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Japanese Monster Movies

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Monster, mutants, mad doctors and… more monsters during Science Fiction Pint and Pizza Night with classic Japanese monster movies featuring Starman (aka Super Giant) in Evil Brain From Outer Space (1957) and Destroy All Monsters (1968), and other psychotronic weirdness, trailers, short films and strange giveaways Wednesday, April 7, at Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St. in Arcata. Doors open from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., cost is free with $5 minimum purchase of food or beverage and is all ages. Sponsored by La Dolce Video,  Daisy Drygoods, Vintage Avenger,  Tin Can Mailman, The Clothing Dock and more!

Destroy All Monsters, released in Japan as Attack of the Marching Monsters, is a 1968 daikaiju eiga (Monster Movie). The ninth in Toho Studios’ Godzilla  series, it was directed by Ishiro Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and Sadamasa Arikawa. This is the fifth film to feature Mothra, third to feature King Ghidorah, fourth to feature Rodan, and second to feature Gorosaurus, Anguirus, Kumonga, Manda, Minilla, Baragon, and Varan. From their lunar outpost, alien forces (the Kilaaks) wreak havoc by simultaneously setting free all the monsters of yore, from Godzilla to Ghidrah. Only the United Nations Starship Moonlight SY3 can save the citizens of Earth from utter chaos and imminent trampling. Godzilla attacks New York City, Rodan invades Moscow, Mothra lays waste to Beijing, Gorosaurus destroys Paris, and Manda attacks London, which is set in to motion to take attention away from Japan so the aliens can establish an underground stronghold near Mt. Fuji in Japan. The Kilaaks then turn their next major attack on Tokyo, and without serious opposition, become arrogant in their aims until the UNSC discover the Kilaaks have switched to broadcasting the control signals from their base under the Moon’s surface. In a desperate battle, the crew of the SY-3 destroy the Kilaak’s lunar outpost and return the alien control system to Earth as the battle with the monsters continues… Filmed in Nikkatsu Scope.

Evil Brain From Outer Space features (1964) features “The most brilliant mind in the universe” which tries to conquer the earth with an army of mutants, monsters, mad doctors and a super germ that turns into a white faced which-like woman with killer claws until Starman once again leaps into action and defeats the Evil Brain From Outer Space… who lives in a briefcase.

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