Stomp This Way

For his fourth outing, Gamera must save two boy scouts from the evil aliens from Viras! But can he do it with these massive budget cuts? Or does this film split apart like the top of Viras's head? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our social medias: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stompthisway Facebook...

In our final adventure with Cosmos, he must take on fellow being of light Justice in a battle that will determine the fate of the planet. But does the film send this Ultra series soaring into the cosmos? Or does it deliver a deadly final blow? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our social medias: Twi...

For this episode we're diving deep into the obscure territory with the 1955 Ishiro Honda film Half Human. Not only is it obscure, but controversial as well, as Toho pulled it from theaters due to its portrayal of indigenous peoples! But does all of this equate to an interesting collection of moving pictures? Or was all of the hubbub over nothing? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at w...

In the third film of the franchise, we are introduced to Gamera's arch villian: Gyaos. With a thirst for blood and a fear of light, he will take on our giant turtle friend for dominance in the skies over Japan. But is he even in the same ballpark as Godzilla's archenemy Ghidorah? Or is his introduction ruined by this film's obsession with the board room? Listen and find out!  You can visit our web...

This week we are covering our second Ray Harryhausen movie in 20 Million Miles to Earth, in which an American rocket returning from Venus crash lands and unleashes an alien monster on the city of Rome. But did this film feature Harryhausen at the top of his game? Or were we wishing we were 20 million miles away from this movie? Listen and find out!   You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.p...

Cosmos is back for his second feature film and this time he must team up with some undersea aliens to save the Earth from the evil Sandros. He's even brought a new friend along named Ultraman Justice. But does this film do justice to the Cosmos brand? Or is it drowning in the very sea Ultraman is trying to save? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You ca...

For the second entry in the franchise, Gamera faces his first monster foe in Barugon, in beautiful Technicolor no less! But is this film as fiery as Gamera's breath? Or does the lack of monster action put this film on ice? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our social medias: Twitter: https://twitter...

A couple of weeks ago Paramount released the film Love and Monsters straight to VOD after COVID thwarted their plans for a theatrical release. Aaron paid $25 (!) so that our hosts could determine whether or not this is worth your hard-earned money. Would this movie have been worth a theatrical release in a normal year? Or was straight to streaming the right pathway for this film all along? Listen...

This week we begin our journey into the Gamera franchise with Gamera, the Giant Monster! In the first of twelve entries of this series, Gamera is awakened by a nuclear bomb and proceeds to set Tokyo ablaze! But did the giant turtle get off to the masterful start that Godzilla did in his first film? Or is the first Gamera movie a generic kaiju affair? Listen and find out!   You can visit our websit...

Hell hath no fury like a (giant) woman scorned! In this week's episode, we tackle the 1950's classic Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, in which a wealthy young woman is irradiated by an alien and turned into a rampaging giant! But is this film as fun as its wacky title would suggest? Or does the "B" in this B-movie stand for boring? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.pod...

In this week's film, Godzilla's arch nemesis Ghidorah gets a reimagining as the anime trilogy draws to a close. But did this conclusion end this lackluster animated outing on a high note? Or are all three films a lost cause? Listen and find out!   You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our social medias: Twitter: https://twi...

In this episode we review the recently released kaiju parody film Notzilla, in which a giant monster with a thirst for cheap beer wreaks havoc across Cincinnati. But was this a lovingly-crafted laugh fest? Or is it a meanspirited drag? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our social medias: Twitter: ht...

For the middle chapter in the anime trilogy, the survivors of Godzilla Earth's attack must use the nanotechnology left over from the carcass of Mechagodzilla to defend themselves from the King of Monsters. But is this film an improvement over its predecessor? Or is this film's plot as static as its animation? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can co...

In this episode we discuss the 2010 Norwegian found-footage film Trollhunter, in which a group of college kids follow a hardened old man on his hunt for trolls. But does this film hold a candle to Cloverfield? Or is this movie little more than a 100-minute tourism commercial for Norway? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthiswa...

Between the two Hollywood films, Toho and Netflix collaborated to bring us the first Godzilla anime outing in Planet of the Monsters. But does this film do enough to please both Godzilla and anime fans alike? Or is this movie a disappointingly drab affair? Listen and find out!   You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gmail.com Visit our soc...

This week we watch the second half of the Attack on Titan duology End of the World, in which Eren and co. have to overcome a series of increasingly difficult obstacles in order to seal the breach in the outer wall. This film definitely takes a much different direction than the anime, but it is a welcome change? Or will our hosts be more than happy to put these live-action adaptions behind them? Li...

In 2016, the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion and the special effects wizard behind the 90's Gamera trilogy came together to make Shin Godzilla, Toho's first live-action Godzilla film in 12 years. On paper, it sounds like a match made in kaiju heaven. But how did it translate to the screen? Listen and find out!    You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at st...

In a first for this adventure, we are reviewing an Ultraman "prequel" film! In the first episode of the Ultraman Cosmos show, it's teased that the main character, Musashi, had a past experience with Cosmos as a child. Well, this film is a 90-minute exploration of that fateful encounter. But is this film astronomically entertaining? Or is it a disaster of cosmic proportions? Listen and find out!  Y...

In this episode we review Shinji Higuchi's live action adaption of the popular anime Attack on Titan. Does this film capture the best elements of the anime and translate them to the big screen? Or does this film join the long line of live action anime adaptions that disappoint? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway1954@gma...

In May of 2014, Hollywood unveiled its second attempt at an American Godzilla movie with Gareth Edwards' Godzilla. As it turns out, the movie wasn't really about Godzilla, but instead it focused on his two new foes. But are the MUTOs at least worthy adversaries to Godzilla? Or does this movie die along with Bryan Cranston's character? Listen and find out! You can visit our website at www.stompthis...

While Gareth was off making Godzilla, Vertigo Films decided they needed a sequel to Monsters, so they brought on Tom Green to helm the follow-up. What Green came out with was a war movie that happened to have monsters in it. But does this film compare favorably to other giants of the genre like The Hurt Locker and Saving Private Ryan? Or does this film get caught in quick sand? Listen and find out...

In the year 2000, Tsuburaya Productions reunited the cast of Ultraman Tiga for the film The Final Odyssey, in which Daigo must deal with demons from Tiga's past in order to save the world. But was this movie a worthy follow-up to Tiga? Or should this cast reunion have remained off-screen? Listen to find out!   You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com   You can contact us at stompt...

In 2004, it was Godzilla's 50th anniversary, and Toho wanted the big guy to go out with a bang. The product of this was Godzilla: Final Wars, in which Godzilla goes on a world tour beating down on all of his classic foes. But was this movie a blast from the past? Or was it an overcrowded mess? Listen and find out!   You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com   You can contact us at...

Before he directed Godzilla, Gareth Edwards began his career with a low-budget indie feature simply titled Monsters. Did our hosts see in this movie what the execs at Warner Bros. must have seen to give Edwards the job of helming Godzilla? Or were our hosts waiting for a NASA satellite to crash down on them and put them out of their misery? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www.st...

In the penultimate film of the millennium era, Godzilla must take on two of his oldest adversaries in a battle to the death in the streets of Tokyo. But does the addition of Mothra help this movie soar to new heights? Or is this movie just a jumbled rehash of better films of the past? Listen and find out!  You can visit our website at www.stompthisway.podbean.com You can contact us at stompthisway...