I have always been a big fan of “what ifs”, especially in regards to movies. There are literally dozens of films discussed and analyzed with a few appendices added on at the end for dozens more where he wasn’t able to get enough info to write up anything larger than a blurb. I can’t imagine how much time was devoted to researching all the titles covered here. With a third book on the subject, John LeMay, in my opinion, has become the best English speaking writer on these types of films. It truly digs deep and fleshes out all these kaiju pictures that were lost or just not meant to be.
It was just stacked with so much information on films that the vast majority of people have never heard about.
This is one of the best books I have ever read on the kaiju genre and it is certainly a must own for kaiju fans. It looks at films that were actually made but are now lost or destroyed, films that went into production but were never made, alternate versions of films that were scrapped, as well as some fan produced movies. The subject of this installment also really peaked my interest, as I already knew a lot about existing kaiju pictures but this book was all about the lost films in the genre. I am a big fan of John LeMay’s first two big books on kaiju film history, so when I found out about this one, I had to get a copy.
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