Episode 23 - Varan the Unbelievable (1958)

Episode 23 February 14, 2022 00:51:48
Episode 23 - Varan the Unbelievable (1958)
Kaiju Vs. History
Episode 23 - Varan the Unbelievable (1958)

Feb 14 2022 | 00:51:48

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Show Notes

We return to Toho, but take a step back from the last two prior Kaiju outings, as this week we look at the black and white originally made for TV film 1958’s “Varan the Unbelievable”.

Is this film as bad as many critics say? Was the production as irredeemable as Ishiro Honda remembers? Find out all that and more in this week’s Kaiju Vs. History!

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