It Came From The North! - Pulgasari (North Korea) Artwork

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It Came From The North! - Pulgasari (North Korea)

October 29, 2022 • Tiny Table Studios • Season 1 • Episode 6

It's the final entry of October's monster movie month here at Tiny Table studios, and boy are you in for a trick... or treat... in the spine-chilling, knockoff Kaiju movie/ dark propaganda film that hails from the shadowy lands of North Korea... ladies and gentlemen we give you... 불가사리 PULGASARI!

This compelling, curious, (mostly) unique film is, despite itself, only half as interesting as the cold war thriller making-of backstory to this film, providing ample fodder for the guys' conversation about philosophy, economics, and politics (all under the guise of a rubber suit monster movie, *GASP*!)

It lives to eat! Banned for a decade.
-US VHS Tagline

*For a deeper dive into the historical context, the Tiny Table guys recommend you check out the below linked episode of "Real Dictators," a podcast hosted by Paul McGann, from Noiser Podcasts.
https://www.noiser.com/realdictators/episodes/#rd-ep-2

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