Kaiju Vs. History

Apr 13 2025 187 ep. 49 mins 24

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This podcast is a chronological crash course of Kaiju cinema history with hosts Myles and Patrick. We examine the production, reception and legacy of every single giant monster movie ever created to finally see who wins the battle of Kaiju Vs. History!

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Episode 187 - Rampage (2018)

Apr 13 2025 48 mins

Its time for Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Seven Bucks Productions to take a classic kaiju video game and adapt it for the silver screen. This film made bank at the box office but failed to capture a positive critic's consensus. Will this flick stand out though as a monster movie or is it a better action video game adaptation at its core? Find out along with us as we both revisit thi

Episode 186 - Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

Apr 06 2025 62 mins

Five years after the powerhouse original mecha vs kaiju film we finally get a sequel, though this time without the direction of soon to be academy award winning Director Guillermo Del Toro. Will this movie stand a chance with a new cast of main characters and a director taking his first stab at a feature film? We will answer that question and more this week as we take a look at 201

Episode 185 - Atlantic Rim: Resurrection (2018)

Mar 30 2025 29 mins

The sequel mockbuster this week many constantly forget exists, as the film it apes also fell out of theaters fairly quickly. Can an Asylum film do the impossible and improve over its prior film while the movie its ripping off gets worse? Find out by listening to this week's Kaiju Vs History as we take aim at 2018's "Atlantic Rim: Resurrection"

Episode 184 - Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)

Mar 23 2025 40 mins

This week we start in on the Netflix Godzilla Anime trilogy of film from Toho Animation and Polygon Pictures. Will this far flung future film start off the three well or will it start with uneven footing? Find out as we watch this week's 2017 flick "Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters"

Episode 183 - Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Mar 16 2025 65 mins

The start of the Monkey Monsterverse is here with a period piece Kaiju Kong film. Will a massive Hollywood budget be enough to help kickstart this monster? Or will this series need more to survive its sophomore second film? Find out with us as we take a look at 2017's "Kong: Skull Island"

Episode 182 - Shin Godzilla (2016)

Mar 09 2025 73 mins

It is finally time to look at one of the most unique and frightening takes on Godzilla of all time. Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno decides to leave the Kaiju world in stunned silence with a masterpiece. Does this film hold up nearly a decade later? Find out as we fight for the survival of humanity in "Shin Godzilla"

Episode 181 - Kaiju Mono (2016)

Mar 02 2025 42 mins

We quickly return to Japan and the mind of Minoru Kawasaki as he sets his sights on skewering both Kaiju and Por-Wrestling with some of Japan's biggest stars from both. We set aside out biases and try to look at this fun film with fresh eyes as this week we are climbing in the ring with none other than 2016's "Kaiju Mono"

Episode 180 - Colossal (2016)

Feb 23 2025 48 mins

Anne Hathaway was looking for a weird project to help her break out of a creative box and boy did she find one. We take a look at one of the oddest entries on this list as Hollywood goes Kaiju with one of the biggest casts of all time in 2016's indie darling "Colossal"

Episode 179 - Kong: King of the Apes (2016)

Feb 16 2025 33 mins

We take a look at a mostly forgotten children's show developed and aired on Netflix in a first for the streaming era. Will this show take the bottom spot of the animated Kong adaptations we've seen (so far) or will it make up for its tiny tyke audience? We dive into all that and more on this week's episode looking at 2016's "Kong: King of the Apes".

Episode 178 - Outerman (2015)

Feb 09 2025 41 mins

We take a look at Minoru Kawasaki's hilarious take on generations of Ultraman parody this week with his love letter to both Showa and Heisei era TV kaiju. Will this more earnest and less farcical comedy stand out in his filmography or will this be a skippable offense of a film? Find out with us as we watch for the first time 2015's "Outerman"