Never realized that, in universe, this is how many people see Godzilla. Not in widescreen sweeping landscapes, but in grainy first person footage. “A big black mountain coming towards me.” Genius and terrifying.
thats the thing, people have made godzilla some sort of a friendly creature instead of a creature of mass destruction, that’s why godzilla minus one is one of my favourites in my opinion
(Replying to the person above me) I guess you havent watched any of the showa era movies. People only cared about "dark" and "serious" tones after Minus One came out. Godzilla has variety. That's why its a good franchise. It can be fun and silly or grounded and serious. Stop trying to act like the Showa Era didn't exist.
I have the same complaint, minor as it is. Radiation would have destroyed the film in its entirety. Regardless, this was fantastic. I've watched it a number of times and love how it captures to utter horror of Godzilla, unlike many of the films of old that treated him like a clown. This is Godzilla done right.
To Henry Hill, it was a nightmare he would never forget. To Godzilla, it was just a casual night stroll. It's funny how much horror relies on perspective.
I think it was to imply he got lung cancer or some other form of it from the radiation. He said "my health problems started not long after that" implying that he was fine for a little while after. Radiation sickness would've started showing within a few hours.
@@jaycee2070yeah,and it’s mostly vomiting and diarrhea that are the first symptoms of radiation poisoning. And you don’t last 6 years after the vomiting starts
@@margiebazanmab Yes but that happened over the span of at least five decades. Heck, the last crew member to die that was on the LDNo.5 died in the 1990s, Because the radiation started to take full effect.
I like how the static sounds towards the end is similar to a geiger meter, then it dawned on me that the man has radiation poisoning. Its a point that all Godzilla movies seem to neglect. This is so good.
Yea the original Godzilla movie had him emitting radiation naturally but as the movies progressed and he became more of an action hero that aspect of him was removed since he can't really save the day if all the human characters near him get radiation poisoning lol
@@prod.concretecortezvery meticulously color-graded for black and white to maximize the image quality, not just cut and paste into Windows Movie Maker and them simply pressing the b&w effects button
This was INCREDIBLE my dude! Please dont stop and continue making more of these. Either some kind of "part 2" or maybe featuring other monsters within the monsterverse, etc - amazing, amazing, amazinggggggggg job, Danny!
nah on the contrary, doing too many ends up with Man in the suit ridiculousness. i hope he does maybe like 2 or 3 more and leaves it at that, its haunting enough as a solo video and the less it drags on the better itll be remembered!
NO! Stop with the BS monster verse. This is why Minus one was so damn good. Or why SHIN was so successful. We just need a straight up great Godzilla movie. And a horror film like this video would be awesome!
And people say godzilla isnt scary... if you ever live in Oklahoma and have been through a thunder storm at night where youre not sure if a tornado is forming a few miles from you. Just hoping its not the case and that its just a storm. That should be what it is like if godzilla walked across this earth or showed up on your shores. With its roars and booming footsteps heard in the distance. The uncertainty and the praying.
Very true. To quote Raymond Burr at the end of Godzilla 1985: " Nature has a way sometimes of reminding man of just how small he is. She occasionally throws up terrible offspring's of our pride and carelessness to reminds us of how puny we really are in the face of a tornado, and earthquake, or a Godzilla. The reckless ambitions of man are often dwarfed by their dangerous consequences.
This is what I wish a modern Godzilla movie would portray. The only one that has ever done this was the original 1954 film. The feeling of dread, being unable to see anything, only hearing footsteps booming in the distance at first but coming closer and closer. Even Minus One overlooked this element. I love Minus One, but I wish it had leaned into the horror element a bit more than it did.
So true!! I watch a Godzilla film and it reminds me so much of tornado warnings, being from Oklahoma. Tornadoes and Godzilla have more in common than you might think!!
The way this works with Godzilla's whole "even if you survive your encounter with him, he'll still get you somehow" theme SO well. Incredible work, simple, but gets the theme of the man down perfectly in not even two and a half minutes!
It’s a perfect analogy for the bombs. Even if you survive the initial blast, you still won’t make it through the fallout. And just like the bombs, he’s our fault.
Putting you in the shoes of someone with no concept of something like Godzilla really captures the actual horror of coming across something so unknowable. His mere presence destroys your camera and you can feel it in the air. It makes you sick in ways you can't understand until it's too late. The glowing eyes in the dark was a great touch as well. Super short, but it really doesn't need to be much longer. Well done!
This is top notch horror, hope this type of Godzilla content becomes more common, having it be more something akin to Eldritch stories or Cloverfied works so well.
This and the “Living With Monsters” video are easily the best Godzilla fan films I’ve seen so far on RU-vid. This one especially taps into the horror side of the character in a way I haven’t seen in a long time.
"Haunts my dreams, haunts my lungs." Damn that's some great detail. I would imagine if you were to survive being that close to Godzilla and not getting killed by falling debris or getting squashed from being stepped, the radiation emmitting from him would eventually kill you. Never even thought of that before until now. 🦖☢️☠️
I like the subtle nod to Godzilla getting his name from this character's descriptive account "like looking into the eyes of God". That is so freaking cool!
I love the use of the lighthouse beam revealing him more and more as he got closer, but not too much as we only got glimpses. I wish the movies would play up this angle of Godzilla more often than the smash buildings and punch King Kong type. This is great! Well done!
I mean Godzilla 2014 played with that angle for the majority of the film until the final act. But people complained about how you could barely see him or he was always obscured by smoke or shadows.
@@micpere1991 that's a good point. I guess I never had much of a problem with how they handled Godzilla in that movie, but I didn't find the movie all that rewatchable because I couldn't get into the human characters all that much.
We need more Godzilla analog horror like this. Not a meta-narrative about the franchise as a whole, but set in universe. So much can be done with a series in a universe where giant monsters are real and this is a prime example of just how good that can be. Fantastic work, I love it
Every now and then you find a short film that's truly 10/10, and this is one of those. The silent camera, the clatter of the film reel, the filter on the voice recording, the dialogue, it's all excellent. The line "It haunts my dreams... it haunts my lungs" is chillingly accurate. The ambient radiation coming off Big G wasn't something I'd ever really considered, but it's brilliant. Just first class work on this!
As a 54 year old man who scoured the TV Guide for Godzilla movies in my childhood and continues to the new Godzilla movies, US and Japanese, in the theatre on premiere night... I will watch this over and over. Thank you Danny for your creative masterpiece.
Ngl. If there were a full found footage horror about Godzilla, i would love it. (And yes, before anyone else says it, I've seen Cloverfield. This looks cooler, though)
Dude you are a genius, the beginning makes sense because the recording said that it was shot on 1954 and was released in 2024 which is this video, although godzilla isn't a reality, you still make him feel like one, keep up the amazing work.
This is my favorite analog horror video to date. The reminder that Godzilla emits lethal amount of radiation. The film being blurred due to it, and the bystander paying the price. Well done!!
Idk if it’s ever been made but there is an untapped goldmine of making a horror survival game based off being trapped in a city while a kaiju is demolishing everything around you
There is an indie horror called MEGA, if you haven’t seen that yet. There are a few playthroughs of it on here. Pretty good, definitely something I’d like to see more of.
City Shrouded in Shadow on PS4 is exactly this. Godzilla, Ultraman, and even Gamera are in the game. Insane it never got a western release, but you can import it if you're interested. Great concept that needs more attention with future releases.
This was Amazing! If someone makes a realistic Godzilla found footage horror movie, it could be so damn good. The scariest Godzilla IRL would be GMK, EASILY. Those eyes tell the whole story and someone needs to make an analog series with the GMK GODZILLA, PLEASE!!! You’re BEYOND TALENTED bro!!
The very first godzilla movie in the monsterverse in 2014 is the closest we'll get. It had a found footage style. Majority of the shots were from the ground level, looking up at the monsters. Low lighting, no background score, just environmental sounds.
i can tell this guy is a master director the way he used the diagetic geiger counter sound effects as a tension riser as if it was part of a trailer or something
What makes godzilla scary is if you put it into the humans perspective, no music, no silly moves. Just goji being a.. beast.. Picture this: it’s an average day in Tokyo, like no other, until sirens sound and everyone starts screaming and running. You fall onto the ground as the crowd tramples you. And you look over to a nearby ocean to see a giant tyrant lizard approaching. You run, but the monster chases. You go in a building and get to high ground, as you look out the window he’s there… staring at you….
@@MoonDevouredId disagree about it being “poorly executed”. Cloverfield is still great even to this day. My only complaint is that there’s no sequel and the camera work is really unnecessarily wonky.
@@ZombieGangster saying the camera work is unnecessarily wonky is a pretty big flaw for a found footage movie lol and my only complaint too. but to be fair I've never been a huge fan of FF movies, mostly for this reason
The Analog horror is it's own story. It's fan fiction. People are dumb enough to associate an entirely fan made story with canon events. The Man in suit is a nice piece of fan fiction, just leave it be.
I love how RU-vid gives everyone a chance to tell their story when the cinema industry is very limited opportunity wise. The best talent is often overlooked and never discovered, but we can find it here. Thanks for making and sharing this!
Love the glowing eyes in the dark, Godzilla Minus One model for the video and touch of realism you gave the Godzilla story. Keep up the good work bro! Very good.
I love how you incorporated the effects of Godzilla's radioactive nature on botn Hill AND the film. The latter reminds me of a moment in Godzilla 2000, actually. Also, I was thinking having it in color was anachronistic but I was wrong as I found commercially sold color 8mm film from 1946!
Absolutely awesome and frightening at the same time!!! This is exactly how Gojira is to be portrayed!!! Beautiful footage, and I totally agree with the other comments: make a part two or three of this!!!
Very good! The narration adds so much to the horror. Not only that, but at the beginning it does look like a big mountain headed right for him. On a funny side, I was thinking, "Really, big G? You just HAD to step on the car?"
This is honestly more along the lines of what I thought the 2014 "Godzilla" movie would turn out to be, so needless to say I'm thrilled to see the concept brought to life in some way. Great atmosphere, great music... great video!
I gotta level with you, man. That might have been...the best found footage/analog horror I've seen in a while. It's to the point, it isn't overt in it's horror, the text used isn't there for the sake of being a crutch, and frankly the camera angles used makes you really appreciate the scale of this beast, our king of the monsters. A+, my guy
This is the best way godzilla could be represented in analogue horror, i really don't care for the man in the suit stuff because this conveys the true scariness of Godzilla infinitely better
THIS! This is the type of Godzilla I want, frightening and atmospheric. It has a really similar vibe to Godzilla's appearance at the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in "the Return of Godzilla/ 85", one of my favorite scenes in the entire franchise, looming and menacing. Henry feeling the radiation around him , partially destroying the film, and giving him cancer ups the realism like crazy.
OH THIS IS AWESOME!! I am SO happy you also played into the passive radiation trait, not much play on that anymore! This is fantastic! This'll give me a nice brainrot for like a week LOL
This was definitely a very original take on the regular person's experience of such a situation. Loved the idea of including the effects of residual and ambient radiation.
The fallout Godzilla leaves in his wake and ensuing radiation poisoning from all who come near him is a topic not nearly touched on enough. Easily one of the most terrifying aspects of the creatureand executed masterfully here.
Absolutely brilliant! Wow, possibly the best short film I've ever seen. Love the way the tape burns as he gets close, so much thought went into this , incredible.
The tension was palpable the entire time and I love every second of it. Subscribed and I mean it when I say: I can't wait to see more of your work, this is really good stuff.
THIS is the kind of stuff I want to see done with Godzilla lately. I love the over the top big monster beat down stuff, but I would love to see a whole feature length done in this style.
OK... this is great entertainment for Godzilla fans such as myself. I am impressed. You keep doing stuff like this and you'll easily pass 1 million subscribers. One suggestion, make the camera shake with every foot drop Godzilla makes.
This is incredible! Is this all CGI? The way you did the camera work is so amazing. It really really feels like a real person who is terrified but still trying to get the shot. So much personality in a virtual camera. I don't think I've ever seen that done so well before. I love the glowing eyes and the lighthouse light passing over Godzilla. Keep up the amazing work!!
This is awesome! Thanks for making it and putting it out there. I've appreciated Godzilla as long as I've known about it, but never really watched much of any of the films. The clips I'd see from the really old ones seemed so charming but cheesy, and I felt like they didn't really do justice to how terrifying it'd be to see such a towering monster. You should be really proud of this.
