Gigantis the Fire Monster (1959)

Gigantis the Fire Monster (1959)

Directed by: Motoyoshi Oda

Starring: Hiroshi Koizumi, Setsuko Wakayama, Minoru Chiaki

Here’s another American re-edit of a Godzilla movie, this time even crazier than before. Hell, they even went so far as to rename Godzilla “Gigantis” and made him just a normal dinosaur (who breathes fire). Kinda makes the “nothing like it ever before” tagline really ironic, doesn’t it?

A couple dinosaurs pop out of the Earth and fight each other for a bit. Meanwhile, some pilots do some stupid shit that I don’t even remember. So much for discerning the small details between Godzilla movies! WANH-WANHHHH.

They really changed the story around with this edit and dub, but it’s probably not as obvious unless you watch the two versions back to back. Also, George Takei does some dub work for the American version, which is really, REALLY weird. Oh, and it’s really terrible. By the way.