Join hosts Byrd and Matt as they discuss all things giant monsters, tokusatsu, and Japanese fantasy films. We'll also cover comics, cartoons, toys, books, and more! Come here for a regular dose of everything from Godzilla and Gamera to King Kong and Ray Harryhausen to Ultraman, and everything in between!
https://kaijutransmissions.podbean.com
episode 259: Toku Terror in Hong Kong: The Seventh Curse (1986) and The Cat (1992)
For the first horror episode of October, we are joined by our three most frequent guest hosts (for the first time together), Trev, Kevin, and Tom to discuss movies so crazy we needed five people to make sense of them. We look at a pair of Hong Kong horror films from director Lam Ngai Kai (of Riki-Oh fame) based on books from the Chinese "Wisely" series. Not only do these films have future Hong Kong stars like Chow Yun Fat, Maggie Cheung and Gloria Yip, but they also feature special effects from Japanese monster veterans such as Keizo Murase, Shinichi Wakasa, Shinji Higuchi and more! We'll discuss the history of these brain melters (including the obscure origin of the Cat) and see if we can talk about them without sounding insane. Relax and enjoy the conversation!