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This past week I was contacted by independent film maker, Andrew Stengele, about his plans to film a very Japanese Monster heavy documentary this upcoming summer, tenatively called “Kings of the Monsters”.

Read: Andrew Stengele’s Documentary KINGS OF THE MONSTERS Will Look At Creatures Real And Imagined »

In 1976 Dino De Laurentiis had scored a big hit internationally with their re-make of “King Kong”, which starred Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange. The Hong Kong based Shaw Brothers Studio wanted to catch the wave of “Kong’s” popularity by producing their own giant ape film. Not wanting to pay for the rights to use the name “King Kong” the studio created their own monster who was inspired by both the early human ancestor, the “Peking Man”, and the legendary Yeti of Himalayan folklore.

Read: The Mighty Peking Man (1977)(Shaw Brothers Studio) »

Here’s the list, followed by my grade, then reviews of these picks based upon the criteria of whether they are really cryptozoologically-worthy and whether I think they have already been exploited in film and television. Images.

Read: Future CZ TV: Top Ten Cryptids »

In monster movies, as well as comic books, eventually the two mightiest characters, or groups of characters, eventually find a way to square off against each other. King Kong fought Godzilla, Alien fought Predator, The Hulk fought The Thing and so on and so on.

Today, I have for you artsy types, an illustration that depicts yet, another, clash of the titans, Sasquatch taking on both the actor, and documentary film host, Peter Graves, and the horror movie host, Mr. Lobo, of the television series “Cinema Insomnia.”

Read: Bigfoot Pummels Both Peter Graves And Mr Lobo »

The storyline revolves around failed pop star Kanako, who returns to her hometown to live with her beloved grandmother. Yet no sooner does she return home than a pair of crazed couples out on a drinking binge run over and kill her grandma. With the old woman gone, Kanako takes to running the family shrine, but to make matters worse, the drunken killers managed to disturb that structure—which is the keeper of kappa, one of Japan’s many yokai creatures, in this case a benevolent, human-like turtle. Resurrected, the kappa is welcomed into town by the villagers.

Read: The Brand-New Death Kappa Poster »

Over the past ten months many people have refereed to film maker Brian T. Jaynes film, “Boggy Creek”, as a remake of the late Charles B. Pierce’s 1972 cult classic, “Legend of Boggy Creek”, but as we wade through the severed limbs in these photos, it becomes evident that we have an entirely different type of movie on our hands here.

Indeed, from this batch of photos, which were just released by the Facades FX creature shop, who is doing all the effects work on “Boggy Creek”, it would be better to compare Jaynes movie to “Friday the 13th” than the work of Pierce.

Read: New Behind-The-Scenes Photos From Brian Jaynes BOGGY CREEK »

Frank Frazetta’s creativity inspired many people within cryptozoology, science fiction, and beyond. His Mothman art is well-known. Images.

Read: Mothman Illustrator Frazetta Dies »

Finally, filming has begun on what is easily the most ambitious, and turbulent, fantasy film in the history of Chinese cinema, “Empires of the Deep.”

The film, which centers around an undersea kingdom ruled by mermaids, took about a year-and-a-half to get out of the development stages, due to rotating directors, leading ladies, and financial issues, began shooting, in earnest, April 22nd, under the direction of Michael French, who just recently stepped in to replace film maker Jonathan Lawrence, who in turn, replaced the French director Pitof.

Read: Cinematic Terrors Rise From The Deep – Mermaids, Giant Crabs, Giant Squid And The Lake Van Monster »

In a sleepy beach town, several friends, down on their luck and facing eviction, meet a stranger claiming to hold a map to legendary local treasure. It had been lost at sea when a ship carrying Mayan relics capsized in a storm off the coast of the Carolinas in 1718.
Now, all they have to do to resolve their financial woes forever is get to the island and locate the booty.

However, they soon find the island is a breeding ground for the mythical alien creatures known as Chupacabras, and that their existence on the island is irrevocably tied to the treasure they’ve come to claim.

The story reaches its climax, with a twist ending no one will see coming….

Read: Trey Howell Is Doing A Chupacabra Movie The Old-Fashioned Way In THE NEST »

Film maker Justin Buettner has just such a Bigfoot movie called, “Sawtooth”, which was filmed in the ‘first-person’ style made famous in such films as “Cloverfield” and “The Blair Witch Project”.

Read: New Photos And Trailers For Justin Buettner’s SAWTOOTH »

Let’s break this one down, Bigfoot is on the loose in Ozark Mountains, killing hapless hikers and hunters, a newspaper reporter is dispatched to get to the bottom of things, the local town sheriff wants to solve the murders, and the last remaining member of the Arkansas Cave (Indian) Tribe holds the secrets to the whole thing.

Read: Bill Barton’s Modern Bigfoot/Western Blood Forest Comes To DVD »

Okay, enough with the Bigfoot movies!

Do you know how many Bigfoot related horror movies are in production right now? Six….well seven, including this one, that I can think of.

Read: Fred Olen Ray Jumps Into The Bigfoot Movie Craze With “Sasquatch vs Chupacabra” »

Oh, what the heck? Let’s just make today, “Bigfoot Movie Friday”!

Read: Two New Clips From Jordan Blum’s Bigfoot Horror, ‘Savage’ »

Okay, I don’t want all of you Cryptozoology fans getting all worked up thinking that I have managed to get my hands on some photos that actually show Bigfoot attacking some guy. I’m sorry to report that these pics are from a movie, though if there were some shots like that, fake or otherwise, I would be the guy who would post them.

Read: New Evidence Of The Bloody Rage Of Bigfoot »

It seems fitting that Brian T. Jaynes would opt to debut the trailer for his upcoming “Boggy Creek” movie just a little over a week after the passing of legendary cult film maker Charles B. Pierce. As most of you know, Pierce made the original “Legend of Boggy Creek” film with $160,000 he borrowed from a friend. That film would go on to become a drive-in hit and fan favorite.

Read: The Brand-New Teaser Trailer For Brian Jaynes ‘Boggy Creek’ »