Monster of the Day #1719

I love how the octopus that lived just long enough for the Green Gargantua to eat it is now his shoulder-perched mascot.

And this has to be one of the only films where the JDF weapons, the maser trucks in this case, actually WORK against the giant monsters!

And to think this is a sequel to the Frankenstein’s monster (sort of) fighting Baragon

Thanks for the smile!

Lol, ok this one I have seen, own it on DVD even!

Kumi Mizuno , Nick Adams, and two awesome monsters – can’t beat that by much.

Fonda, Honda, whatever it takes.

That’s probably my favorite part of the movie, seeing the masers actually do some damage for once, instead of, at best, annoying the monster.

True story: War of the Gargantuas was the first movie Brad Pitt ever watched as a child.

One memorable line from the film: after a survivor of the first Green Gargantua attack recounts his harrowing tale to skeptical first responders, Russ Tamblyn sniffs dismissively, “Ah, he was probably on a bad acid trip.” So much for innocent 1950s-style kaiju, eh?

I think it was used more than once.

Note for World Of Tanks players…when green G picks up a tank, it’s an M4 Sherman…and when it crashes to earth post-throw…it’s an M-46 Patton.
You don’t have to be an armchair general like me to say “Wait…those don’t look alike. Did they run out of the right prop?”

I honestly thought they were building up to that when I first saw the movie!

And to anyone else who saw this movie as a youngster, were you also shocked to see someone get eaten on screen? I was stunned at the age of 7-8 when Gaira stuffed that screaming woman into his mouth and spit the chewed-up dress back out.

Yes, it was used in Godzilla vs. Megalon. I think some of the scenes of them firing are from this movie, and there’s the moment they’re shooting something obscured behind trees that is definitely from this. It was possibly used in Godzilla vs. Gigan, as well, but it’s been a while since I’ve rewatched that one.