Has Godzilla: King of the Monsters got you in a kaiju kind of mood?
You’re not alone!
Here are 10 forgotten giant monster movies…
But there are many unsung monster movies with forgotten kaiju that dont get the play of the aforementioned beasties.
A number of giant engines of fanged death have faded from the annals of monster history.
Some memorable moments include Mama Gappa feeding Baby Gappa a giant squid and Gappa wrecking a kabuki theatre mid-performance.
South Korea produced their own kaiju legend withYongary, a sort of horned-dragon looking thingamabeast.
Ysee theres a bomb that causes an earthquake in the Middle East that awakens Yongary.
The Koreans use oil to lure Yongary in and kill it with ammonia or something.
Korea tried again by reshooting part of the movie and re-releasing it asReptilianin 2001.
Pulgasari
First Appearance: Pulgasari (1985)
This will be the single greatest story you have ever heard.
He particularly liked the Godzilla franchise.
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Gorosaurus seemingly resurrects to answer the call and somehow HE HAS GROWN ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET!
During the battle, Goro unleashes his mighty dropkick on Ghidorah, turning the tide of battle.
During the film, before the climactic battle, Gorosaurus was mind-controlled by the same aliens that unleashGhidorah.
He attacks France (good!)
Gorgo
First Appearance: Gorgo (1961)
Listen, Godzilla is awesome.
The miniature work and special effects of the film hold up today making this film a true schlock classic.
Manda
First Appearance: Atragon (1963)
What could have been if it werent for submarines.
Manda is the most unique looking kaiju in the Toho menagerie.
Hes a giant freakin sea dragon with tiny little yucky legs and a serpentine body.
He has the classic Japanese dragon look and gave viewers a sense of imminent death and destruction.
Until he is frozen by the super sub.
Manda has a memorable scene in the movie using his serpent body to crush a bridge.
There was even a sequence filmed where Manda was to take on Godzilla but it was cut.
This must be it!
Mandas time to shine!
Sanda is a kindly brown Frankenstein clone raised in captivity; he is sweet and docile and likes people.
Gaira was born in the wild sea and is a douche.
Sanda must face off against Gaira to defend his adopted home.
Well, Toho had one other kaiju star in his own standalone and it deserves recognition.
Oddly enough, Varans story begins with pretty little butterflies.
Maybe thats why Varan is often overlooked…because he is clearly a moron.
Varan is a great looking creature, a flying lizard-like kaiju that is covered in points and spines.
Varan pops up inDestroy all Monstersand doesnt do a blessed thing.
But he will always have the distinct honor of starring in his own film.
Hollywood didnt bite, but Toho did.
Toho was more interested in featuring their treasured Godzilla and producedKing Kong vs. Godzillainstead.
Toho became fascinated with the idea of Frankenstein and planned to produceGodzilla vs. Frankenstein.
So what began in Willis OBriens brain morphed into an amalgamation of madness.
Stuff happens and when scientists try and severe one of the boys limbs for study (!)
the boy runs off, eventually growing to immense size and fighting Baragon.
The film was made by Toho in conjunction with the U.S.s UPA Pictures.
The American producers desperately wanted a giant squid tacked onto the end.
The scene was actually shot but rejected because it made absolutely no sense.
The scene has been restored on the films DVD extras, thank God.
In 1933, a Japanese film company went ahead and madeWasei Kingu Konguwithout the permission of RKO pictures.
The film is believed, probably apocryphally, to be lost in one of Americas nuclear strikes of Japan.
The one newspaper ad that survives suggests an expensive, period production.
But the very fact these lost monster films existed at some point in some form make them worth remembering.
