Classic Horrors Club

Tag: Ishiro Honda

  • Half Human (1958)
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    Half Human (1958)

    aka Ju jin yuki otoko (1955) There’s an exception to every rule. While I consider myself a purist and almost always prefer my foreign horror in its original, unadulterated condition, there’s one movie that I enjoy more in its edited American version: Half Human. Imagine a movie that’s overlong at 94 minutes: that’s Ju jin…

  • Varan (1958)
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    Varan (1958)

    aka Daikaiju Baran There may be a reason that Varan doesn’t guest star in a Godzilla movie until 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars, and even then, it’s via stock footage. The movie in which he stars, Daikaiju Baran (1958), is definitely a weak link in Toho’s chain of giant monster classics. Arriving fifth (after Gojira, 1954;…