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14 Kaiju Classics, Including Versions Never Seen in US, Added to FilmStruck
We told you back in November of last year that Janus Films and the Criterion Collection had obtained *most* of the “Shōwa era” Godzilla films, with the suggestion being that they would soon be coming to Criterion Blu-ray. We don’t have any update on all that right now, but we can confirm that those films are now available on FilmStruck.
FilmStruck, the exclusive streaming home for Criterion Collection releases, has just added a massive selection of 14 classic Kaiju films to their streaming library!
The offerings include versions never-before-seen in North America.
Here’s the full rundown:
- Godzilla (1954)
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956)
- Rodan (1956)
- Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
- Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster (1964)
- Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
- War of the Gargantuas (1966)
- Son of Godzilla (1967)
- Destroy All Monsters (1968)
- All Monsters Attack (1969)
- Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
- Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla (1974)
- Terror of MechaGodzilla (1975)
Head over to FilmStruck to start your free trial and start watching!
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‘Hokum’ Heads Home to Digital Tomorrow Ahead of Physical Media Release in August
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.

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