Uktena, the Horned Monstrosity (2021) User Reviews

Why Uktena is the best and the Worsy

[lewisporter · 4/10 · 11 September 2022]

Uktena has a very original monster design even if it isnt a Serpent snake like in the original folklore. The acting is a bit descent and the effects are great for a low budget almost no budget movie. Especially a the suit which looks like it was made by a Toho suit maker.

The ending is a bit over dramatic which i wont spoil. But i think it would work better not as a feature length film but a medium short film. This film has even inspired me to make my own monster movie "Monstrum:God Of The Earth". The passion that made this film and the people who helped supported it was one of the things that helped me do that final jump to make my little film thats still in production.

If you want to make a monster movie. Go and make one but write a script first and not go film first like Dan and David did.

Talking about the kaiju

[BandSAboutMovies · 2/10 · 24 November 2023]

Based on the Native American myth and inspired by Suitmation kaiju movies, Uktena is eighty feet tall and 200 tons thick. He's an ancient Cherokee monster that has awakened because of the modern world's greed.

Made by father and son Dan and David Treanor, this pits the titular monster up against Sheriff Poncho Bravo (Marc Bilker), Doc Collins (Kyle Borthick), Colonel Tuttle (Norman Hughes), Dr. Geco (Kayla Rose) and Jerome Greywolf (Jerry Roys). You should not expect a movie that looks like a high budget epic. But you can be assured that the monster against little people scenes are a lot of fun. There's a lot of green screen and I know that some people can't get past that. I get the feeling that the filmmakers had a lot of heart and wanted to make the best monster suit movie they could.

This also has a lot of blues music, talk about the blues and Dan's friends playing the blues. Kaiju blues. I feel like rewriting "Talk About the Blues" by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion just for this:

That's right I'm talkin' 'bout the kaiju I said it looks so huge baby Uh I'm talkin' 'bout the kaiju G-FAN magazine On the telephone, baby Talk about the kaiju Right now Uh Look out Yeah.