Monsters Conquer the World first emerged from a fissure in the Earth as a kaiju movie review blog. The original, overly ambitious plan was to do in-depth, humorous reviews of every single giant monster movie and Ultraman episode I could get my eyeballs on. MCTW is mutating and evolving in weird and wonderful new directions, but these colossal creatures are burned into my DNA forever and ever. I will never fully shut up about them, they live in my soul.

You can jump to any review using the links below. Movies and shows are sorted by franchise/series, then in order of release. Click here for episodes of the Monsters Conquer the World Podcast.

GODZILLA

 Shōwa Era ~ 1954-1975

• Gojira (1954) / Godzilla: King of the Monsters! (1956)
• Godzilla Raids Again (1955) / Gigantis, The Fire Monster (1959)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
• Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) / Monster Zero (1970)
• Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) / Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (1968)
• Son of Godzilla (1967)
• Destroy All Monsters (1968)
• All Monsters Attack (1969) / Godzilla’s Revenge (1971)
• Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1970) / Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster (1972)
• Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) / Godzilla on Monster Island (1977)
• Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) / Godzilla vs. the Bionic Monster / Godzilla vs. the Cosmic Monster (1977)
• Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975) / The Terror of Godzilla (1978)

Heisei Era ~ 1984-1995

• The Return of Godzilla / Godzilla / Godzilla 1984 (1984) / Godzilla 1985 (1985)
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
• Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) / Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1998)
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
• Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla (1994)
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium Era ~ 1999-2004

• Godzilla 2000: Millennium / Godzilla 2000 (1999)
• Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)
• Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)
• Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
• Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa Era ~ 2016-Present

• Shin Godzilla / Godzilla: Resurgence (2016)
• Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)
• Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)
• Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)

Godzilla vs. Hollywood! ~ 1998-Present

• Godzilla (1998)
• Godzilla (2014)
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
• Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

KING KONG

• King Kong (1933)
• Son of Kong (1933)
• King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
• King Kong Escapes (1967)
• King Kong (1976)
• King Kong Lives (1986)
• King Kong (2005)
• Kong: Skull Island (2017)
• Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

GAMERA

Shōwa Era ~ 1965-1980

• Gamera, The Giant Monster (1965) / Gammera the Invincible (1966)
• Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) / War of the Monsters (1966)
• Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) / Return of the Giant Monsters (1967)
• Gamera vs. Viras (1968) / Destroy All Planets (1969)
• Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) / Attack of the Monsters (1969)
• Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) / Gamera vs. Monster X (1970)
• Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
• Gamera: Super Monster (1980)

Heisei Era ~ 1995-2006

• Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
• Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
• Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (1999)
• Gamera the Brave (2006)

ULTRAMAN

And Related Productions

• Ultra Q (1966)
• Ultraman (1966-1967)
• Ultraseven (1967-1968)
• Redman (1972)

TOHO MONSTER MEDIA

Without Godzilla

• Monster Snowman (1955) / Half Human (1958)
• Rodan (1956)
• Varan (1958) / Varan the Unbelievable (1962)
• Mothra (1961)
• Dogora (1964)
• Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
• War of the Gargantuas (1966)
• Space Amoeba (1970)
• Zone Fighter (1973)
• Mothra / Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
• Mothra 2: The Battle Under the Deep Sea / Rebirth of Mothra II (1997)
• Mothra 3: Invasion of King Ghidorah / Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)

HOLLYWOOD MONSTER FILMS

• Mighty Joe Young (1949)
• Them! (1954)
• 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
• The Giant Claw (1957)
• The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
• The Black Scorpion (1957)
• Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
• War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
• Q / Q – The Winged Serpent (1982)
• The Iron Giant (1999)
• Cloverfield (2008)
• Pacific Rim (2013)
• Colossal (2016)
• Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)
• Rampage (2018)

OTHER JAPANESE MONSTER MEDIA

• Daimajin (1966)
• Return of Daimajin (1966)
• Daimajin Strikes Again (1966)
• The Magic Serpent (1966)
• The X From Outer Space (1966)
• Gappa: The Triphibian Monster / Monster from a Prehistoric Planet (1967)
• Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972)
• Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds (1977)
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
• Big Man Japan (2007)
• Howl From Beyond the Fog (2019)

INTERNATIONAL MONSTER FILMS

• Konga (1961)
• Gorgo (1961)
• Reptilicus (1963)
• Yongary (1967)
• At the Earth’s Core (1976)
• The Mighty Peking Man (1977) / Goliathon (1980)
• Pulgasari (1985)
• Galgameth (1996)
• Yonggary (1999) / Reptilian (2001)
• The Host (2006)
• D-War / Dragon Wars: D-War (2007)
• Trollhunter (2010)

OTHER ARTICLES

• G-Fest 2015
• Haruo Nakajima Retrospective

COMICS

• Godzilla: The Half-Century War (2013)
• Kaijumax (2015-2022)

GAMING

• King of Tokyo (2011)
• King of New York (2014)