Kevin Cheng - That sounds about right. When I watched it around twenty years ago it seemed so weird and disturbing that just taking it as either a child's nightmare or twisted fan-fiction seems the best way to view it.
22dallas1 I thought it'd be obvious the person I was talking to got their account deleted. Fuck am I supposed to know, this comment thread is almost 2 years old
Well, the guy who directed this movie was forbidden to work in the kaiju genre ever again after producer Tomoyuki Tanaka saw the final product. He said "You ruined Godzilla!" to the guy.
Man as a fan of Godzilla, this had to be one of the most horrifying next to the first film. Just the death scenes... *shudders* people drowning in Hedorahs slime, flying over the air and basically melting everybody. Especially the part where its on the road and is just consuming everything even if there was people in the car... I even remember when being in a car I would be looking making sure nothing is there lol
I remember watching this on Sci-Fi Channel when they had a week long Godzilla celebration. Still a fun movie. Fun fact, the director of this film would go on to be one of the main producers for 2014's American Godzilla movie, and if you watch this one back-to-back with that one, you can see similarities in the storytelling and depiction of Godzilla as an ally of man.
The Hedorah suit? No way, it's one of the creepiest, freakiest outfits Toho ever built. I absolutely love the eyes, and the whole thing is really spooky in the dark. You can't tell in the movie but it was actually a very colorful costume, with different oily patterns of red, yellow, silver and blue.
"He shits on everything in site!" It's like battling the Great Mighty Poo from Conker's Bad Fur Day. My friend Mark said "If the Great Mighty Poo wanted to take over the world, he could if you think about how many people take a shit." Lol
I have a feeling James didn't like this one. I appreciate it for doing something different. And this movie isn't weird because it's "psychodelic exploitation", they didn't do it to follow some trend, it was an artistic vision of the writer.
I was one of those kid all juiced on candy and popcorn back in the early 70’s when I saw this in the theater. For the a 7-year-old in that time, the film was actually very impressive and very frightening.
This movie was excellent, I don't know what you guys are talking about! It's camp, freak looking monster, some cool animation, psychdelia, and had a message to protect the environment. Oh well.
Don't forget it was Mothra who helped change Godzilla's attitude towards humans in the movie Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster where Godzilla turned into the Earth's mightiest Defender.
Hedorah probably has the highest civilian bodycount in the Godzilla series, it wasn't aimed at kids, it was pretty damn dark. People getting suffocated by toxic sludge in the subway and being dissolved with sulphuric acid? I'd say it's very much not aimed at kids.
Saw this in a movie theater when it was new (I know I'm dating myself). It was a saturday afternoon showing and the theater was filled to capacity with crazy kids. In the earlier part of the 70s the anti-pollution, "take care of the earth" message was very popular and hip.
This move... oh god, THIS movie! It has some of the most disturbing imagery you'll see in the franchise, a total 180 coming from All monsters attack/Godzilla's revenge. It's certainly unique and memorable though, there's no denying that.
Shouldn't Mothra make an appearance cause she is all about protecting the earth and Hedorah is made of pollution so wouldn't she be mad at humans for polluting?
I watched this today, and I actually liked it for what it is, and I must say, Hedorahs Eyes make it look like one of the creepiest things I ever seen in a Godzilla movies.
Hedorah actually gets a cameo at the end of Godzilla Final Wars. When Godzilla arrives in Tokyo, he blasts Hedorah and Ebirah out of the water, Impales Hedorah with Ebirah's big claw, then roasts them both with the atomic breath.
I feel like Hedorah aged well as a character. He'd be pretty relevant in the current Godzilla movies, especially with the climate change and environmentalist undertones that are present in the newest movie.
this may be my favorite of all the Godzilla movies and its by far the weirdest but thats one of the things i love about it, this is one of those movies that kids, adults and pot heads can enjoy, lots of action, laughs and its even got a lot of horror elements, love this one.
I kinda blame this video and Jame's opinion on this film for the larger fan base's dismissal of this fantastic film for so many years, but hey, it's not Jame's fault.
In that scene where the kids are all partying on the hillside, who are those old people in the bushes that we see a few times? The camera just cuts to them watching from the brush, completely blank faces and motionless.
Watching this tomorrow, Sunday matinee at my nearby classic cinema The Vista on Sunset. They have been playing Godzilla matinee movies every Sunday this summer 2019 since Godzilla:KoTM opened late May.
I've only seen this movie once. And that was when I was either 9 or 10. I wish I had this movie. And 1:54 "Godzilla fighing a giant turd" Basically the Golgothan!
The scene with the people wearing fish mask could be foreshadowing their deaths, how Hedorah polluted and killed the ocean life. Telling us, the audience, that polluting will eventually kill of life that is essential for us to continue on living... Or it can be a scene telling us to SMOKE MORE POT!!!
I actually really liked the scene where Godzilla was walking in the sunset with that "silly music". But I'm totally with you. This is by far the most weirdest Godzilla movie ever.
The original title: Godzilla tries LSD
Hedorah used to scare the crap out of me as a kid. Especially the "turning people into bones" part.
Vineshroom this is indeed true
You want to REALLY be traumatized?.... There's a skeleton in you right now!
Dun dunh duuuunnnhhhh!
Ya same here I was traumatized lol
Greatest Godzilla enemy of all time. Absolute beast
Vineshroom I haven’t been traumatised
This movie is kinda special. In the last one Godzilla appeared only in a child's dream. Now this one is probably in entirety a child's nightmare.
your right on it, I always thought the creature was the wildest monster gozilla ever went after, they make it really badass in a remake.
Kevin Cheng - That sounds about right. When I watched it around twenty years ago it seemed so weird and disturbing that just taking it as either a child's nightmare or twisted fan-fiction seems the best way to view it.
Fear and Loathing in Godzilla
"I was right in the middle of a fucking fish aquarium."
Fear and Loathing in Tokyo
Fear and Loathing in Monster Island
Godzilla was holding Hedorah's nuts
Ultimate fatality.
Or eggs
Hedorah has balls???!!!!!
Hedorah's balls
F
"He basically shits on everything in sight" Best. Line. Ever.
+Raiju Zilla
Why are you talking to yourself
22dallas1 I thought it'd be obvious the person I was talking to got their account deleted. Fuck am I supposed to know, this comment thread is almost 2 years old
Raiju Zilla THATS MUD U DUMMY
Raiju Zilla 2:10
"HE SHIT EVERYWHERE!"
Well, the guy who directed this movie was forbidden to work in the kaiju genre ever again after producer Tomoyuki Tanaka saw the final product. He said "You ruined Godzilla!" to the guy.
Welll, he's not directing.
It better than caption planet at least Hedorah kill people the bad guys in that craptoon don't ever try at all.
Kevin Cleary And toho already watched it and said it was a very good movie.
Did Tanaka even watch Godzilla's Revenge? lol
Tom Butler Oh lord.... that movie >_>
Flying Godzilla . . .
Well, we are screwed.
Not my fault it is true when I say that a flying Godzilla means we are screwed.
ree
"We're boned."
- Bender
Is it just me or was it hilarious when he said "I can't believe they did that to a cat!"
Lol yeah. Specially since he's a cat owner
This movie is a product of its time. I love all the classic Godzilla movies!!!!
Lost it at the part where Godzilla is flying across the sky
Thats how godzilla flys to get around.
Ok the flying godzilla was more funnier than his victory dance when he beat king geedorah, I lol'ed so hard.
Dragonk116 If Godzilla did the Curly Shuffle, now that would be creepy.
Just recently the actor who wore the Godzilla suit from 54-72, passed away.
+Randy Woodworth rip
3:15
Godzilla literally high as a kite.
Godzilla's intro scene in the sunrise is my all time favorite intro of all time. The music and the timing have a heart.
Agreed
This review was fucking gold
Man as a fan of Godzilla, this had to be one of the most horrifying next to the first film. Just the death scenes... *shudders* people drowning in Hedorahs slime, flying over the air and basically melting everybody. Especially the part where its on the road and is just consuming everything even if there was people in the car... I even remember when being in a car I would be looking making sure nothing is there lol
The white orbs are the eggs for his offspring.
Lol
It's not his boss?
The Smog Monster was pregnant?!? 😲🚼🚼🚼🚼🚼
PREGANANT
The Two eggs are child support
Hedorah is probably the most terrifying monster in the franchise
Hedorah is probably godzillas creepiest ememy
This movie was weird enough alone. Now imagine watching it while high!
Wait I thought that was the *only* way to watch it.
Actually, this film really did help Japan realize it's pollution problem, and since then has declined at a very good rate.
Godzilla became the kaiju version of Captain Planet? Wow, that's sad.
Nukes rose to destroy Godzilla...it didn't work out so well.
Oh hi Matt C. Damon.
I remember watching this on Sci-Fi Channel when they had a week long Godzilla celebration. Still a fun movie.
Fun fact, the director of this film would go on to be one of the main producers for 2014's American Godzilla movie, and if you watch this one back-to-back with that one, you can see similarities in the storytelling and depiction of Godzilla as an ally of man.
me I remember those days like once a year Sci-Fi would have a Week Of only Godzilla Movies I remember when this was on at midnight
"I can't believe they did that to a cat!"
Fucking lost it.
"'Something you dont see everyday' I agree" LMFAO IMO you give the best movie reviews ever... in the history of movie reviews. Keep up the good work.
This movie legit scared the shit out me the first time I watched it. To be fair, I was 8, though.
2:14 poor cat
I always thought the orbs were supposed to be eggs.
me two
IntimateGamer They are
The Hedorah suit? No way, it's one of the creepiest, freakiest outfits Toho ever built. I absolutely love the eyes, and the whole thing is really spooky in the dark. You can't tell in the movie but it was actually a very colorful costume, with different oily patterns of red, yellow, silver and blue.
I took a drug test after watching this movie, seriously it's so fucking weird.
This movie was good just because of Godzilla flying.
I think it was good because it was Godzilla.
Godzilla flying was the shit when I was a kid
This is honestly one of my favorite Godzilla movies.
Rest in peace, Banno-san 😢.
2:42 it's Hedorahs balls
i was gonna say that
It's actually the 2 electrodes that the humans tried to use to kill Hedorah
SRRN Insect 5m
That scene with Godzilla using his atomic breath to fly away is one of my favorite Godzilla moments.
One of my faves when I was kid
Beyond silly now to watch
"He shits on everything in site!"
It's like battling the Great Mighty Poo from Conker's Bad Fur Day. My friend Mark said "If the Great Mighty Poo wanted to take over the world, he could if you think about how many people take a shit." Lol
This is ranked in my "Top 10 Favorite Godzilla Movies".
I have a feeling James didn't like this one. I appreciate it for doing something different. And this movie isn't weird because it's "psychodelic exploitation", they didn't do it to follow some trend, it was an artistic vision of the writer.
I dunno man, all these things you declaim as flaws come across as pretty unique and exciting strengths to me.
We have: Jumping the Shark, Frying the Coke, Nuking the Fridge and now the Flying Godzilla
Flying the Godzilla!
I mostly agree that this film is so fucking weird and this movie should have called “Godzilla goes on a acid trip” lololol
The movie where Godzilla fights a giant turd is unironically one of the best in the franchise.
I was one of those kid all juiced on candy and popcorn back in the early 70’s when I saw this in the theater. For the a 7-year-old in that time, the film was actually very impressive and very frightening.
This movie was excellent, I don't know what you guys are talking about! It's camp, freak looking monster, some cool animation, psychdelia, and had a message to protect the environment. Oh well.
2:04 and now whenever I see this movie and I get to this scene I call it the dookie slime scene
Don't forget it was Mothra who helped change Godzilla's attitude towards humans in the movie Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster where Godzilla turned into the Earth's mightiest Defender.
This review blows away anything Ebert has ever reviewed in his entire life! Hilarious!!! The best!!!!
Godzilla is like
I must go my people need me
TimeSpace123 Note: Godzilla died on his way to his home planet.
Hedorah probably has the highest civilian bodycount in the Godzilla series, it wasn't aimed at kids, it was pretty damn dark. People getting suffocated by toxic sludge in the subway and being dissolved with sulphuric acid? I'd say it's very much not aimed at kids.
for me this movie was wild, but the fight scene where godzilla wabble around and then launched himself into the air was so funny.
The theme song is called "Return the Sun". Well, on the Japanese version, anyway.
Half a box of Crunch Berries and a few Pop Tarts, and my trip had begun on a Sunday Godzilla movie as a kid...or as an adult.
Saw this in a movie theater when it was new (I know I'm dating myself). It was a saturday afternoon showing and the theater was filled to capacity with crazy kids. In the earlier part of the 70s the anti-pollution, "take care of the earth" message was very popular and hip.
the rollercoaster part, if done currently could be a very cool shot, a rollercoaster slowly goes up a hill only to see godzilla miles away
This move... oh god, THIS movie!
It has some of the most disturbing imagery you'll see in the franchise,
a total 180 coming from All monsters attack/Godzilla's revenge.
It's certainly unique and memorable though, there's no denying that.
0:15 Sour Patch Kids! best candy ever
Shouldn't Mothra make an appearance cause she is all about protecting the earth and Hedorah is made of pollution so wouldn't she be mad at humans for polluting?
I think Mothra knew to stay away when Godzilla ended up having to fight a big pile of shit.
No, then the movie would go over budget.
THAT DAMN THING WOULD GOT KILLED BECAUSE THE SMOG MONSTER WOULD KILL MORTHA BECAUSE GODZILLA HAD A HARD TIME WHIT IT .😂
dat godzilla flying tho
R.I.P. Yoshimitsu Banno.
OMG I thought the fishhead bar scene was a bad dream I had as a kid but it was actually a real scene in a movie.
I watched this today, and I actually liked it for what it is, and I must say, Hedorahs Eyes make it look like one of the creepiest things I ever seen in a Godzilla movies.
Hedorah aka the Smog Monster is probably the goofiest looking monster ever seen on film
I loved this as an older child.
I think the white orbs were his balls
I think the white balls were the drug pills you were supposed to take before watching this mindfuck.
This movie deadass called the Andromeda Galaxy a nebula. Edwin Hubble’s quaking in his grave.
I always thought the orbs were eggs or something
Hedorah actually gets a cameo at the end of Godzilla Final Wars. When Godzilla arrives in Tokyo, he blasts Hedorah and Ebirah out of the water, Impales Hedorah with Ebirah's big claw, then roasts them both with the atomic breath.
I feel like Hedorah aged well as a character. He'd be pretty relevant in the current Godzilla movies, especially with the climate change and environmentalist undertones that are present in the newest movie.
"Godzilla fights by waving his arms and dancing around."
Godzilla went shooting star on us
this may be my favorite of all the Godzilla movies and its by far the weirdest but thats one of the things i love about it, this is one of those movies that kids, adults and pot heads can enjoy, lots of action, laughs and its even got a lot of horror elements, love this one.
I kinda blame this video and Jame's opinion on this film for the larger fan base's dismissal of this fantastic film for so many years, but hey, it's not Jame's fault.
I need this movie in my life.
" go go ! Godzilla!"
In that scene where the kids are all partying on the hillside, who are those old people in the bushes that we see a few times? The camera just cuts to them watching from the brush, completely blank faces and motionless.
this is the movie where godzilla gets the 2nd most amount of screen time in it's 20 minutes and 25 seconds.
What's the most?
I miss 2007 and 2008.
remember when I first saw this 5 Yrs ago, such fun memories.
Watching this tomorrow, Sunday matinee at my nearby classic cinema The Vista on Sunset. They have been playing Godzilla matinee movies every Sunday this summer 2019 since Godzilla:KoTM opened late May.
I love this one. Hedorah is one of my personal favourite Godzilla enemies.
And to think this film got a G rating for its time period.
I've only seen this movie once. And that was when I was either 9 or 10. I wish I had this movie.
And 1:54 "Godzilla fighing a giant turd" Basically the Golgothan!
the white orbs I believe are eggs I always thought
I sure do love it when the movies I watch remind me of the time I did LSD and Shrooms at the same time.
anyone else think hedorah acts like the oxygen destroyer
You mean like destroyaah, or the device?
the device
SpartanGamer687 You mean as in consuming a certain chemical?
yes
SpartanGamer687 I do
I loved Godzilla movies growing up and this was the only one that gave me nightmares.
I believe the things he dug out of Hedorah and electrocuted were its eggs.
or balls
Godzilla: Dances
Hedora: Knocks you in a hole and shits on you.
just different styles, really.
Really doesn't help that the director was more interested in making a enviromentalist movie than a Godzilla one (and was stoned out of his gourd)
Good going Godzilla you found 2 of the Dragon Balls!
i learned how to fly :D
:)!! :-)🔪
Bary Baragon Nice Name Plus Im so Happy For U Bro
Chu Long Knife!!!!!
I Commented my self :)
The orbs... Godzilla must have pulled out the smog monster's balls
When I see Hedora I must think to the Pokemon Grimmer and Muk.
;p; i named my muk that in pokemin sun
The scene with the people wearing fish mask could be foreshadowing their deaths, how Hedorah polluted and killed the ocean life. Telling us, the audience, that polluting will eventually kill of life that is essential for us to continue on living...
Or it can be a scene telling us to SMOKE MORE POT!!!
Godzilla LOOKS like a fetus when he was flying!
Hedorah is probably the most relevant kaiju we need to see today
e orbs are deez nuts
I actually really liked the scene where Godzilla was walking in the sunset with that "silly music". But I'm totally with you. This is by far the most weirdest Godzilla movie ever.
Alternate Title: Godzilla vs A pile of shit. Get it? Because Hedorah looks like a pile of shit.
That's a bad joke
More like Derpzilla vs the Shit Monster.
Imagine seeing the Legendary Godzilla flying like that 😂😂😂