In 1953, horror fans watched with glee as a giant, city-stomping reptile arose from the depths of the ocean. And no, its name wasn’t “Godzilla.” This particular brute was called the Rhedosaurus, and ...

When audiences think of kaiju cinema, the image that towers above all else is Godzilla rising from the sea in 1954, a monstrous embodiment of the terrors of nuclear power. Yet one year earlier, ...

70 years ago, an atomic explosion shook the Arctic Circle. As the atom split, the prehistoric Rhedosaurus emerged from its icy tomb to pulverize New York city. Of course, this is 1953’s The Beast from ...