{"id":1143,"date":"2021-12-09T05:23:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T10:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2021\/12\/09\/killer-kaiju-how-the-giant-creatures-made-waves-in-cinema\/"},"modified":"2021-12-09T05:36:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T10:36:34","slug":"killer-kaiju-how-the-giant-creatures-made-waves-in-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brokenmount.com\/bm\/2021\/12\/09\/killer-kaiju-how-the-giant-creatures-made-waves-in-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"Killer Kaiju: How the Giant Creatures Made Waves in Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/what-are-kaiju\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_medium\/public\/kaiju_genre_and_films.jpg?itok=r_xnTdyF\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These massive monsters only have one thing on their minds\u2014destroying the tallest building they can find.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">One thing I love about monster movies is the monsters themselves. As they wreak havoc across the cities, uniting people to up their chances of survival, I can\u2019t help but appreciate what the monster is doing for our fictional worlds.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Few monsters become icons on their own, but the most notable movie monster of all time has to be Godzilla (and the xenomorph is a close second).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Toho\u2019s iconic King of the Monsters is the most well-known kaij\u016b, but he isn&#8217;t the only one. In fact, kaij\u016b have become a phenomenon that have flown under the radar for most cinema. These giant monsters have been around long before Godzilla and continue to find their way to the silver screen to instill a life lesson in the audience through pure chaos and destruction.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s break down what kaij\u016b means and how the genre and its monsters aren\u2019t going anywhere anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"main-toc\"><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/what-are-kaiju\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Author: Alyssa Miller<br \/>\nThis article comes from <i>No Film School<\/i> and can be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These massive monsters only have one thing on their minds\u2014destroying the tallest building they can find. 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