Tokusatsu TV Shows of the 70s: Tetsujin Tiger Seven & Spectreman
Out from the ashes I rise again, clawing myself out of the rubble. What will I do first? See my loved ones? Lay with a female of my own species? No. I will watch some tokusatsu TV shows from the 70s.
Orochi Strikes Again (1985)
Orochi Strikes Again has an almost Ed-Woodian hilarity that is enough to melt even the coldest of hearts. LONG LIVE OROCHI!!!
Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988)
This movie is definitely worth a watch for any fan of Japanese effects-riddled-apocalyptic-occulty-sweeping epics.
‘Necromania’: A Tale of Weird Love! (1971)
Ed Wood has always existed on the bottom rung of cinematic artistry so it would stand to reason that he would descend into the grimy sordid world of skin flicks, blueys, fuzzy films... pornography.
Battle Girl: The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay (1991)
Kazuo ‘Gaira’ Komizu a one of the first of the wave of Japanese directors to make graphic and shocking cinema in a sterile mainstream sea of mediocrity. Getting his nickname Gaira from a character in a kaijū movie he is a figurative monster in the film industry with experience spanning over 35 years. He is...
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead (2011)
Noboru Iguchi is a prominent cult SPLATTER director from Japan. He has directed many great gorefest shenanigans including; The Machine Girl (2008), Mutant Girls Squad (2010), Robo Geisha (2009), The Ancient Doogoo Girl (201) and the nostalgic Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011). Before doing “legitimate” movies, Iguchi started his caREAR as a AV (Adult Video) director. During...
Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Eiichi Yamamoto is probably most famous for his child friendly Battleship Yamamoto series as well as a very successful Astro Boy movie. However between the two in 1973 he directed and co-wrote the movie Belladonna of Sadness. Based on “The Witch” by Jules Michelet and considered to be one of the earliest animated pinku films,...
