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Godzilla1954

Name: Godzilla
Genre: Monster & Creature, Sci-Fi Horror, Classic Monsters
Released: 1954-11-03
Rating: 7.7

“Godzilla, a weapon of science, a great battle of wonder and terror!”

Directed by Ishirō Honda

7.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 7.6Rotten Tomatoes 94%Metacritic 79TMDB 7.6

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Year

1954

Runtime

96 min

Box Office

Budget

$60,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$2,250,000

Domestic

$562,711

🏆 4 wins & 2 nominations total

The premise

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

Horror Vault's take

When a series of mysterious maritime disasters draws investigators to a remote Japanese island, they uncover a threat of almost unimaginable scale — a colossal creature awakened and irradiated by the atomic age. What follows is a desperate race to understand and confront a force of nature that dwarfs anything humanity has faced before. This landmark 1954 film is far more than a monster movie: it is a sombre, haunting allegory for nuclear devastation and the wounds of post-war Japan. Bleak, serious in tone, and visually striking in black and white, it set the template for an entire genre.

Content: Mass Destruction And Civilian Casualties, Themes Of Nuclear Warfare And Radiation, Scenes Of Injury And Death, Disaster Imagery That May Resonate With Real-World Trauma