Ep 50 - GODZILLA REBORN (PT 2 of 2): GODZILLA (2014) / GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023)

GODZILLA (2014) d. Gareth Edwards (USA) GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) d. Takashi Yamazaki (Japan) Join AC and his awesome panel of guests (Dan Caffrey, Barry Kaufman, Michelle Kisner, Mark Matzke, Lee Price) for the second half of our special TWO-PART EPISODE celebrating 70 years of Godzilla! Tonight, we'll discuss the first installment of what would come to be known as the Legendary Monsterverse, 2014's Godzilla, as well as last year's Oscar-winning critical and box office smash, Godzilla Minus One. Get ready to rumble!!! --------------------------------------- DAN CAFFREY is a Brooklyn-based playwright, screenwriter, podcaster, and lifelong horror fan Caffrey currently co-hosts The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast and Halloweenies: A Horror Franchise Podcast, both on Bloody Disgusting's podcast network, Bloody FM. He received his MFA In Playwriting from UT Austin and has also written as a cultural critic for The A.V. Club, Consequence, Pitchfork, Vox, and elsewhere. His favorite horror movie is Halloween. His favorite movie-movie is also Halloween. (https://www.dancaffreywrites.com/) BARRY KAUFMAN has been committed to spreading the gospel of obscure horror and science-fiction cinema since writing the fanzines Monsters of Japan and Demonique in the 1970s and 80s. He ran All-Horror Video out of a house in the woods in Homewood, Illinois through the 1980s, followed by his shop The House of Monsters in Chicago from 1996 to 2007. He now vends at genre related shows and programs festivals in the Chicago area featuring his inconspicuous film favorites. MICHELLE KISNER is a film critic, freelance writer, and physical media advocate. She has contributed to several websites to include The Cultural Gutter and The Movie Sleuth and is also a member of the Michigan Movie Critics Guild. MARK MATZKE is the narrative voice of numerous Small Town Monsters documentaries such as "Sasquatch Unearthed." He's featured on STM's YouTube series "UFOs Revisited," and has written for Stephen Bissette's upcoming "Cryptid Cinema 2," Nostalgia Digest and G-FAN. LEE PRICE is dedicated to preserving and celebrating our history, culture, and monster movies through his work with the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts and freelance writing. Occasional guest blogger at "Wonders in the Dark." https://wondersinthedark.wordpress.com/ --------------------------------------- Keep Searching, Keep Exploring, and, most importantly, Keep Sharing the Scare!