DOGORA / Toho - 1964 / Music by Akira Ifukube

In Japan, they say Uchu daikaijû Dogora!.. Whatever that means!

Here, tonight, we have yet another super movie for Sinoland! Of course, the master, Ishirô Honda, directs this 'gem.' There's a pun, there! Plus, there's lots of excellent eye candy for your viewing pleasure!

Everything starts with Japan watching as their satellite is attacked and destroyed by some unknown force in space! Looks like some giant space amoeba, that's pretty creepy.

What can we say about Mr. Akira Ifukube that we already haven't said many times before, the man had 268 composing credits and wrote Godzilla's and Rodan's themes... What else do you need to know?!

So, let's get on with the show! Here's... SOUNDCLIP NO LONGER AVAILABLE

Other strange things are beginning to happen! Check this guy out!! He's been drinking saki, so, he doesn't even know the difference!! Feels pretty damn spiffy, I'd bet!

Here's one of my favorite guys, Robert Dunham! He worked out well whenever Toho needed a blond American wiseguy and he spoke Japanese! He starred in TIME TRAVELERS and THE GREEN SLIME, but, I think he's great as Emperor Antonio of Seatopia, the ruler under the Earth in GODZILLA vs MEGALON, which also featured Jet Jaguar!! Robert also directed TIME TRAVELERS.

Photos of the space creatures, and, a real one eating away at this safe!

Like an atomic blast... Beautiful, but deadly!

The scene where the inspector tries to shoot Mark's handcuff chain, before they are both blown up at the hands of the bad guys, is interesting and pretty damn funny!!

Isn't that just like a beautiful woman, trying to make off with the diamonds when nobody's looking?! Oops, the boss was looking!

Science is left to deal with the monster, so, they give it their best shot. Looks complicated!

HOLY FREAKIN'!!!..

INTO THAT CAVE!!!

The monster is defeated and all the debris falls back to Earth. A fitting end for that murderous gang of crooks!

Everything's okay now, everybody, the skies are clear!!

GIANT FROM THE UNKNOWN - Albert Glasser - "Care Baers" (1958)

The Baer family should have really been called the "Bear" family considering the average size and power of Brothers Max and Buddy Baer, and even, Jethro, I mean Max Baer Jr. What a family!!! Max Baer, at 6'4", and once Heavyweight Champion of the world, with a record of 72-12 with 52 knockouts was the older brother of Buddy Baer who towered over most folks at 6'7", and who also had remarkable Heavyweight boxing career with an awesome record of 50-7 with 43 knockouts, but he could never pull the string when it came down to winning the championship, and it took my main man Joe Louis to stop him, so he went on to play giants and big guys in a lot of films instead, and "Giant From The Unknown" is one of those titan roles!!!!

They just don't make cop cars like this Plymouth anymore, that's for sure!!

Dungeon Icons Morris Ankrum and Bob Steele as Dr. Frederick Cleveland, and Sherriff Parker!! What a pair of guys!!

The local hero is portrayed by none other than Ed Kemmer, who, besides being on every conceivable TV show in the 60's, was also, as you all know, Commander Buzz Corry in 68 episodes of "Space Patrol!"

Look close, and you'll see that the giant wasn't buried that good or that deep!!

The "GIANT" music for this feature was composed by the master of 'Large' music, Albert Glasser himself, who we have written about too many times because of all his varied work with none other than Mr. B.I.G. himself on "BIG" movies like "The Spider," The Cyclops" and "The Amazing Colossal Man" just to name a few!!

And if Buddy wasn't big enough by himself, put a big helmet on him, get a small girl, and put her downhill from him! Just like the "Mysterey Spot" in Santa Cruz!!

Like all the guys in 1958, Buddy really liked Sally!!!

And why not?? Everybody loved Sally!!

For this role, Buddy's makeup was by the master Jack Pierce!!

Don't worry kid, you're only seven feet up, it won't hurt much!!

Richard Cunha should be congratulated for directing this work of fine art!! And here's one final shot of "how many million cowboy movies has he been in" Bob Steele, the effervescent Sally Fraser, and the omnipotent "Doctor, General or Chief" Morris Ankrum!

Ed Kemmer ain't no Joe Louis, but somehow manages to take the giant out for the final count!!!

UFO TARGET EARTH - "We Know What We Saw (Vivian)" (1974)

In modern text lingo, if you write UFO backwards, it's O,FU!! I think you get the idea of where this film is heading and where it's been. Once again, I hate to be redundant, but "UFO Target Earth", is the embodiment of why we've decided to mostly review films of the 50's and 60's, I mean after all, let's face it, a little bit of the 70's goes a long ways!!

Can you say Wollensak??? Oh, to only have those tapes again!!!

Hey Baby, I like your jacket and shades!!! AaOooh!!!!

Oh, Man, oh man, those 70's studs are on the prowl tonight!!

This has got to be the most flagrant boom mike in the shot scene in film history!!

Setting up the big chingadero watchamacallit thingamajig, and backwards no less!! That really takes some huevos!!

This sound sample is prefect, it starts off with the worst "Bread" knockoff you ever heard, and segues into some of the most deranged off kilter, off key "Country Love" disco imaginable; it was actually contorting my face too, to listen to it, until the cool funky bass driven drivel distracted me!

Sorry I don't know who did the music, I can't seem to find the credit info online, and they're unreadable on a 20 pack copy!