Wikizilla talk:Scope
Potential addition of Toho horror
Last year, the Bloodthirsty Trilogy films were deleted from Wikizilla due to a lack of evidence for Teruyoshi Nakano directing their effects, and with them we altogether removed horror from the Toho movie and TV rules. However, we did so on the condition that horror can be restored if evidence is found that definitively puts Nakano in the director's chair for any of the Bloodthirsty movies. While that hasn't happened yet, I'd like to document all that such a change would entail for future reference.
Films
Change to rules #3 and 4: "Be science fiction" → "Be science fiction or horror"
Films this would qualify, along with my reasoning:
- The Vampire Doll (1970) [3] - Most likely to qualify by Nakano IMO, but the next two could theoretically be "3" too
- Lake of Dracula (1971) [4] - Second Bloodthirsty movie. None of the entries are connected, but they're pretty regularly a package deal
- Horror of the Wolf (1973) [3] - Main character is a werewolf, co-written by two-time Godzilla writer Jun Fukuda
- Evil of Dracula (1974) [4] - Third Bloodthirsty movie, same logic as Lake of Dracula
- My Soul is Slashed (1991) [3] - Vampire movie directed by Shusuke Kaneko, who directed three Gamera movies
- Haunted School (1995) [4] - First in a quadrilogy including Haunted School 3; unsure if their stories are connected, but their titles alone make them unambiguously related
- Haunted School 2 (1996) [4] - Second in the Haunted School quadrilogy
- Haunted School 3 (1997) [3] - Paranormal movie directed by Shusuke Kaneko
- Haunted School 4 (1999) [4] - Fourth in the Haunted School quadrilogy
Television
Change to rule #2: "Be science fiction" → "Be science fiction or horror"
Shows this would qualify, along with my reasoning:
- Bloodhound aka The Vampire Gigolo (2004) [2] - Features vampires and possibly others. Whether it's tokusatsu will depend on your definition - the only FX credit is Tomoo Haraguchi for modeling, but it's included in Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works. If it proves tenuous, there's still a chance with the next two :P
- Fantasma (2004) [2/3] - Replaced Bloodhound on TV Tokyo. Japanese Wikipedia outright calls it horror and tokusatsu, but I know little about it
- The Great Horror Family (2004) [2/3] - Replaced Fantasma on TV Tokyo. Like that one, Japanese Wikipedia calls it tokusatsu horror
P.S.: All three of the above shows were released with subtitles on Region 1 DVD by Bandai Entertainment, which makes covering them worlds easier. Also, The Great Horror Family's replacement was "Go! Go! Heaven", produced by a production committee that I can't find the members of. I don't expect Toho to be attached though, because it was released on DVD by Pony Canyon rather than Toho, unlike all three of its predecessors. Les (main | talk) 04:28, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Reptilicus
Does Reptilicus (the 1961 Danish kaiju film) not qualify for coverage? I always thought it was strange it didn't have an article on here, I'd be open to making a sandbox if that's allowed. ~Shevadeen
