I miss monster movies. Sure, they still get made, but there used to be a more robust ecosystem for these kinds of low budget creature features. Nowadays, it doesn’t feel like folks can appreciate and ...

Kaiju mavens, cool your nuclear flame breath – Monster Island (now streaming on Shudder) is just the generic-ass name for a new creature feature, not a flick set on the fictional locale from the old ...

Near the end of World War II, a ship carrying POWs captured by Japan comes under attack. Somehow, despite being shackled together at the ankles, two prisoners manage to swim to a nearby island. Saito ...

A scene from MONSTER ISLAND. Photo Credit: Shudder. Courtesy of Shudder. It’s WW II. South Pacific. A Japanese ship is hauling POWs in chains to a labor camp. One of their own soldiers has done some ...