Monster Zero (a.k.a. Godzilla vs. Monster Zero;
Invasion of the Astro-Monster; 1965; Ishiro Honda; special visual effects by
Eiji Tsurubaya) is a dopey movie that’s awesome.
A kid’s favorite—
If you like giant monsters, flying saucers and the swingin’
60s, check out Monster Zero (my preferred title of the many this movie seems to
have).
All the best Godzilla movies are mash-ups (more on
that theory in a moment), and Monster Zero is a combo of Toho’s popular space
battle/alien invasion movies (like The Mysterions), kaiju (men in monster
suits), and Japanese New Wave detective flicks, like Go to Hell, Bastards.
Really!
