You could very easily argue that a movie like Matango (given the English title Attack of the Mushroom People back in the day) can’t be part of the “new” Creature Canon because it was part of the old one: although never receiving the international popularity of Toho’s kaiju movies, it’s had a following for decades. […]
via The New Creature Canon: Matango (1963) — Scrapbook Infinity
Thriller/Suspense Film and Writing Festival 