Godzilla vs. Hedorah (Smog Monster)

With numerous shots of dead arms, legs, and heads poking through pools of oily sludge, is this the only Godzilla film to actually show the bodies of kaiju attack victims? The imagery here is panicked, desperate, with whole chunks built out of shots of dozens of talking…

matt lynch

Substitutes the original's nuclear holocaust fears for pollution and environmental ones with a giant sludge tadpole born of sewage viciously mutilating half of Japan while the population is distracted by the pastel colors and psychedelic grooviness of 60s consumerism that…

Josh Lewis

Man, the whole movie I just wanted to put Hedorah in my bong and take a hit of that sweet pollution Kush.

CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️

GODZILLA VS HEDORAH is often labelled “The Silly One”, but it’s just as serious and committed as Honda’s original, updated to reflect the era of its creation. Environmental collapse replaces nuclear annihilation and Honda’s grim documentary approach is switched out with…

Justin Decloux

This belongs in the pantheon of Movies That Represent What Movies Are All About. So much fun stuff to look at. When Godzilla flies, so does the human spirit. The fact that this used to be commonly regarded as a “bad movie” is just racism. I love Godzilla so much, he reminds…

Will Sloan

Godzilla and Friends Marathon: 24 of 46 Godzilla vs. Hedorah is that movie where the franchise zigs instead of zags. Godzilla, who was once a metaphor for the destructive power of the atomic bomb, ends up fighting Hedorah, a metaphor for the dangers of pollution. It's a…

Aberrant Ghoul

“I know writers who use subtext, and they’re all cowards!!”

Alyssa Heflin

Probably the only Godzilla movie I've seen where the final smackdown is the LEAST interesting part of the picture. That's because up to that point director Yoshimitsu Banno uses a plastic filmmaking style that's dynamic and exciting, with everything from animated interludes…

Joe

Mystical, fragmented, and chaotic, with absurd, whirling images unique to the franchise. Many of these components would usually be a negative for me in a monster film unless they effectively maintained the primary issue at hand, which they clearly achieved. A Godzilla film…

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