Akihiro Tayama, Emi Ito, Frankie Sakai
Two six-inch twins, kept captive by an evil sideshow owner, pray to their god Mothra to save them. What comes out is a giant mothlike creature which inadvertently weaves a path of destruction over Tok...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 18, 2009
Stats: 63 reviews
It's one of Ishiro Honda's more entertaining post-Godzilla monster mashes (certainly better than the painfully dull Rodan), but it sort of feels like Honda's run out of anything to say. It's a charming little B-grade monster movie, and aside from the two fairies wh...( read more)
Although I have difficulty convincing other people this movie is any good (possibly with good reason), I can't help but like it. And I don't mean in an ironic so-bad-it's-good way. It comes across as overly earnest, which works in context. It also has some funny moments which hel...( read more)
After some Amazonian fairies are abducted from an island Mothra (who has a strange connection w/ the little ladies) seeks out their return knocking the holy piss out of Tokyo in the process. Fun rubber/miniature mayhem
Corny, but fun. The plot depends on the Japanese government's inability to step in and stop the kidnapping of the Mothra twins. The satirical portrayal of America was surprising and hilarious. I didn't expect Mothra to attack "New Kirk City"!
I can't rate this movie. I just can't. Because, honestly, it's awful. It's awful... But I love it. I love it enough to have learned the words to the song. O_o
Probably my favorite bad movie of all time.
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