A Really Great Review of “Atomic Beasts and Where to Kill Them – Barbarians of the Storm, Book II” – “Blood and Gore Galore In Store” by Katharine Frances.Pairs well with: Toei’s other kaiju and tokustatu stuff, as well as lower budget, more generic kaiju pictures that don’t feature famous monsters. I doubt it will wow you but at least you can check it off of your list. If you’re a kaiju completist though, you should probably check this out. If you like this style of film, there are so many that are much better. There isn’t a subtitled version of this that I have been able to track down. In all honesty, the atrocious dubbing really hurts the picture and is probably a major reason as to why this plays so poorly. This never got a theatrical release in the United States but it did appear on television in 1987 with a terrible dub track. This really is just a standard kaiju movie but one with generic looking monsters that lack the personality of Toho or Daiei’s more famous creatures. Being that this is Japanese though, the animals here are much more fantastical than their more plausible American counterparts. It was never brought back for the show’s nationally televised run unlike several of their first season features.Ĭonsidering the era in which this film was made, it was greatly inspired by Jaws and the Hollywood trend of having giant animals attack humans. While I have watched a lot of Toei pictures, this one eluded me until I found it at the end of the original first season of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Basically, this is a really boring movie and I’m a guy that loves kaiju and tokusatsu films. Yes, the scenes from the trailer are in the film but the movie lacks energy and excitement and the action just seems pretty minuscule. The trailer for this Toei picture is actually infinitely better looking than the film itself. Written by: Masaru Igami, Isao Matsumoto, Ichirô ÔtsuĬast: Tsunehiko Watase, Nobiko Sawa, Shotaro Hayashi Legend of Dinosaurs and Ominous Birds (Japan), The Legend of Dinosaurs (US alternate title) Also known as: Kyōryū Kaichō no Densetsu, lit.
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