saw this as part of a quadruple bill with 5 of my pals aged about 13 so u can imagine how quiet and respectful we all were. we ripped this one mst3k style and had the whole theatre laughing along. when the hot japanese girl falls down a cliff and is hanging by a branch while the gargantuas fight above her and nick yells "ill be right down. are u alright?" the whole theatre just exploded...one of the best days i ever had...
I think why WOTG stands out as unique as w/the chemistry b'tween portrayed both humans & non-humans as 'characters'. Gaira & Sanda are individuals even as monsters & have persopnality & to some degree purpose-or in need of purpose; we get to actually 'know' these creatures as something more than just things stomping around. Not many Kaiju films have this edge but few-Rodan being one other & in their own way also Guilala (X from outer space), Dogora & Yongary.
Saw this in 1970 at the Sunset Drive-In in Skokie Illinois, as a double feature with "Monster Zero" which we know as "Ghidrah, The Three Headed Monster"
@focus471 -Focus, in this case it would have been difficult for Godzilla to beat the green monster. The actor in the green gargantua suit IS GODZILLA! OK, actually the actor who at that time played Godzilla, Haruo Nakajima. He stated in an interview that this was his favorite character that he acted as, since he was able to move so freely and being a martial arts expert took advantage of it. The Godzilla suit restricted him a great deal as well as causing him to sweat profusely.
@ACLTony I was not aware that the same actor played both roles..Interesting!..I just remember watching this movie as a kid and how the scene where the green one comes out of the water scared me completely..
It would be interesting if a remake of this movie was done..Do you agree? Hey, how many Godzilla movies were remade and now there is another remake in 2012..
@focus471 - I know what you mean. I first saw this movie as a kid around 1970 or 71 and for several days whenever I went to bed at night, I was scared to even look out my apartment window, thinking that "green" would be outside! A remake? As long as it would be from TOHO, although I'm concerned that with today's special fx and shock factor, the scenes where green devours people would likely be too gory.
Legendary pictures needs to put the green Gargantua in the new Godzilla 2012 movie as one of the monsters. Have him munching on Goldman sachs and Leyman brothers employees in New York that would rule.
I must admit! Gaira's really scary for a Toho kaiju! And we're talking about a scary looking kaiju created from Frankenstien's cells that can run,eat people and has a scary roar!
Too funny how these sort of movies were distrubing to me back then (I'm 43 now) Freaked me out seeing this thing eat people. My daughter laughs at this movie (I got it for a few bucks online) She just don't get how I was affraid of this movie back then. Kids nowadays are to desesnsitized.....
@MzSunnyJeep im 43 to and i concur scare the shite out of me , wow channel 5 here in LA what memories, not anymore, gozilla, gamera and giant robot on tv
@MzSunnyJeep I know what you mean,I am seventeen now but when I was younger stuff like this was terrifying to me.I actually find the looks on old monsters scarier then the newer one's of today..i don't know why but they just are..
this seem more disturbing to me now than in the 1970s because i can now think of nasty people who remind me of the green gargantua., the new horror from the1990s to today seems idiotic and flaky, not scary.
@MzSunnyJeep This scene still disturbs me, and I'm 47! I saw this version first, when I was ten, before they edited the chomp, chew and spit part out. Icky, but in an interesting way.
@MzSunnyJeep So true...they're so used to CGI that they've lost the ability to appreciate these type of films (Although it ain't exactly the Godfather you know what I mean?) but it's the way of things I guess.
@NikkiRose This flick scared me too when I was very young. But then I got older and more experienced, .. . and I came to realize that OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, not hairy people-eating giants, were the REAL monsters in the world to be afraid of !!
@NikkiRose Well, this flick used to scare me too when I was very young. But then I got older and more experienced, .. . and came to realize that other HUMAN BEINGS, not hairy people-eating giants, are the REAL monsters of this world to be afraid of!! And minde you, I ain't talkin movies or any kinde of media crap here, .. no, I'm talking real everyday life !
@MzSunnyJeep we're not, its just, you didn;t have things like Silent Hill or Dead Space or Doom to scare the shit out of you then, you just saw these movies and thats all that scary meant for you, so ofcourse it did feel scary.
But we live in another time, a time in which scary is defined completely different, and now, the stimuli needed for scaring us kids are much stronger...
@TheVoiceOfSerenity Agreed. That's why I try to not argue with my daughter about it. She laughs now at what scared me then. She's 13 and just don't get it. I guess growing up with what she's exposed to old movies like the original The Thing. War of The Worlds (aliens coming to destroy us scared me too) and all horror movies from the 50's tothe 80's just aren't scary or horrific enough, Now they are a joke to kids. I'm sure as I get older, what scared me then won't later.
@MzSunnyJeep Well ya know what, sometimes people laugh at something when they're really secretely afraid of it and they want to cover it up , .. thats how some people actualy deal with fear. So maybe your daughter is such a person, .. ya cant be sure. Anyway, of course this kinde of stuff is scarrier when your a childe. As an adult you know this is imaginary, .. but when your a naive little kid you aren't so certain monsters like this don't in fact exist in the world, are you ?
@Skulldini In my opinion, these things are laughable to today's gen because they have become so desensitized (?) to these sort of things......grown men in suits running around. It's been nothing but head rolling, slashing, blood oozing, greenscreen technology with a twist on sex on top of all today's "horror."
@MzSunnyJeepWell, I dont know what sort of movies todays gen finde scarry, but, again, you must consider that THIS particular flick here is also FANTASY ( as well as being horror ), .. ya know, make believe ?
@MzSunnyJeep And yes, I found this flick quite frightening as a childe. However, TODAY, as an adult, I finde that I am, and would bet that you too are, much more frightend about ohhh cancer, disease, terrorist violence, rape, health crisises, financial crisises, natural disasters, car accidents, childe molesting predators, serial murderers, government opresion and abuse, .. and things of that sort than ( continued )
@MzSunnyJeep ( Contd. ) .. and things of that sort than ohhh hairy people-eating giants, or vampires, or werewolves, or ghostes ( though they could still be real ), zombies, witches, aliens ( dito for them ), boogeymen in my closet, Frankenstien, Godzilla, Micheal Meyers, Freddy, Jason, Chucky, Jaws, .. et all. ( continued ).
@MzSunnyJeep ( Contd. ) And ya know what? .. in another thirty years "todays generation", including that daughter of yours, will likewise be more dreading of all THAT same stuff than they are of whatever scares them now as kids in movies and such. So, really, this whole matter of what scares us as kids in terms of generational comparison ultimately means little since, in the end, it's the same thing that threatens us all !
@MzSunnyJeep Oh and as far as I'm concerned, the suits and make up actualy work just fine for the monsters in this particular movie because they're sort of humanoid anyway ( .. . not like some big lizard like Godzilla is for example ).
I have to say, this movie was fanstastically dubbed. Some of the Godzilla movies had bad dubbing, but not this one. I actually think Toho took the time to find superb voicd actors for this movie.
Originally the director planned for actor Nakajima (green gargantua) to actually stuff the woman (doll-legs portion) into his mouth, but then it was decided that was far too violent; especially since kids would be watching. So the scene was filmed with him holding the woman (doll), cut to the sky, then cut to the scene changing to him pushing his fingers in his mouth. If you look carefully at some closeups, you can see Nakajima's real lips! He had fun filming this movie.
@Skulldini - You hit it on the mark! For years I've been trying to figure out how would one spell out Green Gargantua's yell. You're right! CCHHHHAAAAAAAAAA! Green's scream is downright shrill!
This movie ruled!.. I remember watching this for the first time as a litte kid in the early 70's and being rivited.. and scared!. also.. is there a clip of that song where the Japanese woman is singing in the nightclub? LOL!! I can still remember that stupid song.... "The words... get stuck in my throat".. .. Too funny.
The idea from the previous film was, I believe, that Frankenstein's skin cells that were torn from his body during fights with Baragon and Oodaku, lived on and became two separate creatures that grew as per their atmosphere and climate.
There is a rough resemblance to Frankenstein in both of them, moreso in Sanda, who looks very human and emotional serves as the counter to the theory that Gaira is Frankenstein as per his own features.
Right, but at one point in the movie, Dr. Stewart, or the older Japanese doctor, make a mention of "brother vs. brother" and a reference to Kain and Abel (English version.) I believe they say something to this effect in the subtitled version also.
But I always felt that one of them was Frankenstein, and that one was Gaira, the green one...This I believe for reasons dating back to the original full ending of Frankenstein Conquers The World that was cut from the final print.
scariest movie ever made! The Japanese show their creative movie monster genius! Gotta love the gargantuas FACE!!!! aha ha ha ha . At the end the monster should have done a cannonball when jumping into the water.
Green Gargantua (Gaira) is very scary..in fact, what makes this whole movie work is the totally unconventional approach Toho Studios took to make the creatures more believable.
The natural eye movement of the actors, the facial expressions, the "good and evil" conflict made Sanda and Gaira come to life more than Godzilla or any
of his buddies (who were STILL fun to watch!)
It's sad too considering the monsters are brothers and wind up fighting each other.
Also, the monsters in this movie are more humanoid anyway ( unstead of being some guy in a big lizard costume ).
The only time they look fake is in close ups of their faces,.. theres no movement, they just look like masks. If they just would've had some movement in their facial tissue then they would've looked really excelent ( but I'm not sure that they had the technology to do that yet ).
Well, in SOME instances, you can actually see the actors moving their eyes like real creatures..at 1:38 or slightly after, you'll see Gaira blink his eyes.
That's the actor actually moving his own eyes, and not a mask.
Also, later on, when Sanda finds Gaira was eating people again, he does a small double take, where his eyes widen in shock and the veins in his forehead crease in anger. Two huge moments for the movie.
@Shawnster65 the actor who plays Gaira in this movie is also the actor who play Baragon in Frankenstein conquers the world, Godzilla in Godzilla 1954 until Godzilla vs Gigan and King Kong in King Kong escapes.
Memorable scenes; the "Words Get Stuck In My Throat" scene, the scene when the brown gargantua saves the green gargantua from being killed by the human's lazer attack , the scene where the brown gargantua discovered his brother ate people and punished him for it by whipping him with a tree, and of course when the woman was ate up and her clothes spat out on the ground. It was also cool to see the contrasting personas of the 2 brothers; 1 good and 1 bad. That was always intriguing to watch.
What made this movie so special, was the ability of the actors to actually move their eyes w\o any restrictions in the face makeup.
What you had was natural expression as opposed to a face mask. This helped them portray the emotions that made the moral conflict between them so unique.
The look on Sanda's face when he discovers Gaira was eating people again was a perfect example..and the "free eye movement" technique helped display that emotion.
yes ormoncbeachflorida we watched this in the 1980,s it was on 1 of the ind channels at that time in nyc im waiting for the dvd on netflix theres a short wait time.
"The absolute most dumb thing I've seen in my life" ?.........
Its called FANTASY you ignorant prick! Thats all it is,..fantasy. You've got a problem with that? Think its "dumb"? Well then go and watch football, or something realy SMART like that, unstead and leave THIS sort of thing alone. Man, some people are such dicks!!
That green giant is one bad MoFo.... I don't know who his dentist is but he needs some more work... LOL.. Looks like one of the thugs I know here in Los Angeles.... LOL...
I saw this in the movies as a little kid in Central Jersey and this scene shook the shit out of me! I wasn't ready to see a woman get eaten alive, then the monster spits out her chewed-up clothes.
This scene still haunted me up untill... oh, I dunno.. 3 minutes ago. Seeing this as an adult leaves me COMPLETLY confused as to the reason why I was freaked out by this movie. This has to be the absolute most dumb thing I've ever scene in my life! I remember my mother yelling at me to go outside and play on saturday afternoon rather than stay indoors glued to the TV watching this stuff. Now I know why....
@JohnKoroly - The scene with the lady being eaten was originally going to be more shocking. The actor playing Green Gargantua (Haruo Nakajima who also played Godzilla) was told to stuff the doll's legs in his mouth to make the scene even more grisly. Nakajima objected. He was concerned about the kids that would be watching this movie. The man had class! He's in his 90s now & stated that this was his favorite movie to act in as he could move much more freely than he did in the Godzilla suits.
If you look carefully in some scenes you can actually see Nakajima's real lips and tongue inside of the gargantua's face (rubber mask). Ironically Nakajima and the actor that plays the brown gargantua were both in "Frankenstein vs. the World". Nakajima played Baragon while the actor playing the Brown Gargantua was the Frankenstein monster.
This was my favorite Japanese monster movie as a kid in the 1970s. This scene where the evil green gargantua eats the poor woman and spits out her dress really disturbed me back then.
I watched this movie all the time when I was a kid and bought an old VHS tape of it as a goof to myself years ago. My son wanted to watch it and well - I Got my 6 year old son the DVD of this for Christmas and he loves it!
Yes color. I don't think there was a black and white version. It's 1970. Maybe only the cover was uncolored. You can choose Japanese or American version. Amazon has it - with Rodan on one DVD. It was like $10 or $12.
I remember being terrified by this movie when I first saw it at age 7 in 1972. It was on "Chiller" in New York. Scared the living sh** out of me!
This scene in particular was engraved in my memory until I bought the dvd just weeks ago. I was a monster movie junkie as a kid, but his movie is still beyond all that.
The beginning of this movie starts where Frankenstein vs Baragon ended.The giant octopus and green gargantua fighting in the ocean.If you watch this movie you will see that there is concern about using the military against the green gargantua because the monster's cells will regrow and multiply.Perhaps the movie was supposed to go like this:octopus kills frankenstein.Frankenstien regrows from plankton.Fights octopus again and wins.Why it went to this angle is anyones guess.
This movie freaked me out as a kid. Even watching it now I remember how I freaked. Every once in a while I would have nightmares about running from this thing. Walking through the airport and running to the water was just plain freaky.
Yeah this is the sort of monster you see in your nightmares. Whereas other monsters just rampage right through the city this one looks for people to eat.
Brad Pitt brought me here
nikkei88 1 week ago 4
we need a remake of this
SuperTestfreak 3 weeks ago
I am a fan of many of the Japanese monster movies. Most definitely a Godzilla fan, but this film, the Giant Majin, etc. I just love those films.
faceman68 1 month ago
this and kong vs zilla are my favorite japan giant monster movies
SuperTestfreak 1 month ago
GROSS!!
oofahman 1 month ago
those people didnt need to randomly fall like that lol
brianbarnettknox 2 months ago
Gaira is terrifying.
enterprise160 2 months ago
saw this as part of a quadruple bill with 5 of my pals aged about 13 so u can imagine how quiet and respectful we all were. we ripped this one mst3k style and had the whole theatre laughing along. when the hot japanese girl falls down a cliff and is hanging by a branch while the gargantuas fight above her and nick yells "ill be right down. are u alright?" the whole theatre just exploded...one of the best days i ever had...
akitaman101 3 months ago
I think why WOTG stands out as unique as w/the chemistry b'tween portrayed both humans & non-humans as 'characters'. Gaira & Sanda are individuals even as monsters & have persopnality & to some degree purpose-or in need of purpose; we get to actually 'know' these creatures as something more than just things stomping around. Not many Kaiju films have this edge but few-Rodan being one other & in their own way also Guilala (X from outer space), Dogora & Yongary.
FearOfaBlackChannel 3 months ago
Saw this in 1970 at the Sunset Drive-In in Skokie Illinois, as a double feature with "Monster Zero" which we know as "Ghidrah, The Three Headed Monster"
suijin84 3 months ago
i enjoyed it,one of the best Japanese monster movies
theman20119 3 months ago
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enjoyable to watch,one of the better japanese monster movies
theman20119 3 months ago
great movie,one of the better japanese monster movies
theman20119 3 months ago
why does gaira run away in the end
MAMARRACHO2010 4 months ago
@MAMARRACHO2010
because he apparently can't stand sunlight or bright light.
ozzyalvarez 1 month ago
why does he have gomora's roars?
Theavalanche1234 4 months ago
I'm serious. This is the best monster movie ever.
CptQuestionMark 5 months ago
My brother used to cry and scream when this was on. The Gargantuas terrified him lol
PsychLion 5 months ago
I read somewhere that all the Japanese monster movies were all metaphors for the American occupation of Japan after World War II.
eddievenegas 5 months ago
@eddievenegas Not this one.
CptQuestionMark 5 months ago
i still to this very day have nightmares about gaira and i first saw this 37 yrs abo
brucedavis76 5 months ago
"the only thing about airport food is it'll be a large No#2 later"
Bigdan1429 6 months ago
Can somebody tell me why the lady just sits there and seemingly says "I'm right here, please eat me"?
spartacus3ful 6 months ago
i saw this one when i was about 6 years old. i couldn`t sleep for 3 nights after that ^^
Enziola 6 months ago
Incredible
jadasic 7 months ago
The real reason Japan suffers so many earthquakes and tsunamis.
Spartacus217 8 months ago
Funny horror hahaha
Ximantron 8 months ago
classic....scared me when i was a kid
craigalan100 9 months ago
Chet, CHET...!
DANATANLOVER 9 months ago
Fantasy Match The two Gargantuas vs Godzilla and king Kong...Any where falls match..
focus471 9 months ago
Should of put godzilla up against these bigfoots. Wat a fight would have been
davidgalindo07 9 months ago
A GREAT monster movie. These were feaky-ass monsters when I was a kid. Got the DVD for my son....ok - me too :)
aitraining 10 months ago
stupid show...
legoman80116 10 months ago
who can beat both monsters? my predication of course Godzilla Does anyone agree?
focus471 10 months ago
@focus471 -Focus, in this case it would have been difficult for Godzilla to beat the green monster. The actor in the green gargantua suit IS GODZILLA! OK, actually the actor who at that time played Godzilla, Haruo Nakajima. He stated in an interview that this was his favorite character that he acted as, since he was able to move so freely and being a martial arts expert took advantage of it. The Godzilla suit restricted him a great deal as well as causing him to sweat profusely.
ACLTony 10 months ago
@ACLTony I was not aware that the same actor played both roles..Interesting!..I just remember watching this movie as a kid and how the scene where the green one comes out of the water scared me completely..
It would be interesting if a remake of this movie was done..Do you agree? Hey, how many Godzilla movies were remade and now there is another remake in 2012..
focus471 9 months ago
@focus471 - I know what you mean. I first saw this movie as a kid around 1970 or 71 and for several days whenever I went to bed at night, I was scared to even look out my apartment window, thinking that "green" would be outside! A remake? As long as it would be from TOHO, although I'm concerned that with today's special fx and shock factor, the scenes where green devours people would likely be too gory.
ACLTony 9 months ago
@superfawful64
oh dude i knew all that i own both films
i was just sayin that in there simplicity they resemble what most would consider bigfoots or yeti
what i ment is many people state that they look like crap cus there just giant people with a lotta fur but what they dont get is thats intentional
and the the original japanease cut of it they refer to them mutiple times as a bigfoot type creature
but yes the facts u stated r most definatly true
movieartman 11 months ago
@NinerTiger What happened to Kumi Mizuno in the movie?
theicchamp06 11 months ago
i remeber seeing this movie as a little girl. I had nightmares for a while and still remember them!
funnny573 1 year ago
I saw this movie at an American drive-in theatre in 1967 at the age of 3 and I still remember it....this and "night of the living dead"
EdwardRommel 1 year ago
Should wait awhile before you go swimming after you eat.
qdog568 1 year ago
i would of ate the japanese skool gurl xP
ReserveSoulja 1 year ago
OK TO EVREYIONE WHO DOSENT KNOW the monsters in this film are ment to be giant bigfoots/sasquaches and in that context the look pretty good
the look like stan winston masterpeices in comparison to the yetis in shreik of the mutilated
movieartman 1 year ago
Too F-ing cool! I wish I had that costume:)
TheZepmeister 1 year ago
CLASSIC!
jetcarddude 1 year ago
Strange Japanese Monster Movie!
THX1205 1 year ago
wtf
wrollercoaster500 1 year ago
What is Russ Tamblyn doing in this movie?
THX1205 1 year ago
like you're gonna outrun a 100-foot monster that wants to eat you and can run at full sprint. good luck w/that escape plan, people!
equiv71 1 year ago
i remember this when is was a kid and i agree the part where the lady gets eaten really freaked me out! Good memories lol!!
kutulu6 1 year ago
Legendary pictures needs to put the green Gargantua in the new Godzilla 2012 movie as one of the monsters. Have him munching on Goldman sachs and Leyman brothers employees in New York that would rule.
joeb1963 1 year ago 2
hes either not into fashun or a reall bad taylor.
noodlesmealey 1 year ago
I must admit! Gaira's really scary for a Toho kaiju! And we're talking about a scary looking kaiju created from Frankenstien's cells that can run,eat people and has a scary roar!
themetalsonic94 1 year ago
The Green Gargantua resembles an Obama supporter!
TakeAShowerStinky 1 year ago
@TakeAShowerStinky leave politics out of this, dickwad
sjdrifter72 1 year ago
@sjdrifter72. Hey AIDSbait. The monster looks like one of Obama's supporters.
Don't try to censor me.
TakeAShowerStinky 1 year ago
@TakeAShowerStinky Hey you fat, racist republican piece of shit. Fuck You. hope you die of AIDS and are censored from existence. have a nice death.
sjdrifter72 1 year ago
@TakeAShowerStinky ....Give the monster some credit, Obama's supporters are alot more scarier! And they're REAL!
MrKurt1962 1 year ago
Fisherman gets eaten, cleaning lady gets eaten. Are working class people more tasty or something?
diddymuck 1 year ago
@diddymuck
No, the lady is not a cleaning lady but an office worker.
In Japan, cleaning ladies usually wear pants.
takeshi321321 1 year ago
I was in So Cal as a kid and this movie scared the crap out of me. But I loved it and never forgot it!
Beardman29 1 year ago
i got to here by watching half life gameplay
wtf....
alonalon777 1 year ago
Too funny how these sort of movies were distrubing to me back then (I'm 43 now) Freaked me out seeing this thing eat people. My daughter laughs at this movie (I got it for a few bucks online) She just don't get how I was affraid of this movie back then. Kids nowadays are to desesnsitized.....
MzSunnyJeep 1 year ago 9
@MzSunnyJeep im 43 to and i concur scare the shite out of me , wow channel 5 here in LA what memories, not anymore, gozilla, gamera and giant robot on tv
deathrattlers 1 year ago
@MzSunnyJeep I know what you mean,I am seventeen now but when I was younger stuff like this was terrifying to me.I actually find the looks on old monsters scarier then the newer one's of today..i don't know why but they just are..
OtherNameStudios 1 year ago
@MzSunnyJeep
this seem more disturbing to me now than in the 1970s because i can now think of nasty people who remind me of the green gargantua., the new horror from the1990s to today seems idiotic and flaky, not scary.
The096757 1 year ago
@MzSunnyJeep This scene still disturbs me, and I'm 47! I saw this version first, when I was ten, before they edited the chomp, chew and spit part out. Icky, but in an interesting way.
gahrzahk 11 months ago
@MzSunnyJeep So true...they're so used to CGI that they've lost the ability to appreciate these type of films (Although it ain't exactly the Godfather you know what I mean?) but it's the way of things I guess.
SUCKAGOTPLAYED 11 months ago
@MzSunnyJeep Well, if it means anything, im 19 and this still scares me. It DID scare me when i was a kid too :'D Its disturbing.
NikkiRose 10 months ago
@NikkiRose This flick scared me too when I was very young. But then I got older and more experienced, .. . and I came to realize that OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, not hairy people-eating giants, were the REAL monsters in the world to be afraid of !!
Skulldini 5 months ago
@NikkiRose Well, this flick used to scare me too when I was very young. But then I got older and more experienced, .. . and came to realize that other HUMAN BEINGS, not hairy people-eating giants, are the REAL monsters of this world to be afraid of!! And minde you, I ain't talkin movies or any kinde of media crap here, .. no, I'm talking real everyday life !
Skulldini 5 months ago
@Skulldini I do agree with you there. :O
NikkiRose 5 months ago
@MzSunnyJeep that part terrified me too.!!!.....im 44 now
craigalan100 9 months ago
@MzSunnyJeep we're not, its just, you didn;t have things like Silent Hill or Dead Space or Doom to scare the shit out of you then, you just saw these movies and thats all that scary meant for you, so ofcourse it did feel scary.
But we live in another time, a time in which scary is defined completely different, and now, the stimuli needed for scaring us kids are much stronger...
TheVoiceOfSerenity 8 months ago
@TheVoiceOfSerenity Agreed. That's why I try to not argue with my daughter about it. She laughs now at what scared me then. She's 13 and just don't get it. I guess growing up with what she's exposed to old movies like the original The Thing. War of The Worlds (aliens coming to destroy us scared me too) and all horror movies from the 50's tothe 80's just aren't scary or horrific enough, Now they are a joke to kids. I'm sure as I get older, what scared me then won't later.
MzSunnyJeep 8 months ago
@MzSunnyJeep Well ya know what, sometimes people laugh at something when they're really secretely afraid of it and they want to cover it up , .. thats how some people actualy deal with fear. So maybe your daughter is such a person, .. ya cant be sure. Anyway, of course this kinde of stuff is scarrier when your a childe. As an adult you know this is imaginary, .. but when your a naive little kid you aren't so certain monsters like this don't in fact exist in the world, are you ?
Skulldini 5 months ago
@Skulldini In my opinion, these things are laughable to today's gen because they have become so desensitized (?) to these sort of things......grown men in suits running around. It's been nothing but head rolling, slashing, blood oozing, greenscreen technology with a twist on sex on top of all today's "horror."
MzSunnyJeep 5 months ago
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Skulldini 5 months ago
@MzSunnyJeepWell, I dont know what sort of movies todays gen finde scarry, but, again, you must consider that THIS particular flick here is also FANTASY ( as well as being horror ), .. ya know, make believe ?
Skulldini 5 months ago
@MzSunnyJeep And yes, I found this flick quite frightening as a childe. However, TODAY, as an adult, I finde that I am, and would bet that you too are, much more frightend about ohhh cancer, disease, terrorist violence, rape, health crisises, financial crisises, natural disasters, car accidents, childe molesting predators, serial murderers, government opresion and abuse, .. and things of that sort than ( continued )
Skulldini 5 months ago
@MzSunnyJeep ( Contd. ) .. and things of that sort than ohhh hairy people-eating giants, or vampires, or werewolves, or ghostes ( though they could still be real ), zombies, witches, aliens ( dito for them ), boogeymen in my closet, Frankenstien, Godzilla, Micheal Meyers, Freddy, Jason, Chucky, Jaws, .. et all. ( continued ).
Skulldini 5 months ago
@MzSunnyJeep ( Contd. ) And ya know what? .. in another thirty years "todays generation", including that daughter of yours, will likewise be more dreading of all THAT same stuff than they are of whatever scares them now as kids in movies and such. So, really, this whole matter of what scares us as kids in terms of generational comparison ultimately means little since, in the end, it's the same thing that threatens us all !
Skulldini 5 months ago
@MzSunnyJeep Oh and as far as I'm concerned, the suits and make up actualy work just fine for the monsters in this particular movie because they're sort of humanoid anyway ( .. . not like some big lizard like Godzilla is for example ).
Skulldini 5 months ago
Great movie....if you love 100% pure CHEESE! I love it!
vomit49894 1 year ago
@NULLcHiLD27 i know but isnt that the same thing!?. im still correct:)
38Godzilla 1 year ago
@NULLcHiLD27 it was desined to be a kids movie weird right
38Godzilla 1 year ago
I think this was an audition for King Kong... Obviously he didn't get it.
jacupuh 1 year ago
I have to say, this movie was fanstastically dubbed. Some of the Godzilla movies had bad dubbing, but not this one. I actually think Toho took the time to find superb voicd actors for this movie.
Falcone45 1 year ago
gaira is creepy why is this a kids movie?!!
38Godzilla 1 year ago
would've been better if they had shown the creature stuffing her into his mouth
fulfilledbydarkness 1 year ago
someone please post the whole movie?!?!
wolfstev76 1 year ago
Dont they have this one on MST 3000?
gypshasballs22 1 year ago
Originally the director planned for actor Nakajima (green gargantua) to actually stuff the woman (doll-legs portion) into his mouth, but then it was decided that was far too violent; especially since kids would be watching. So the scene was filmed with him holding the woman (doll), cut to the sky, then cut to the scene changing to him pushing his fingers in his mouth. If you look carefully at some closeups, you can see Nakajima's real lips! He had fun filming this movie.
ACLTony 1 year ago
does anyone have clips of the movie return of the Giant Maijinn?
mexitalian1000 1 year ago
tight!
Centaur716 1 year ago
Up from the valley comes the Jolly Green Giant ! .....
CCHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
Skulldini 1 year ago
@Skulldini - You hit it on the mark! For years I've been trying to figure out how would one spell out Green Gargantua's yell. You're right! CCHHHHAAAAAAAAAA! Green's scream is downright shrill!
ACLTony 1 year ago
What happened to the japanese girl that he grabbed? There was really bad edit.
timmytango 1 year ago
ive noticed from all the giant monster movies ive seen, Gaira (green gargantua) is like the only monster that actually runs instead of walking
Warhammerdude980 1 year ago
OMG This Movie gave me nightmares Lmao
12arty 1 year ago
He only eats 100 percent cotton clothing. Gotta have some standards.
frankbooth64 2 years ago 19
@frankbooth64 ever get poly-ESTHER caught in yer teeth?
noodlesmealey 1 year ago
I always felt bad for that woman, but she didn't run like everyone else.
CaptGage 2 years ago
Kick ass movie! My second favorite monster film next to the Godzilla movies. I used to be afraid of this part, totally awesome.
slanted89 2 years ago
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nickrock23 2 years ago
i was so affraid as i saw this part ,when i was a child !
Pode1988 2 years ago
minute 2:02 talk about eating the woman!
usaamerica1 2 years ago
mmmm new Pringles flavor! Wasaba Washer Woman!
diddymuck 2 years ago 2
best japanese monster movie of all time!!!original godzilla close 2nd
gino454 2 years ago 2
I thought it meant the Gargantua from half life 1
MultiNintendoGamer 2 years ago
This movie ruled!.. I remember watching this for the first time as a litte kid in the early 70's and being rivited.. and scared!. also.. is there a clip of that song where the Japanese woman is singing in the nightclub? LOL!! I can still remember that stupid song.... "The words... get stuck in my throat".. .. Too funny.
therileymonster 2 years ago
It sure is a great movie, "brother" lol ;-)
The idea from the previous film was, I believe, that Frankenstein's skin cells that were torn from his body during fights with Baragon and Oodaku, lived on and became two separate creatures that grew as per their atmosphere and climate.
There is a rough resemblance to Frankenstein in both of them, moreso in Sanda, who looks very human and emotional serves as the counter to the theory that Gaira is Frankenstein as per his own features.
Shawnster65 2 years ago
Right, but at one point in the movie, Dr. Stewart, or the older Japanese doctor, make a mention of "brother vs. brother" and a reference to Kain and Abel (English version.) I believe they say something to this effect in the subtitled version also.
But I always felt that one of them was Frankenstein, and that one was Gaira, the green one...This I believe for reasons dating back to the original full ending of Frankenstein Conquers The World that was cut from the final print.
Shawnster65 2 years ago
scariest movie ever made! The Japanese show their creative movie monster genius! Gotta love the gargantuas FACE!!!! aha ha ha ha . At the end the monster should have done a cannonball when jumping into the water.
facistleader 2 years ago
Not only is he ugly, but that sound he makes is very horrible, ...that "CHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.....!!!!!!
Skulldini 2 years ago
Green Gargantua (Gaira) is very scary..in fact, what makes this whole movie work is the totally unconventional approach Toho Studios took to make the creatures more believable.
The natural eye movement of the actors, the facial expressions, the "good and evil" conflict made Sanda and Gaira come to life more than Godzilla or any
of his buddies (who were STILL fun to watch!)
It's sad too considering the monsters are brothers and wind up fighting each other.
Shawnster65 2 years ago
Also, the monsters in this movie are more humanoid anyway ( unstead of being some guy in a big lizard costume ).
The only time they look fake is in close ups of their faces,.. theres no movement, they just look like masks. If they just would've had some movement in their facial tissue then they would've looked really excelent ( but I'm not sure that they had the technology to do that yet ).
Skulldini 2 years ago
Well, in SOME instances, you can actually see the actors moving their eyes like real creatures..at 1:38 or slightly after, you'll see Gaira blink his eyes.
That's the actor actually moving his own eyes, and not a mask.
Also, later on, when Sanda finds Gaira was eating people again, he does a small double take, where his eyes widen in shock and the veins in his forehead crease in anger. Two huge moments for the movie.
Shawnster65 2 years ago
@Shawnster65 the actor who plays Gaira in this movie is also the actor who play Baragon in Frankenstein conquers the world, Godzilla in Godzilla 1954 until Godzilla vs Gigan and King Kong in King Kong escapes.
randomjomari 2 years ago
I know well of him. His name is Haruo Nakajima, and I met him at one of the Chiller Theatres, in 2000 or 2001.
He had the Gaira mask, AND the suit, roped off in a corner. He couldn't speak English, but he had 2 beautiful translators who bridged the gap.
I also learned that Mr. Nakajima also played several of the Ultraman monsters, AND Ultraman himself sometimes.
One particular Ultra-Monster was Keela, who looked very much like a certain other Toho monster. ;-)
Shawnster65 2 years ago
Saw this in the late seventies part of Wpix's 8' o clock movie when i was 7.I slept with the lights on,hidden under the bed that night.
Wg2100s 2 years ago
Very cool movie. I haven't seen it since like 1979 or something as a kid.
leo2nd74 2 years ago
lol chinese fire drill!!!!
shano58 2 years ago
Memorable scenes; the "Words Get Stuck In My Throat" scene, the scene when the brown gargantua saves the green gargantua from being killed by the human's lazer attack , the scene where the brown gargantua discovered his brother ate people and punished him for it by whipping him with a tree, and of course when the woman was ate up and her clothes spat out on the ground. It was also cool to see the contrasting personas of the 2 brothers; 1 good and 1 bad. That was always intriguing to watch.
ReeseMac 2 years ago
What made this movie so special, was the ability of the actors to actually move their eyes w\o any restrictions in the face makeup.
What you had was natural expression as opposed to a face mask. This helped them portray the emotions that made the moral conflict between them so unique.
The look on Sanda's face when he discovers Gaira was eating people again was a perfect example..and the "free eye movement" technique helped display that emotion.
Truly original and unique.
Shawnster65 2 years ago
i love this movie i saw this movie with my cousin when i was 10 years old on tv.
cee710 2 years ago
Are you my cousin...lol I was about to type the exact same thing I saw it when I t I was like 9yrs old back in Los Angeles.
This and the Godzilla movies had me gripped to the screen!
OrmondBeachFlorida 2 years ago
yes ormoncbeachflorida we watched this in the 1980,s it was on 1 of the ind channels at that time in nyc im waiting for the dvd on netflix theres a short wait time.
cee710 2 years ago
To bassrockin,......
"The absolute most dumb thing I've seen in my life" ?.........
Its called FANTASY you ignorant prick! Thats all it is,..fantasy. You've got a problem with that? Think its "dumb"? Well then go and watch football, or something realy SMART like that, unstead and leave THIS sort of thing alone. Man, some people are such dicks!!
Skulldini 2 years ago 4
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Skulldini 2 years ago
Why can't there ever be any giant hot women in these kinds of movies?
MichaelKlump 2 years ago
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rancorslayer184 2 years ago
Try one called Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.
Skulldini 2 years ago 2
um i would see this type of movie at 6 yrs old and i wouldn't get scared at all is that bad
fredfredburgercereal 2 years ago
THE greatest monster movie OF ALL TIME!
bty86 2 years ago
That green giant is one bad MoFo.... I don't know who his dentist is but he needs some more work... LOL.. Looks like one of the thugs I know here in Los Angeles.... LOL...
OmegaManMov 2 years ago
godzilla vs the gargantuas that would be awesome
Thetruthishere1 2 years ago 2
That was once an idea that was made back in the 70's but it was dropped.
001989 2 years ago
I saw this in the movies as a little kid in Central Jersey and this scene shook the shit out of me! I wasn't ready to see a woman get eaten alive, then the monster spits out her chewed-up clothes.
JohnKoroly 2 years ago 14
This scene still haunted me up untill... oh, I dunno.. 3 minutes ago. Seeing this as an adult leaves me COMPLETLY confused as to the reason why I was freaked out by this movie. This has to be the absolute most dumb thing I've ever scene in my life! I remember my mother yelling at me to go outside and play on saturday afternoon rather than stay indoors glued to the TV watching this stuff. Now I know why....
bassrockin 2 years ago
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Skulldini 2 years ago
@JohnKoroly Same thing...like scarred for life...patooey.
oldpreach 1 year ago
@JohnKoroly How fuckin old are you? lol
fuggindoosh 1 year ago
@fuggindoosh I'm 48. Saw this in the movies when I was around 8 or 9, I think. And you?
JohnKoroly 1 year ago
@JohnKoroly 5
fuggindoosh 1 year ago
@JohnKoroly : 42 and saw it when I was around 5 or 6.
Beardman29 1 year ago
@JohnKoroly - The scene with the lady being eaten was originally going to be more shocking. The actor playing Green Gargantua (Haruo Nakajima who also played Godzilla) was told to stuff the doll's legs in his mouth to make the scene even more grisly. Nakajima objected. He was concerned about the kids that would be watching this movie. The man had class! He's in his 90s now & stated that this was his favorite movie to act in as he could move much more freely than he did in the Godzilla suits.
ACLTony 1 year ago
If you look carefully in some scenes you can actually see Nakajima's real lips and tongue inside of the gargantua's face (rubber mask). Ironically Nakajima and the actor that plays the brown gargantua were both in "Frankenstein vs. the World". Nakajima played Baragon while the actor playing the Brown Gargantua was the Frankenstein monster.
ACLTony 1 year ago
This is why I have not gone to Japan! Perhaps someday they will rid themselves of the CRITTERS!!!! LOL
marshaswomen 2 years ago
I used to watch this on Ch 5 KTLA Los Angeles during the 70's. Man do i miss those times.
Twilghtlovers 2 years ago 2
Hey me to.
brucedavis76 2 years ago
This was my favorite Japanese monster movie as a kid in the 1970s. This scene where the evil green gargantua eats the poor woman and spits out her dress really disturbed me back then.
Gorbachenko 2 years ago 3
Yeah I would shit my japanese pants if I saw that thing coming over the horizon...
U3X6785 3 years ago
I loved the movie when I was young. One of the best monster movies from Japan.
scorpio1977b 3 years ago
I saw this movie as a kid. Great movie. Gave me nightmares for some reason. Yeah...uh...vore scenes.
LordVictus13 3 years ago
i loved this movie when i was like 5 or 6
back in the 90s
good times
zachey5 3 years ago
he is walking like he's tryin to hold his asshole tight till he gets to the bathroom!
ballsnot 3 years ago
this movie scared me so much when i was a kid that I had to slleep with my sister for an entire year I was so scared at night
manitobasuntanner 3 years ago
I watched this movie all the time when I was a kid and bought an old VHS tape of it as a goof to myself years ago. My son wanted to watch it and well - I Got my 6 year old son the DVD of this for Christmas and he loves it!
aitraining 3 years ago
Was it in color? cause i went to bestbuy to get it but they only had the Black &White Verson
Warhammerdude980 3 years ago
Yes color. I don't think there was a black and white version. It's 1970. Maybe only the cover was uncolored. You can choose Japanese or American version. Amazon has it - with Rodan on one DVD. It was like $10 or $12.
aitraining 3 years ago
mabye it was the cover that was in black & white not the movie?
Warhammerdude980 3 years ago
CCHECK!!!!!!
I remember being terrified by this movie when I first saw it at age 7 in 1972. It was on "Chiller" in New York. Scared the living sh** out of me!
This scene in particular was engraved in my memory until I bought the dvd just weeks ago. I was a monster movie junkie as a kid, but his movie is still beyond all that.
CCHHECK!!!!!!!!
tommyrock69 3 years ago
thats hilarious, I saw it in 72 also, probably on the same program (yeah, i lived in ny)
jaybird321 3 years ago
Oh man, I used to watch this constantly when I was like 6...never see it anymore. This is the first time I've seen it in almost 12 years :D
unauthorizedentry01 3 years ago
The beginning of this movie starts where Frankenstein vs Baragon ended.The giant octopus and green gargantua fighting in the ocean.If you watch this movie you will see that there is concern about using the military against the green gargantua because the monster's cells will regrow and multiply.Perhaps the movie was supposed to go like this:octopus kills frankenstein.Frankenstien regrows from plankton.Fights octopus again and wins.Why it went to this angle is anyones guess.
geep20 3 years ago
That's my theory too-only I believe Frankenstein is the GREEN one.
Perhaps he laid in a coma at the
bottom of the sea, and hadn't actually died. Remember they said in the first movie that he could never die.
His body absorbed protein from plankton thru cellular osmosis as it evolved into an amphibious but sea-loving creature.
But, his brain suffered permanent damage from a lack of oxygen as he lay dormant, thus accounting for his savage behavior. Frankenstein is now Gaira.
Shawnster65 2 years ago
This movie freaked me out as a kid. Even watching it now I remember how I freaked. Every once in a while I would have nightmares about running from this thing. Walking through the airport and running to the water was just plain freaky.
athalon777 3 years ago
Yeah this is the sort of monster you see in your nightmares. Whereas other monsters just rampage right through the city this one looks for people to eat.
schizoidboy 3 years ago
me to i still have nightmares about gaira and i'm 42 yrs old!!!!
brucedavis76 3 years ago