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  "Our tale begins dramatically amidst the smoldering ruins of what was once a great city. Twisted girders, cracked, blistering sidewalks and the skeletal frames of demolished buildings paint a grim portrait of this smoldering memorial to the unknown. Tokyo, once a proud metropolis of six million people, is now a graveyard." - Steve Martin - United World News Godzilla, King of the Monsters! is a 1956 kaiju film directed by Terry O. Morse and Ishirō Honda. This "Americanization," is a heavily re-edited version of the 1954 Japanese film Godzilla. The film was a Japanese-American co-production, with the original footage produced by Toho Co., Ltd, and the new footage produced by Jewell Enterprises. Starring Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kōchi, Akira Takarada, and Akihiko Hirata, with Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka as Godzilla, the film follows an American reporter covering a giant reptilian monster's attack on Japan.

 Over the past several months dozens of rare photos from the Toho Studios archive of their most famous monster and science fiction films have been released online. Once I started seeing them I started saving them and now I have decided to start posting them. I actually have so many of these images that I'm going to have to separate them into three separate posts.  If you are a fan of Godzilla and his many monstrous friends then I'm sure that you will get a real thrill from seeing these images. Most of them have never been published anywhere that I am aware of.    Godzilla (1954)(aka Godzilla: King of the Monsters - 1956) Godzilla Raids Again (1955)(aka Gigantis the Fire Monster - 1959) Rodan (1956) Mothra (1961) Check Out: Fathom Events Is Bringing Godzilla x Mechagodzilla (2002) Back To US Theaters For A One Day Event! Toho  Releases First Godzilla vs Gigan Rex Teaser Trailer Toho Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Godzilla vs The Smog Monster with a New Short...

From Warner Bros Following the global success of “Godzilla” and “Kong: Skull Island” comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ cinematic Monsterverse: “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” an epic action adventure that pits Godzilla against some of the most popular monsters in pop culture history. The film was directed by Michael Dougherty (“Trick ‘R Treat,” “Krampus”), and stars Kyle Chandler (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Argo”) as well as Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air,” “The Conjuring” films) and Millie Bobby Brown (TV’s “Stranger Things”) in her feature film debut. The acclaimed ensemble cast also includes Bradley Whitford (“Get Out,” “The Post”); Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (“The Shape of Water,” “Blue Jasmine”); Charles Dance (HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” “The Imitation Game”); Thomas Middleditch (HBO’s “Silicon Valley”); Aisha Hinds (“Star Trek Into Darkness”); O’Shea Jackson, Jr. (“Straight Outta Compton”); Oscar nominee David Strathairn...