Son of Godzilla (怪獣島の決戦 ゴジラの息子, Kaijū Shima no Kessen: Gojira no Musuko, lit. Monster Island’s Decisive Battle: Godzilla’s Son) is a 1967 Japanese kaiju film directed by Jun Fukuda, with special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa, under the supervision of Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, it is the eighth film in the Godzilla franchise. It stars Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Akihiko Hirata, and Beverly Maeda, with Hiroshi Sekita, Seiji Onaka, and Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla, and Marchan the Dwarf as Minilla.
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On another remote island (have we found them all yet??) a team of scientists are performing weather experiments when a random reporter arrives. The island is already inhabited by giant bugs, but soon enough a new Godzilla is hatched and big Godzilla arrives to… rescue? parent? watch? it.
Godzilla fighting off the giant bugs causes some problems for the scientists, and even more things go wrong when the scientists start feeling ill. The daughter of an archaeologist is found living in a cave and tells them about a cure from the red water, and how she’s made friends with baby Godzilla.
Then Spiga wakes up.
Spiga is a giant spider. So if you have arachnophobia now is a great time to stop reading this post and never watch this movie.
Spiga chases the scientists, wraps up baby Godzilla and starts fighting the giant bugs. The scientists manage to rig up their weather experiment which causes the island to freeze. The Godzillas win by setting Spiga on fire and the scientists escape the island to be picked up by a rescue boat.
I take offense to another remote island trope, but the movie has some cute, comedic interludes with baby Godzilla, and there are some reasons as to why the giant bugs are a problem. So it actually balances out a bit to be an enjoyable movie.
My Ranking: ★ ★ ★
Fellowship of Filming(s) 