W Movies

Wangmagwi

The legendary lost giant monster movie. Though it was listed in the Guiness Book of World Records for a while for having used some huge number of extras during production, this movie has apparently never been released on video or appeared on TV anywhere, though it does play the occasional film festival in Asia.

War of the Colossal Beast

Sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man Glenn, now horribly scarred after his trip off the Hoover Dam, goes on another rampage. Whatever cure they may have found for Glenn's condition is conveniently forgotten for the sake of more crash-and-trash action. Shorter than the original but still padded with some footage lifted from the first film. Unless you really dug Colossal Man, don't bother with this even sadder sequel.

Review: Don's MST3K site

War of the Gargantuas, The

A semi-sequel to Frankenstein Conquers the World, this movie features two hairy giants loose in Japan. The brown one, Sanda, is freindly to humans, while the green one, Gaira likes to eat humans. While Sanda tries to get his giant brother under control the Japanese army decides that the only good giant monster is a dead giant monster. Obviously made with U.S. in mind (hence Russ Tamblyn in the main character), War of the Gargantuas still has more than it's share of surreal moments, especially the musical number thankfully interrupted by Gaira.

Wrath of Daimajin

The feared Daimajin defends one town from being conquered by another one. Expect (like all the Daimajin films) an hour of samurai drama followed by twenty minutes of a giant statue stomping buildings flat. This movie includes the very striking image of the Daimajin parting a lake to get at the bad guys.