Godzilla Vs. The Thing

The Godzilla series hit its stride with this fourth entry, pitting the mutant monster against the star of another recent Toho hit. Plausible, imaginative special effects combine with a fairly interesting plot to make this one of the best of the Japanese giant-monster movies.

A hurricane destroys an industrialization project being developed with public money by shady businessman Kumayama (Yoshifumi Tajima). As reporter Sakai (Akira Takarada) and his photographer Junko (Yuriko Hoshi) investigate the scene, they witness a giant egg nearing the shore. Local fishermen pull it in and sell their salvage rights to it to Kumayama, who hopes to recoup his losses by exhibi...