War of the Gargantuas

War of the Gargantuas – 1966 – Japan

The history of this movie is probably more interesting than the movie itself. War of the Gargantuas is a sequel to Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965), which was a collaboration between Toho (the Godzilla people) and an American company. The resulting movies have some oddly American flourishes. The monsters (called “gargantuas”) are hairy neanderthal-like giants, and unlike Godzilla, Mothra, and Gamera that just like to smash buildings, the gargantuas eat people! And then they spit out the shredded human clothes!