Im binge watching Japanese monster movies. Whos your favorite?

[nolabear]

Although I adore MST3K’s “Gamera is full of meat, Gamera is fun to eat...” I’ve had a soft spot for Godzilla ever since his mom showed up at the end to take him home. Right now I’m watching “Destroy All Monsters!” Made in 1968 when they really should have known better. It’s FABULOUS. 😄

[Chipper Chat]

1. Mothra

[Lithos]

6. Same

Second is Gamera...

L-

[shenmue]

2. Godzilla

[dchill]

3. Gamera, I guess, but none of the Japanese stuff...

can hold a candle to "Thunderbirds Are Go!"

[nolabear]

13. I love Thunderbirds!

[Laffy Kat]

4. Godzilla! Always, always.

[Binkie The Clown]

5. STARMAN! Hands down.

Evil Brain from Outer Space:

[RKP5637]

7. Them! (1954) - I also liked Godzilla!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them!

The huge ants and the noise they made really freaked me out as a very little kid.

[jberryhill]

8. TEPCO

They beat all the other Japanese monsters hands down.

[Iggo]

9. It's a tie.

I really can't decide between...

Destroy All Monsters

and

War Of The Gargantuas

[Thx]

10. The War of the Gargantuas

1966.

But I also liked "Giant Robot."

But he is not a monster.

Thx

[Glorfindel]

11. I was going to say "The Giant Claw," but looked it up. It's not Japanese.

So I'll have to go with "Mothra."

[hibbing]

12. Godzilla v Mothra n/t

[Thx]

14. My friend and I

saw this in a theater back in the day.

The smog monster flies over cities doing mass flatulence.

Silent, but deadly!

Thx

[nolabear]

16. BWAH!

[Thx]

15. This was

kind of a cool Japanese movie: Latitude Zero.

We saw it back in 1971 with "THX1138," the movie I take my screen name "Thx" from.

It's not a Godzilla movie or big monster movie though and has Joseph Cotton, Cesar Romero and Patricia Medina if I am not mistaken.

Thx

[nolabear]

17. I remember THX1138

Early Lucas, right? Weird Robert Duvall appearance?

[Thx]

18. Yes

my friend Steve Hatch and I went to see it in 1971.

He had just seen it and told me it was very "weird" and there was a lot of "white" in the movie, I didn't know what he meant.

Lol, about 40 minutes into it, an old man who was sitting behind us stood up, shook his fist at the screen and shouted, "This is just a bunch of CRAP!" and stormed out, wife in tow.

And I have to admit, it wasn't until years later that it finally dawned on me what the whole movie was about, even though it is revealed in the last scene with Thx looking at the sun.

This was the best part of the movie...

Thx

[NewJeffCT]

19. as a kid

my favorite was King Kong vs Godzilla.

Though, I think if you went by both originals, Godzilla is way bigger and tougher.

[nolabear]

20. Agree. They were both kind of sympathetic characters though.

The WWE of monster movies. 😄

[DiverDave]

21. Godzilla vs Bambi

Can't bring it over from utube.
I'm a sick man

[nolabear]

22. LOL! I saw that at a drive-in when it came out.

It was playing with something like The Groove Tube. That and "Thank You, Masked Man." I HOWLED!

[csziggy]

23. Here you go!

[DiverDave]

24. Thank you!

Saw that on a late night Godzilla marathon. Laughed so hard.