Category: Bonus

Hello, Kaiju Lovers! The South Korean leg of The Monster Island World Tour comes to an end in this bonus episode with a movie that exemplifies what Korean kaiju cinema did wrong before The Host: War of the God Monsters (aka The Flying Monster). This movie, which was released stateside by SRS Cinema, floundered in obscure infamy for years, and with good reason—it stole all of its monster footage from Ultraman! Yep, aside from one life-size prop, there’s nary an original monster in sight. If you thought the stock footage in All Monsters Attack and Gamera: Super Monster was bad, prepare to have those become your new favorite movies! Then Nate answers some listener feedback.

Edited by Christopher Riner with Nathan Marchand.

Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip. Henshin Power V3 coming July 10, 2024 (Ultraman Day)!

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This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.

Timestamps:

• Main Discussion: 0:00-16:19
• Ad (Toku Toy Town): 16:19-17:41
• Outro – Listener Feedback and Housekeeping: 17:41-29:53
• Credits: 29:53-end

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Bibliography/Further Reading:

• Bramhall, Paul. “War of the God Monsters | aka The Flying Monster (1985) Review.” City on Fire. 21 Feb. 2023. https://cityonfire.com/war-of-the-god-monsters-aka-the-flying-monster-1985-review-korean-kaiju-godzilla-ultraman/.
• Derendorf, Kevin (kevndr). “Old-school Special Effects with S(e)oul.” Maser Patrol. 1 April 2021. https://maserpatrol.wordpress.com/2021/04/01/old-school-special-effects-with-seoul/.
• “Film / War of the God Monsters.” TV Tropes. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/WarOfTheGodMonsters.
• “Flying Monster, The.” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Monster.
• “Korean Kaiju Chaos! Exploring Korea’s Beloved and Obscure Monster Cinema.” Presented by Elijah Thomas and Daniel DiManna. Uploaded by Daikaiju-fanboy. 20 July 2023. https://youtu.be/GS9YjIHsIn8?si=zW6MOTb6aHYZQN8_.
• Ron Bonk e-mail interview. Conducted by Nathan Marchand.
• “War of the God Monsters.” IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13877410/.
• “WAR OF THE GOD MONSTERS Review – Ultra Sans Ultra.” YouTube. Uploaded by Omni Viewer. 29 Sept. 2021. https://youtu.be/E_gFXZ_EUm4?si=pbBBmRmxqxDI5Vmg.
• “War Of The God Monsters – The Korean Ultraman Rip Off.” YouTube. Uploaded by Corrupt Nostalgia. 10 Feb. 2023. https://youtu.be/TmdMi1CFDks?si=zIllhXXM_wwZ-c9e.
• “War of the God Monsters (1984) – Ultra Gaiden.” YouTube. Uploaded by ZaGorudan. 3 Aug. 2023. https://youtu.be/-geDpQm6ndU?si=YrUI7G_PQh8p4ZeY.

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