lost and found, like the infamous uncut death scene discovered in Japan. Then, discover the lost version of Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman where Bela Lugosi spoke as the monster, plus a version of Blood from the Mummy's Tomb starring Peter Cushing. Elsewhere Joey Palinkas charts the development of John Brosnan's Carnosaur from a truly epic novel to a not so epic but fondly remembered series of Roger Corman films and Danny Lee Beane braves the depths of Beware! The Blob (with some side detours into unmade Blob sequels). Maxwell Bresee celebrates the 50th anniversary of the long forgotten Japanese thriller, Terror in the Streets. In the first of an epic three-part series, Stan Hyde covers all the unmade versions of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Kyle Byrd debunks some common myths regarding King Kong's lot spider pit scene. Bride of Godzilla's 65th Unniversary is celebrated, plus much, much more!!!

THE LOST FILMS FANZINE PRESENTS MOVIE MILESTONES #2, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) and the looming 50th anniversary of Creatures the World Forgot (1971) with an eye towards the obscure and the unmade. For instance, did you know that When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth began with the title of Curse of the Dinosaurs with the hope that Raquel Welch might return as Loana? Or, that the film was also meant to feature giant ants, eels, and a Tyrannosaurus at one point? Did you know that Creatures the World Forgot has some surprising ties to the late David Allen's still-in-development The Primevals? What about When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth's cancelled sequel, Dinosaur Girl, and a Hammer remake of King Kong? Also aborted was When the Earth Cracked Open, a caveman adventure set to star Caroline Munro with effects by Ray Harryhausen. Explore this exciting, hidden history along with brief coverage of related films like Prehistoric Women (1967), When Women Had Tails (1970), and Caveman (1981).

For two years between 1896 and 1897, the skies of North America were invaded by a wave of airships possibly inhabited by alien beings. This book presents an in-depth case study of the more notable sightings and encounters.

It was nearly 50 years ago now that Jaws swam into cinemas and shocked theater goers. In its wake it left numerous sequels and rip-offs like Orca, Jaws 2, Piranha, The Last Shark, Jaws 3-D, Monster Shark, and Jaws: The Revenge to name only a handful. But you knew about those already, didn''t you? But what about the sequels and rip-offs that never surfaced to terrify audiences... movies like Bert I. Gordon''s Devil Fish, Dino De Laurentiis''s Orca Part II, and John Sayles'' Sea Dragon of Loch Ness, ever hear about those? What about the spoof Jaws 3, People 0, that eventually became Jaws 3-D? Did you know Jaws 2 began shooting with a different cast, director, and a darker version of the script before it was retooled by studio executives? And lastly, were there ever any real plans for a Jaws 5? From the author of Kong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island take a deep dive into the murky history of the Jaws sequels, prequels, remakes, and rip-offs that never saw the light of day in Jaws Unmade!