@chrisstewardson.bsky.social
monster movies. wrote a book on GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1964), out now. profile pic by Yuji Kaida.
a newspaper listing from the Memphis Press-Scimitar, Memphis, TN, dated 12 December 1958. The advertisement shows three sets of double bills at three cinemas. These double bills include EARTH VS. THE SPIDER and THE BRAIN EATERS, THE BLOB and I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE, COSMIC MONSTERS (a.k.a. THE STRANGE WORLD OF PLANET X) and THE CRAWLING EYE (a.k.a. THE TROLLENBERG TERROR).
Which double bill are you seeing?
Lister in the Memphis Press-Scimitar, Memphis, TN, 12 December 1958.
Grand King Ghidorahโs initial rampage is genuinely so impressive, too?
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a man, armed with a gun, is frightened
a mysterious group of people in a black setting composed of white circles
A discussion between Dan, the hero of Ultraseven, and Alien Metron, around a Japanese coffee table
A battle in the sunset between Ultraseven and Alien Metron
Ultraseven - Episode 8 (1967)
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On Wednesday, Israel killed 33 Palestinians, including 12 children, in its latest violations of the Gaza ceasefire. Those killed include Palestinian families trying to return home and others caught in Israeli attempts to assassinate Hamas leaders.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
Please help Farah and her family today.
22.11.2025 17:16 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Please help Mahmoud and his family ๐๐ธ๐
16.11.2025 19:50 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Youโre much too kind, Alex! Thereโs a lot that I should have done better (wording thatโs imprecise, arguments that need more work, or arguments that I didnโt make that I really should have, etc) but Iโm very grateful to hear that bits of it have been useful!
15.11.2025 15:06 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Gosh, this is such a kind and generous assessment! Thank you very much, Alex! I hope it can be useful!
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If you want a model of how to do Kaiju scholarship, look no further than @chrisstewardson.bsky.social's great book on Ghidorah, the Three-headed Monster! Snappy & accessible, but wide-ranging and informed by deep knowledge of relevant historical, political and genre contexts. Highly recommended!!
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a still photo from STAR WARS (1977), showing Chebacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon.
A screenshot from MESSAGE FROM SPACE (1978) showing most of the filmโs leads: Sonny Chiba, Makoto Sato, Hiroyuki Sanada, Philip Casnoff, and Peggy Lee Brennan.
STAR WARS + MESSAGE FROM SPACE. Partly made bc of the former, Kinji Fukasakuโs SF draws more from Nansล Satomi Hakkenden, ahead of his more direct 1983 adaptation in LEGEND OF THE EIGHT SAMURAI.
Often weighed down with franchise baggage, SW plays better with its immediate contemporaries like MFS!
A screenshot from HOUSE OF WAX (1953). Vincent Price sits in a wheelchair in front of a wax sculpture of a man hanging in an elevator shaft.
A screenshot from HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER (1958), showing makeup artist Pete Dumond (Robert Harris) finishing work on the Teenage Werewolf.
HOUSE OF WAX + HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER. Scorned and discarded artists use their craft for bloody vengeance and bodily possession.
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a still from ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953), showing Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn sharing a drink.
a screenshot from GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (1964). King Ghidorah takes to the skies as Godzilla looks on, flanked by towers of fire.
ROMAN HOLIDAY + GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER. An obvious pairing as Ishiro Honda directed Akiko Wakabayashi to play Princess Salno with Hepburnโs Princess Anne in mind! ROMAN HOLIDAY was also successfully re-released in JP in 1963, and it shares dozens of other similarities with GHIDORAH!
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a still photo from GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (1971). Hedorah flies past Godzilla over a smog-laden industrial site.
a screenshot from HOUSE (1977), showing an animated sequence in which the titular house is depicted as a living creature, its hands outstretched.
GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH and HOUSE are bleak and mournful reckonings with both intimate and societal post-war conditions, realised in bold and terrifying ways. Pollution and grief as all-consuming monsters, deepening gaps between generations with further pain and isolation.
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I like making up my own double bills. GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH with HOUSE, TARGETS with MADHOUSE, etc. Itโs fun! Hereโs a list of double bills I add to now and again.
boxd.it/g8qKU
Hi Mahmoud, please donโt apologise! If anyone else is seeing this post on their timeline, please contribute to Mahmoudโs page here:
gofund.me/443fbcfde
Thank you again! I hope it can be useful and that it wonโt disappoint!
05.11.2025 13:11 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0thank you! This is very kind!
04.11.2025 23:08 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0resharing for Godzillaโs 71st.
Thereโs a lot that I wish Iโd done better and/or differently, but I wrote this out of love for these beautiful films. I hope bits of it can be useful. Hereโs to 71 more years of Godzilla.
THE FOG (John Carpenter, 1980)
35mm scan
Mohammed is in Gaza & he urgently needs surgery to remove a large tumor from his headโผ๏ธTheir donations are stalling & they still need to collect 13k to have the life saving surgery as soon as possibleโผ๏ธLet's help this beautiful child Mohammed get life saving surgeryโผ๏ธ
chuffed.org/project/1531...
Tonight's Halloween Special has me taking a bite into TOKU VAMPIRES, and it's all thanks to the UK!! ๐๐ง๐ป
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youtu.be/sil9RKpwp2g
Thank you for your kind words, Farah. Iโm happy to help. Iโm sorry that these social media platforms continue to operate with such cruelty.
31.10.2025 13:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Iโm so sorry, Farah. Blueskyโs censorship and silencing of Palestinian accounts is shameful
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