Review of Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) by Doug S — 23 Jan 2008

My favorite of the over 20 Godzilla films I've seen.

This review of Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) was written by Doug S on 23 Jan 2008.

Godzilla vs. Megalon has generally received mixed reviews.

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Cheezy Japanese monster making at it's best. This movie functions best as a comedy, because this shit is funny…

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Really funny... Deserves the MST3K... JET JAGUAR…

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The 13th Godzilla movie and it's another bad one. People from a civilization underground are tired of the upper world testing nuclear bombs…

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Another underrated film. I always liked this one, a lot because of Megalon himself. And Jet Jaguar…

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