I miss monster movies. Sure, they still get made, but there used to be a more robust ecosystem for these kinds of low budget creature features. Nowadays, it doesn’t feel like folks can appreciate and ...

A scene from MONSTER ISLAND. Photo Credit: Shudder. Courtesy of Shudder. It’s WW II. South Pacific. A Japanese ship is hauling POWs in chains to a labor camp. One of their own soldiers has done some ...

Looking for a monster movie to get you through to October, (okay really Sept. 1) then check out this trailer for MONSTER ISLAND. In their Overlook Film Festival 2025 review, Dread Central said “Fans ...

Kaiju mavens, cool your nuclear flame breath – Monster Island (now streaming on Shudder) is just the generic-ass name for a new creature feature, not a flick set on the fictional locale from the old ...

Near the end of World War II, a ship carrying POWs captured by Japan comes under attack. Somehow, despite being shackled together at the ankles, two prisoners manage to swim to a nearby island. Saito ...

"This thing comes back – we need to be ready for it!" Shudder has revealed an official trailer for Monster Island, an indie horror thriller made by Singaporean filmmaker Mike Wiluan. It's a creature ...

Monster Island (originally titled Orang Ikan) is a creature feature wrapped in the historical context of World War II. The film follows a Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war who end up ...