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Godzilla vs Megalon + introduction by kaiju expert Steven Sloss (12A*)

All Kaiju Attack: Earth SOS!

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Godzilla, Megalon and Gigan standing in a row

This cult favourite has everything – Godzilla. A buzzsaw-chested space monster. A beetle-like behemoth. A friendly robot. And a world in peril once again…

Nuclear testing provokes Seatopia, an underground civilisation, into fighting back against humankind with two horrifying kaiju – insectoid megabeast Megalon and chickenlike cyborg Gigan. Godzilla is the world’s only hope, although a robot with a secret power may also offer salvation.

There is a lot of fun to be had in this joyful kaiju rumble film, which introduced many young audiences to Godzilla in the west. With themes of nature striking back against humanity’s destructive impulses and Godzilla once again flexing his eco-saviour muscles, it culminates in an epic monster battle that has to be seen to be believed.

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*This screening has been locally classified.

Film information

Release year: 1973

Country: Japan

Director: Jun Fukuda

Runtime: 1 hr 21 min

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Steven Sloss is a lifelong fan and scholar of kaiju cinema who has written and presented on the subject for the BFI, BBC, Arrow Films, Glasgow Film Festival, and more. He is the former co-host of the AV Club-featured Kaijusaurus Podcast and is currently writing a book on the original Godzilla (1954) for Bloomsbury Publishing and the BFI.

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