Great Forgotten Kaiju

The War of the Gargantuas (Ishirô Honda, 1966)

1.RUSS TAMBLYN!!!
2.A serious look at kaiju. No Baby Godzilla type laughs
3.The monsters actually EAT people.
4.Great scenes of the monsters attacking
5.Fun from start to finish


This has to be one of the greatest forgotten kaiju films of all time. No one hardly talks about this film, it is always forshadowed by Godzilla. No disrespect to the Godzilla films which i absoluetely love and are the best kaiju films out there but this is just a forgotten classic of big monster cinema.

It's really hard to go into depth about a movie that is filled with just monsters eating people. So there hardly isnt anything to say but it's just great fun. I remember when i first saw it when i was a youngster, i absolutely loved the film. Now as i am older, i can honestly say i do appreciate this film for taking a serious tone as like the first Godzilla films. There aren't any jokes in this film, the monster may make you laugh but when the first scene that comes around when they take a human woman and munch them up, you are left stunned. This film has so many great scenes in it, litearlly great scenes such as with the first attack from a giant squid and a unlucky boat. It is just greatly filmed and the monsters happen to look real in some scenes. How could anyone miss this? I honestly have no idea, just the godzilla factor comes to my mind.

What else can i say? The film is just great fun and shocking at the same time. Just seeing what they got away with in 1966 while the other godzilla films were dumbed down a bit for the children. I personally really enjoyed this film and if you are a kaiju fan, this is a must. Just to give you a taste of something different from Godzilla and Gamera.

Grade B+