weltraumbesty has returned to first principles
no muss. no fuss. simple layout and nothing but the shit. for better or for worse. if you like what i'm doing here then please drop weltraumbesty a buck on ko-fi or tip weltraumbesty via neocities. barring that, please consider sharing whatever you enjoyed here with a like-minded strange person who may also find value in it. thank you. xox
~ weltraumbesty / krp
projects:
subtitling the showa daiei giant monster trilogy // an ongoing effort towards high quality bespoke translations for 1965's Giant Monster Gamera, 1966's Giant Monster Duel: Gamera vs. Barugon and 1967's Giant Monster Dogfight: Gamera vs. Gyaos.
media essays and reviews:
so about those "horrors of spider island"… // a film review of one of the more infamous exploitation curiosities of the 1960s. published 10th of january 2026
a sorrowful swedish snowman: terror in the midnight sun // aliens land in lapland and a dubiously related yeti-monster walks around. a film review, published 20th of december 2025
toshio only draws turtles // an essay about outsider monsters, neurodiversity representation and the watershed 1965 kaiju film giant monster gamera. published 10th of october 2025
of birds and battleships // concerning my favorite film, "the giant claw", and originally written on the event of its 60th birthday. published 24th of september 2017
essays and nonfiction:
weltraumbesty is born again // an essay intended primarily for my family and friends about finding out i was autistic at nearly 41 years of age. published 5th of september 2025
where coast guard crews still take their leave quite listless in the sun… // an exploration of my plague-time mental health struggles masquerading as a 50th anniversary essay about the 1973 blue öyster cult album tyranny and mutation. published 11th of february 2023
fiction:
so long as i be fed // short story // a brief horror about a man shipwrecked on a deserted island who is growing very, very hungry. published 7th of december 2023
signatory to:
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