“As I sit down and read a book about Yokai, I am intrigued by how anime often uses their classical monsters and myths for horror stories, or even non horror”
Sleepless Nights: Local Horrors
‘Scottish Legends’ – A book of Mythical Monsters by Aaron Mullins
ORKNEY features heavily in a best-selling new book by a former Wick High School pupil.
Tokusatsu and Me Part 4
“One day at primary school we finally got the internet and what was one of the first things I searched for? Godzilla of course. “
Sgathaich: The H-man (Beauty and the Liquid People)
“I’ve talked about the Blob before. In Japan in 1958 there was a somewhat similar concept of a monster but brought to us by Toho (that’s the Godzilla people).”
The Deepdale Monster
It was a story that in the winter of 1942 would set the printed presses rolling from its beginnings in Orkney, south to Edinburgh and onwards to London.
Sgathaich: King Kong vs. Godzilla
Note I am reviewing King Kong vs. Godzilla NOT Godzilla vs. Kong
Sgathaich: Mothra
“Mothra in 1961 was quite a bit different for Kaiju films. You see while the monster is a force to be feared, it’s not the antagonist. No, this time the villain is a human, and oh boy how over the top evil this guy is, but anyway…..”
Frankenstein – Or Is It Fronkensteen?
“Written when Mary Shelley was only 20 years old, it’s an exceptional piece of work, for its time, and has continued to be an inspiring piece of work, though time, to today.”
Sgathaich: Attack of the Crab Monsters
“A group of scientists go to an island where a previous team who had been studying the effects of nearby nuclear tests had vanished from.”
Sgathaich: Shin Godzilla
“The film opens with a small team of people investigating an abandoned ship floating in Tokyo bay.”
