Godzilla to stomp Tokyo for 96 hours straight on El Rey’s “Kaiju Christmas” marathon
The El Rey Network, the closest thing millennials have to a low power UHF station, will be running its third annual “Kaiju Christmas” marathon, featuring over 96 hours of the one, the only, Godzilla. The whole thing kicks off Friday, December 23 with the original classic Gorjira (without Raymond Burr), and will wrap up on December 26 with Gigantis, The Fire Monster—er, Godzilla Raids Again.
The marathon features films from multiple eras of the King Of Monsters, including the darkest film from the Showa series, Terror Of Mechagodzilla, 1989’s Godzilla Vs. Biolante, the second film in the Hesai series, and Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S from Toho, which fits in the continuity of the 1954 original. Thankfully, the only appearance of the Tri-Star ’Zilla is when he gets his reptilian ass handed to him by the original Godzilla in 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars, the last film in Toho’s Millennium series.
With four days of Tokyo-stomping action this holiday season, viewers are sure to see (sing along with us, now):
12 buildings crumbling, 11 Kaiju fighting, 10 people screaming, 9 tanks a- shooting, 8 ignored scientists, 7 radioactive blasts, 6 men in suits, 5 Kilaakians, 4 annoying kids, 3 headed monsters, 2 tiny Shobijin, and the fire-breathing roar of Big G.
“Kaiju Christmas” kicks off December 23 at 6 a.m ET/PT; you can see a full schedule of films below.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23RD
6:00 AM ET/PT “GOJIRA”
8:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS”
9:30 AM ET/PT “GHIDORRAH: THE THREE HEADED MONSTER”
11:30 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE”
1:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN”
3:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO”
5:00 PM ET/PT “MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA”
7:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLAS REVENGE”
8:30 PM ET/PT “TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA”
10:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II”
1:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA”
3:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLAS REVENGE”
4:30AM ET/PT “RODAN”
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24th
6:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH”
8:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH
10:00 AM ET/ PT “GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS: THE G ANNIHILATION STRATEGY”
12:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA, MOTHRA, AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK
2:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. DETOROYAH”
4:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA: FINAL WARS”
6:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S.”
8:30 PM ET/ PT “GHIDORRAH: THE THREE HEADED MONSTER”
10:30 PM ET/ PT “GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS”
12:30 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN”
1:30 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA: FINAL WARS”
4:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA, MOTHRA, AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25th
6:00 AM ET/PT “MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA”
8:00 AM ET/PT “TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA”
10:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II”
12:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA: FINAL WARS”
3:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S.”
5:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA”
7:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA”
9:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH”
11:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH”
1:30 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE”
4:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS: THE G ANNIHILATION STRATEGY”
MONDAY, DECEMBER 26th
6:00 AM ET/PT “RODAN”
7:30 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA”
10:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLAS REVENGE”
11:30 AM ET/PT “GHIDORRAH: THE THREE HEADED MONSTER”
1:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II”
4:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH”
6:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS: THE G ANNIHILATION STRATEGY”
8:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA”
10:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA
12:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA”
2:30 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S.”
4:30 AM ET/ PT “GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN”
[Note: El Rey, like The A.V. Club, is owned by Univision Communications.]