Space Amoeba (1971)

best movie i've ever seen.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

A really so-so entry in the Kaiju epics of Toho. Filled with a really likeable cast, this movie is hurt by uninspired monster suits, and really for a Toho, poor special effects. Made after the expert Tsuburaya passed away, the crew that did this didn't do that great of a job. Also known as Yog, Monster From Space, it's easy to see why none of these creations showed up in any other Kaiju films.

Alien spores hitch a ride on an unmanned space probe and go to Earth. The parasitic life forms crash land on an island and cause a squid, a crab, and a snapping turtle to grow to giant size. Director Ishiro Honda, working from a compelling script by Ei Ogawa, relates the engrossing story at a brisk pace, makes fine use of the exotic tropical setting, maintains a serious tone throughout, and stages a fierce climactic beast bash between the crab and the turtle with rip-roaring aplomb. The sound acting from the capable cast rates as another substantial asset, with especially commendable contributions from Akiro Kubo as likable photographer Taro Kudo, the adorable Atsuko Takahashi as the perky Ayako Hoshino, Kenji Sahara as cynical opportunist Makoto Obata, and Noritake Saito as traumatized native Rico. Moreover, the filmmakers warrant further praise for playing the wild premise completely straight, with no silly humor or an annoying subplot involving a cutesy kid. The special effects are quite colorful and impressive. Taiichi Kankura's sumptuous widescreen cinematography gives the picture an attractive vibrant look. Veteran composer Akiro Ifekube comes through with a typically robust and rousing full-bore orchestral score. A nifty creature feature.

"Kessen! Nankai no Dakaiju" (or on Brazilian TV, "Monstruos nos consoles pacíficos". I have seen both Portuguese dub and original Japanese version) has to be one crazy Kaiju eiga opis! It starts with a Space blob from Jupeter coming down to earth and crashing on Guam, mutating anything it gets near to, including A Cuttelfish, Crabs and a Turtles. These creatures go ape $#^#^ and start damaging the vacation resorts (Oh no!)One scene I remember is where Gezora (the Cuttelfish monster) starts braking into some huts, tossing some hapless vacationers around like, well, action figurines! A must see indeed *laughs*

The Japanese have always had incredible ambitions in their fantasy movies. They have always been ready to destroy cities by huge plastic monsters coming from outer space and elsewhere. The problem is they have never had the money to succeed in making convincing special effects. This film, released in France under the title Les envahisseurs de l'espace, is no exception. Its ambition is to show three creatures from the giant octopus to the giant lobster trying to have the upper hand on the humans. It's extremely awkward and laughable, but well quite enjoyable too. After all, we do like these creatures and these films after all, don't we?