Rare and Obscure
DINOSAUR films and other giant creature movies
An Overview
Here’s a listing of the dinosaur films I have reviewed on Parlor of Horror.
I’m mostly concerned with older movies that make up the history of dinosaurs in film and the special effects for these films.
Also included here are links to my reviews of: Kaiju, American Giant Monster films, Giant people, Giant Apes, Giant Bugs
Dinosaur Movies
Unknown Island (1948)
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
Dinosaurus (1960)
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)
Lost on Adventure Island (1974)
The Lost World (1960)
The Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)
The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
The People That Time Forgot (1977)
King Kong (1933)
Son of Kong (1933)
Planet of Dinosaurs
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
One Million BC (1940)
Valley of the Dragons (1961)
Tyranno’s Claw (1994)
My Top 5 Dinosaur Movies
The Truth About Jurassic Park
Top 5 Women in Dinosaur films
Rare Dinosaur Films and where to find them
Rise of the Furkini – Part I
Rise of the Furkini – Part II
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Giant Monster Movies/ Dinosaurs & Kaiju
The Giant Behemoth (1959)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Gorgo (1961)
It Came From Beneath the Sea
Ray Harryhausen Tribute
The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Attack of the Crab Monster (1957)
Godzilla (1998)
Godzilla (2014)
Godzilla/Toho articles
Godzilla movies reviews – Showa Era (early years)
Godzilla movie reviews – Hensei and Millennium Era (later years)
Godzilla’s Top Enemies
Space Amoeba/Yog, The Monster From Space
Frankenstein Conquers the World
War of the Gargantuas
The X From Outer Space
Monster from a Prehistoric Planet
Gamera The Giant Monster (1965)
Gamera vs Barugon (1966) aka: War of the Monsters
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Giant Bugs
The Black Scorpion
The Deadly Mantis
Them
Tarantula (1955)
Earth vs The Spider (1958)
The Monster that Challenged the World (1957)
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Giant Apes
The Mighty Peking Man
A.P.E.
Mighty Joe Young
Half Human
Queen Kong
Konga
King Kong (1976)
King Kong (2005)
King Kong (1933)
Son of Kong (1933)
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Giants (giant people)
The Colossal Man
War of the Colossal Beast
The Cyclops
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (remake)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
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Giant Robots
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One of my favourite movie genres!
This is great. I’ve read a bunch of these before and will try and work my way through the rest. From this list, give us a few that you really recommend as very fun ‘good bad’ or B movies. Would be keen to take a look at some of them.
I’d say to check out Dinosaurus, The Lost World 1960, and The Land That Time Forgot. 🙂
Sweet, thanks. Also, what’s your recommendation for a really cheesy, fun and stupid Godzilla flick?
That would go to Godzilla vs The Sea Monster, Godzilla’ s Revenge (which is basically a kids flick) and the psychedelic, Godzilla vs the Smog Monster. You might want to try out The Mighty Peking Man for the campy antics in a King Kong style revamp.
Thankyou sir.They all sound absolutely spectacular!
Awesome post! Will have to go and check out some of those links.
Nice work, Mike! Love these films! Will go back and check some of these out. You never reviewed Valley of Gwangi? I thought that you had.
No, not yet. I did an overview when Harryhausen died but didn’t review it.
Ah I see.
If you ever do review it, give me a head’s up 👌
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