Review of Varan the Unbelievable (1962) by Patrick G — 15 Oct 2009

Pretty lackluster entry in the Kaiju eiga series, but not wholly bad. The thing to disappoint fans is the film is very calm and relaxed, which is a nice change of pace, but probably not fully needed. Varan is one of the most wrongfully unliked monsters of the Godzilla line-up, which is disconcerting since he isn't even all that bad, and should have a come-back.

The music from Akira Ifukube is probably his best work to date, and if not the best musical scores for any movie period! One very annoying aspect of the movie is the [accidental] stock-footage of "Gojira" that reoccurringly pops up.