Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Destroy All Monsters (Kaiju soshingeki)
Directed by Ishiro Honda
Written by Ishiro Honda and Takashi Kimur
Japan/1968
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First viewing/Criterion Channe

[box] Kilaak Queen: Ghidorah is a space monster. The monsters from Earth cannot win. I will get in touch with you, when you feel like giving up.[/box]

As a break from more serious fare, I took a chance on this utterly lame monster movie so you don’t have to.  Unless you want to, of course.

The alien Kilaak people have vowed to enslave the human race.  The first step is gaining control over all the monsters segregated on Monster Island and some of their human keepers.  All the series monsters are then unleashed on major world capitals where they crush skyscrapers with their mighty feet.  Mankind’s last hope are some lunar astronauts who figure out how to unleash the combined power of the Earth monsters on Space Monster King Gidorah.

This one never grabbed me.  I thought Toho had reached rocked bottom on its special effects in 1967, but nooo, these are even worse.  So some laughs for some people on some days.