Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH (RE-UPLOAD) 

Sorry for all the obstructive text, but...y'know...

Ever sit back and think about how this is a movie about an allegory for pollution being defeated by an allegory for nuclear weapons?

As a kid i was jealous of the Kenny's Godzilla toys collection.

"We're all about to die.......Let's sing and dance while we can." Best Godzilla quote ever.

Hedorah: “Godzilla! I need you to tell me that I can destroy Tokyo whenever I want!” Godzilla: “Hedorah, you may destroy Tokyo when-“ Hedorah: “B*TCH DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!”

Hedorah opening his eyes with a startled look as he hears Godzilla roar, is one of the funniest moments in all of the franchise.

*Hedorah hitting that sweet pollution kush* *Godzilla roars* Godzilla: "Drugs are bad mmmkay!"

"But then Hedorah comes from outerspace, so it's not our fault." Well if Hedorah crashed on a clean Earth he would have died because there's no pollution. So it is still our fault.

7:48 The music makes it sound like Godzilla actually _is_ drunk.

Fun fact to Godzilla fans: the suit actor playing Hedorah took over playing Godzilla in the '80s & the 1st half of the '90s. 1 of the reasons why I love this episode. Its a tie in to Godzilla 1985. 😀

"Did you ever stop and think that maybe we're the real Godzilla, man?" KOTM took this line as a challenge. The writers didn't get drug fueled sarcasm, explains a lot.

This is basically what happens when you combine Pacific Rim with Captain Planet.

TOHO's copyright strikes are becoming "Legendary."

"Yep, he's a Kenny alright..." Well in that case.... Godzillaaaaa! Godzillaaaaaa! Godzilla is really neat! He is made of dino meat! We've been eating Godzillaaaaaa!

Man the imagination of film makers back then was so unique. One of the best G movies just for the story

0:30 *_"...good lord when is it gonna end?"_*

Toho: sir it would appear that brandon has made another Godzilla vs. Hedorah review, what shall we do. Tomoyuki tamaka: Flag them... flag them ALL!!!

I saw this when I was a kid and I pushed all these memories into the back of my head because it freaked me out so bad. Especially the scene where hedorah just kills some people doing a yoga lesson, like wtf

I know Brandon doesn't really do characters in his reviews, but Freaked-out Smoked Aviators Brandon was astoundingly authentic. "Look man, I need you to tell me that I'm not gonna die if I leave this car, alright??" Saw a guy at a party who was that tripped out, thought he was a pitcher of orange juice and refused to move.

Godzilla needs to shoot his fire breath at Toho executives for blocking all these videos.

Damn it Toho stop blocking our favorite RU-vid Canadian!

"Kenny's in danger." "OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED KENNY!"

“One of the worst entries in the Godzilla series" says the people who haven't seen Son Of Godzilla, Godzilla's Revenge or the 1998 American Godzilla

"We can't stop here, this is monster country"

In the Game Boy Godzilla game, Hedorah is the only monster that can't be punched off the screen. But, you can drop a boulder on him.

Lesson: if you want to defeat a pollution monster summon a radioactive dinosaur who serves as an allegory for nuclear weapons

9:00 the poor kitten. I hope it's still ok.

Glad to have this back, but I’ll download this video just in case

wait a second. Fish people, an amorph and vaguely squid like monster, is this what you get when script writers had some weed and read too much HP Lovecraft?

08:36 "I was in the middle of a goddamn aquarium! Somebody was giving BOOZE to these damn fish!"

When me and my friend watched this movie, i knew that he watched it before and just nearly lost his sanity sitting through this...so I did what I had to: Quoting Raoul Duke from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. You’d be surprised how PERFECTLY FITTING most of his quotes would go with the movie. *scene of fish masks in dance bar* “I was right in the middle of a fucking reptile zoo! And somebody was giving BOOZE to these animals! It won’t be long now before they tear us to shreds.” Teens gather to sing against pollution: “But our trip was different. It was to be a classic affirmation of everything right and true in the national character. A gross physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country. But only for those with true grit.” Godzilla trapped in a pit getting hedorah sludge all over him: “Panic. It crept up my spine like first rising vibes of an acid frenzy. All these horrible realities began to dawn on me. There I was. Alone in Las Vegas, completely twisted on drugs, no cash, no story for the magazine, and on top of everything else, a gigantic god damned hotel bill to deal with. How would Horatio Alger handle this situation? Stay calm. Stay calm.” Godzilla appears seeming to be destructive while trying to ward off Pollution: “I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.” Showing off invention that’ll hopefully stop Hedorah regenerating: “Now this was a superior machine. Ten grand worth of gimmicks and high-priced special effects. The rear windows lit up with a touch like frogs in a dynamite pond. The dashboard was full of esoteric lights and dials and meters that I would never understand.” Godzilla walks away heroically: “There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.” Seriously I could keep this up but you get my point. But my best friend laughed SO much and so loud it was worth it. EDIT: oh! See? Whatd I tell you! 8:38

4:51 I always wondered what "Ponyo" would look like if it was directed by David Cronenberg.

Considering the direction the monsterverse is currently going, it would be apropos to put bring back hedorah for a future Godzilla movie.

9:00 Aw, poor baby.

The military killing the villain kaiju/monster goes against the rules Destroyah who was killed by the military: Im going to ignore that

9:00 Hedorah just wanted to return that kitty cat to its owner.

Oh my God. That save the Earth song. I haven't heard it in forever

Silly Godzilla that flying jump kick is the best way to get to place to place!

I felt so bad for that cat that got literal crap poured on it. TTnTT

Before the Japanese version was recently shown on TCM, I had forgotten how "Trippy" psychedelic this movie was! When I was younger, I couldn't figure it out, now I MUST have it for my collection! Hopefully, the American version will turn up on Blu Ray!

16:40 - - Looks like the Japanese Army is taking monster killing advice from America horror movies i.e. "The Thing from Another World".

17:05 the camera is on drugs right now

no one acknowledge the poor kitty :(

This has always been my all-time favorite Godzilla movie (I'm strange that way). After a bad day at work, I think I'll get my dvd and watch it.

What you called "castration" or "tearing out eyeballs," I figured to be eggs that could have made new Hedorahs, and Godzilla pinpointed their location by an instinct something like an ant's to destroy the rival group's eggs.

6:20 Oh look, Godzilla's making Fallout 76

Everytime a Brandon Godzilla video gets flagged. Hedorah: Huh? Hey come on man, you're harshing my mellow here.

Carlos Castaneda and Alejandro Jodorowsky would have loved this movie.

This was one of the most hard-core Godzilla film I’ve ever seen. Hedorah takes a dump on the great one, and laughs😆! That drew enough heat for Godzilla kick that monster‘s a&$!

5:17 the most chilling kaiju roar in history

10:20 - Hey! That movie, that animation, and that band is awesome!

I still think those were Hedorah's eggs, his eyes make no sense, not only do they not look like his eyes but he still has his eyes after that part!

"For God's sake, man... Tell them to put on their golf shoes!!!!"

Welp Toho be stingy. They’re just jealous that this review is still more entertaining than their newest anime film.

"...first Godzilla series money shot...." Words I never thought I would hear together in the same sentence....😱🤦‍♂

Mr. Krabs: I've seen this before. Three times in a matter of fact!

Hedorah is on the cover of Frank Zappa's album, Sleep Dirt, released in 1979.

Hedorah scared the shit out of me when I was little.

13:52 GYAH! The movies turning into the opening of Doctor No!

Also fun fact: at 8:16 the scene where the 4 guys are playing Majong (I think) and then get killed by Hedorah, the 3rd guy from the left was actually one of the suit actors for Rodan.

I'm still waiting for youtube to unblock my godzilla vs hedorah review it's almost like there trying to censor there mistake

Isn't this a Re Re Upload. Or is it a Re Re Re Upload?

I actually saw “Godzilla v the Smog Monster” @ the movie theater, as a kid, when it first came out & LUVED IT! Btw, those horns in Godzilla’ s intro music are AWESOME! 🎺🎷

HEDORAH takes an industrial-sized Bong hit LMFAO.

Going through the Showa-era Godzilla-Flicks these days (thanks to the Criterion-Set) and watched this flick yesterday... and it just might be one of my favourites so far, mostly on account of it having such a different feel and look when compared to all the films that predeced it. Hedorah is a fascinating and unique monster that gives Godzilla a *real* hard time. Also, the fact that it actually has something to say, a message, makes it stand out. The last movie to do this was the 1954-Original with its warnings against the misuse of nuclear power. This time, its pollution and humans destoying the enviroment (still a relevant topic 50 Years later) and the premise of having the two monsters whose origins are connected to these issues fight one another is great. The movie is a little slow, the characters are shallow and mostly forgotten about near the end and the Soundtrack is... weird, but that doesnt really diminish my apprechiation.

Okay, what is Toho's deal with this review in particular? I swear, it was blocked like 10 times already

I can’t believe MST3K did “Godzilla vs the Sea Monster” and not this. Can you imagine how much material this would give them to work with?

this is a callback to Saturday afternoons from 1 to 4pm. Creature Double Feature. in the 70's and early 80's Boston UHF channel 56 gave us 2 monster movies each Saturday. thanks for the memories Brandon.

Hedorah is me when I have to wake up on mondays

This was my favorite Godzilla when I was a kid, wonderfully batshit...

I guess i'll have to start watching this a 100 times over again to get it to a 100k views.

The fact that this is your second time re-uploading reminds me of the time I saw an article called “You think Godzilla is scary? Meet his lawyers!” and also the time you reviewed Godzilla vs the Sea Monster and said: “Did they tell the dub actor for this guy to read all his lines like he had his nuts in a vice, or did they actually put his nuts in a vice?! Because after what Toho threatened to do to me after they saw my Monster Zero review, I wouldn’t put that past him.”

Was this an anti-pollution movie or an anti-drug one? After all, if we're all high, we can't focus enough to stop pollution.

Oh my God what did Toho do to you this time Brandon?

18:32 eyes still in place soooo, the first guess was actually correct!

I'm going to watch this video every time you reupload it because hell yes!

2:50. Well now I’m upset that this monster wasn’t in the “Godzilla: save the earth “ video game

The ghosts are probably “kami”, spirits of Japanese ancestors who are connected to nature after death in the Japanese traditional Shinto religion. Just a guess, though.

Godzilla: hey i didn’t know about the…ok that’s it. ( puts up the jumpscare for Brandon 8:27 ) Godzilla- the king of the jumpscares

4:03 Hobo fisherman looks like a japanese version of Ortega from The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies.

Toxic Avenger! Now that's a movie Brandon should review. XD

I’ll clear up the confusion about Hedorah Alien space matter landed on earth and fused with a bunch of earths polluted crap try to keep up

LOVE IT !!!!! Mr. Tenold, your reviews are awesome.

This was one of the first godzilla movies I saw, the first one I believe being godzilla vs biollante. I used to watch this movie all the time. It was my all time favorite godzilla film and one of the only ones I owned from the Showa era. This movie holds a special place in my heart with godzilla vs biollante,

Re-upload again? Also, holy shit, I think Marty might be the killer!

Does Toho have a hate boner for criticism of their most controversial kaiju film?

I remember sitting in the car at the drive-in for this movie when I was a toddler. Don't recall which one (or both) of my parents brought me, but I remember the cast-aluminum speaker closed into the car window, being absolutely terrifed when the dude diving was attacked (approached?), and literally the only other part I remember was Godzilla flying...which I thought was the most awesome thing I had ever seen. Probably was, I was only like 2 or 3 years old, I think.

Oh Brandon, the music was Sooo groovy man!! No drugs were harmed during the filming of this movie.

Brandon Son of Godzilla is blocked at the moment is it possible for you to re-upload it?

"Bigger than Gudzilla?"

I remember seeing this on channel 4 in the UK 20+ years ago.

I know you hate the “Kennies” but you have to admit, they provide some of your funniest material.

Keep on going Brandon 🙋

Others have already pointed out that Hedorah wouldn't have been a threat to humanity without pollution, so I'll just point to the movie with the *actual* stupid environmental message--Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, which warns us that we shouldn't drive species to extinction because they might turn out to be emissaries from another civilization that will return millions of years later and microwave our oceans searching for them, unintentionally killing us. You want "high"? THAT's "high." Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka is treated like God Almighty by some G-fans, but let's face it--he okayed everything from the original to vs Destoroyah. Minya is all on him. Seatopia is all on him. The slashed-to-bone budgets are all on him. He may have been hospitalized during the filming of vs Hedorah, but he brought in Banno to shake things up after Fukuda's entries seemed to be going stale...then went right *back* to Fukuda for vs Gigan, which had a lot of the same elements (cartoons, environmental message, tripping balls) all watered down to that previous level of "been there done that" which Tanaka disliked. Can't have it both ways, boo. Certainly, Flying Godzilla is preposterous, but as Brandon points out the series was already steeped in preposterous at this point, going full kiddie-matinee back in Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster. But vs Hedorah is the first entry in a long time to go full-blown horror on us, with innocent victims writhing in agony as they dissolve under Hedorah's presence. Little Ken witnesses shit that will traumatize him forever, including the death of a major character and apparently the kid's closest human friend. The manga, as usual, was different in an awesome way. In it, Ken's Godzilla toy acts as...I dunno, some sort of summoning totem? It is suggested that Godzilla first appears to fight Hedorah in answer to Ken's prayers in the presence of the toy; when Godzilla is nowhere to be found as Hedorah attacks Mt. Fuji, Ken hurls the toy at the Smog Monster in desperation and suddenly it's *Godzilla* twirling through the air (in place of the flying scene) to body-slam Hedorah into the mountainside. If Spielberg or del Toro shot something like that, it'd win Best Picture.

At least there was no stock footage of older movies in this one.

I remember this from when I was a kid, and thinking how over-the-top the environmental message was. Oh and the Go-Go scene is actually my favorite part, somehow changing it makes it more impactful.

We really, REALLY need to ask our governments to review the Fair Use laws so we don’t have to be careful of stuff like this!

I think this is a highly underrated gem of a movie. One of my childhood favorites. Hedorah is amazing and played excellently by Kenpichiro Satsuma, who would go on to play Gigan in the next movie and then played Godzilla for the entire Heisei series. This is also one of my personal favorites of Nakajima's Godzilla performances. Overall 8/10 movie.

amazing how both song tones are completely different yet both fit the visuals

I like to think Hedorah’s origins are mixed. They are indeed an alien but after landing on Earth it got mutated from eating the earth’s toxic wastes. This would be another great monster to have in the MonsterVerse. A Titan that represents the Earth’s many toxic pollutions which are unnatural to the planet.