The History of Destroy All Monsters (1968)

The History of Destroy All Monsters (1968)
#Godzilla #DestroyAllMonsters #GodzillaHistory
Sources
- Brian Solomon's "Godzilla FAQ"
- David Kalat's, "A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series".
- Steve Ryfle's "Japan's Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G".
-Writing Japanese Monsters: From the Files of the Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies by John LeMay
- wikizilla.org
- www.tohokingdom.com/
You can purchase or rent "Destroy All Monsters" at www.amazon.com.

[@MooglePower]

"The ladies love Gorosaurus!" A more accurate statement shall never be uttered.

[@thomasdelvin3683]

especially if you have one

[@GojiAnguirus]

*"LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!"*

[@Dr.Pepper001]

I was born in 1946 and remember all the great Saturdays I spent at the theaters watching Godzilla, Mothra, and Rodan movies. A bag of popcorn, a fountain Coke, and I was in heaven.

[@ahhh4836]

Jesus i was born in 1996 you were 50 that year the fact your even on youtube is pretty cool

[@Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

@@ahhh4836 Don't think you're too young mate; I was born in 2004 - Allow me to bow down to the senior Godzilla fans. :):)

[@ahhh4836]

@@Grandmaster_Dragonborn shit my firsy godzilla movie i seen was godzillas revenge in the cheap dvd bin at walamrt and the theme song to that movie always hauts me lol and i was in first grade in 2003-2004 i also seen the rest of the showa era series movies on tv on IFC or Scy Fy

[@ali-tdm512]

​@@Grandmaster_DragonbornI was born in 2011

[@MF32bloopers]

​@@ahhh4836was it good (hint: it's not)

[@GojiAnguirus]

Gorosaurus has his shining moment in this film w/that kick to Ghidorah's back. *"LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!"*

[@nolankearns1564]

Can't tell you how much I've loved these "The History of Godzilla..." series. Look forward to it every time I see a notification! Well done man. This was one of the first Godzilla movies I watched after the original Gojira as a child, and really made me an Anguirus fan....or as I affectionately referred to him as a kid, "Pokey monster". Great video!!

[@Buford_T_Justice1]

I’m impressed with how the space crew didn’t fog up their helmets with their breathing. I mean they had a piece of plexiglass an inch from their mouths and noses! Special special effects!

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

Lol I never noticed that! Hey Buford did you catch that damn Bandit yet? Hahaha!

[@godzillakingofkaiju6366]

33:14 I love how Haruo Nakajima had Godzilla grab the head of Ghidorah, shake it then threw it down. I don’t know why but I just love that

[@brycevo]

This movie was the holy grail of Godzilla when I was a kid. I searched forever for "the one with all of em". Final Wars was a great remake/ reimagining

[@CL-pd9cp]

My father took me to see this in the theater way back when...about 1970. And likely seen it a dozen times in reissues for Saturday matinees. It remains a great favorite...and one of the few dubs I watch (the original AIP version that is). To my 8 year old eyes...it was the greatest thing ever.

[@abbagodz]

I will only watch the AIP dub or the original subtitled. That 'International version' dubbing is just awful!

[@FTChomp9980]

This was the first official Toho Godzilla movie I watched during my teenage years,To this day it is my favorite Godzilla movie it was on the other day on Comet TV.

[@billyrayvalentine8471]

That's good to here that channels put this out there. HBO Max has all the origin Godzilla flicks except the 1st Godzilla vs King Kong.

[@FTChomp9980]

Comet TV is on KZbin TV it's a Sci Fi/Fantasy Channel its basically what SyFy Channel should be but isn't nowadays. They even show Quantum Leap and Farscape.

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

Ah yes..... the "Endgame" of the Showa Monsterverse

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

Should final wars be the infinity war?

[@aeoe665]

More like showaverse

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

@@aeoe665 😂 yup

[@jacksonhopp2003]

And I guess everything after in the Showa era is the new phase! 🤣

[@masontv5909]

Indeed

[@DetectiveOlivaw]

This flick is one of the first Godzilla movies I watched as a kid and it remains one of my favorites. The production design, the gunfights, the bad dummy suicide fall, the big monster throw down. You can’t ask for much more! Thanks for this and all your other history videos, they’re awesome. 👍

[@MintTea2005]

Is anyone gonna point out that monster land is basically Dr. Yamane’s dream? A place where Kaiju like godzilla can be studied, not killed

[@fantasykaijugeeks5452]

This movie is without a doubt one of the greatest films in the series! This is Godzilla’s version of endgame at least for the Showa era! Now I really hope that the future films try to give a a modern twist on this old school film.

[@stevec5465]

They tried with Final Wars. But I hated the Gotengo. Definitely not a Moonlight SY-3. That ship was tough. My only question was..Why no laser/maser on the ship itself? It was only on the buggy.

[@AThing-qp5gy]

If the anguirus in destroy all monster's is directly related to the first one then that means his best friend killed his dad

[@mhos6940]

This was the first Godzilla movie I saw. Watched it on TV at the age of four in 1974. Still remember seeing Mothra destroy that train and then Toyko get destroyed. This is the "All Star" of Toho Kaiju movies. That's why it's very popular. The plot could have been alot better, but the big fight scene is what makes it so loveable. Good job as always with your analysis! Keep it up!👍

[@livinblind45]

Bill your history of godzilla vids always put a smile on my face. I know this sounds cliche and you've probably heard it a million times but it really does. No other KZbin videos can make me smile the way you do

[@BigActionBill]

I appreciate it, thank you for the kind words =]

[@ultimablackmage]

This is my favourite Godzilla film still. I will admit the alien plot does feel like a retread in hindsight, but I just love the monster battles & global attacks along with the futuristic setting that when I first watched it was only 6 years away... which for an 8 year old was an amazing prospect along with Back to the Future 2's 2015.

[@eveningtsar]

I think you're spot on with this one. Way too much boring human activity, with one awesome final monster battle that ends just as it seems to get going.

[@atomicninjazyuranger5418]

My favorite Showa Godzilla movie of all time.

[@blakebecker3193]

9:23 Me: “He said the thing!!!!” *Stands up and starts applauding.* *Wife looks dumbfounded*

[@GoGojiraGo]

Still one of my favorites despite the lack of monster action, the final battle makes up for it. Imagine if Final Wars had followed this more closely and had a massive melee at the end with the Earth monsters breaking free of the Xillians' mind control and battling Gigan and Keizer Ghidorah. Zilla would have really redeemed himself if he got to lunge atop Keizer Ghidorah and start mauling him as an homage to Gorosaurus and his tide-turning kangaroo kick.

[@dragon_ninja_2186]

That’s a great idea! Except for the Zilla part. Pretty sure the G-Man annihilated the crap out of him which should remain that way.

[@GoGojiraGo]

@@dragon_ninja_2186 Zilla saved Jet Jaguar and Godzilla's lives in the IDW comics. It's been over 20 years, let the poor guy have some peace and niceness.

[@aarontaylor2808]

A monster melee would be what the doctor ordered for Final Wars. I was less favorable of Kaiser Ghidorah, give me the classic King Ghidorah.🐲🐲🐲

[@JosephOliver-th9se]

Legendary should make Destroy All Monsters with the Main Villan of the Monsterverse and that is Destoroyah.

[@AlistairZands]

I remember seeing Varan in the closing bit as a kid and was always very confused. I spent a lot of time with the movie paused just trying to figure out who he was and why he seemed to be floating. I also had been confused as who Baragon was since he only was in the one scene. At one point, I thought maybe Varan was Baragon, before just settling on it being some weird monster they never mentioned.

[@Headless_Bill]

Yeah that always confused me too. Varan was never mentioned by name in the movie as far as I remember and despite being a "gliding" monster he always seemed to be eerily floating when on camera. Also a shame that they didn't use the Baragon suit for the Paris sceens; creates a bit more confusion when the dubbing mentions him but Gorosaurus is shown.

[@evenhartwick4422]

same they were only on screen for like a matter of seconds makes me wonder why they were even included at all. I'm sure Toho must have had costumes that were in better condition to use hell, i don't even think their suits even looked that bad i think they could have been given more screen time without it being to distracting. they literally have blink and you miss it cameos especially Varan

[@karlblackwell4819]

Same

[@hggfhh4449]

Someone should make a video explaining all the showa era monsters that were not in godzilla movies but were in the godzilla universe. Movies like king kong escapes, and rodan, ect...

[@3912James]

The only thing I can think of is that Gorosaurus has their original roars (Varan and Baragon). Speaking of Baragon...he looks less like a prehistoric pug dog than he did in Frankenstein Conquers The World. Plus Gorosaurus appears to get the ladies. 10:54

[@josephhairel]

This is the best series of videos on youtube

[@mroberts453]

History of : War of the Gargantuas & Frankenstein conquers the world please sir!

[@anueutsuho7425]

And Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (the original)

[@captainsensiblejr.]

I have always loved how all the miniature missiles , tanks, arillery, etc firing at the monsters always destroy more of Tokyo than the monsters.

[@kamenriderkfp6684]

Been looking forward to this one. Destroy All Monsters was the 2nd Godzilla movie I ever saw and if the tag team in Godzilla vs Megalon made me a lifelong fan, the monster brawl in this one blew my little child mind. For my entire childhood this was the best movie ever

[@thestorm99]

I've throughly enjoyed all of these retrospectives. I'll be sad when you've done them all.

[@kylecollier7569]

Interesting note is that in the Japanese trailer of this film Godzilla, Rodan, Manda, and Mothra are attacking Tokyo before Godzilla "commands" an air raid on Tokyo as King Ghidorah flies over with Anguirus still hanging on to one of his necks till he's dropped by Ghidorah into the city and a big explosion occurs afterwards.

[@JoshuaCraigStrain]

I am so glad that your parents had you and encouraged your Godzilla addiction (I think they're called enablers) , for you have made my life SOOOOO much easier !! I greatly appreciate all the time , research and energy you put into these amazing productions , not to mention the video production alone !! Anyway THANK YOU SO MUCH !! - Because , being born in 1967 (Yes , I am old) and being a 70's kid , I grew up on Monster Movies , Comic Books and Rock n Roll !! However , I am far too lazy to have done all this work myself !! This way , I just get to enjoy and learn from all your hard work and sweat !! Plus there's some good humor thrown in as a little bonus !! So , one more time - GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH !! Oh yeah , there was no internet then , so there's no way I could have dug up even ten percent of that information !! By the way , your obsessive and meticulous deep-dive-digging is mind blowing !! You could use those skills as say .... oh , maybe a detective , perhaps ?

[@JudgeCraven]

Dude you’re killing me by not doing Terror of Mechagodzilla

[@bobbenson6825]

Sometime in the early 70's, without actually telling my parents where I was going, I took off on a Saturday afternoon and caught a double bill of DAM and its opening act, Yog Monster from Space. The theater was only a mile or so away. The latter film bored the hell out of me and I've never seen it since. Destroy All Monsters on the big screen was amazing. At that age seeing multiple Toho monsters in one film blew my little mind.

[@butchersblade7068]

Destroy All Monsters is one of my favorite Godzilla movies. It's just pure Showa Era greatness.

[@James-ou4lo]

Not gonna lie, This is my favorite Godzilla movie and for a time when I was a kid, it was my favorite movie bar none. I loved it so much in fact that my parents even bought it for me for my 10th birthday, so it was also the first movie I ever owned. As an adult, I can critically look at it and admit that it's not the best Godzilla movie out there, but I still love all of it, even the human characters. Thanks for another great Godzilla history video!

[@ManuelChavarria-nq7px]

Without a doubt and in my opinion, this is the best crossover that Toho has had

[@BenSlashes]

I'm glad that when i was a kid i loved everything about the godzilla movies, not just the Monster Action. It was even more satisfying to wait for 30-40 min to finally see Godzilla. For me this movie was one of the best. I loved the Story, the Characters, the music, and the Monster Action.

[@aycaramba18]

I agree! This is my favourite Godzilla movie and it's a guilty pleasure. I wacth this movie every month and the music! Perfect!

[@TANKTREAD]

Love, just love the Akira Ifukube film music.

[@chrisshorten4406]

I am one of those 7 Varan fans, and I could have been happier. Justice for Varan!

[@kaijutamerpat]

Rodeny Dangerfield as Anguirus is probably the best comparison for the Killer of the Living I've ever seen.

[@coyoteboy5601]

I saw DAM at the drive-in when I was about 11. It was all I could talk about for days. I still enjoy it to this day.

[@DanTheMan2150AD]

Another fantastic video Bill, so insightful and entertaining. Thank you.

[@doomedtolinger2213]

Always a pleasure -- The narration and timing are spot on. Excellent edit. Looking forward to the next one my friend...

[@DasNordlicht91]

the final fight just being essentially a handicap match between all the Earth monsters beating up on Ghidorah amuses me so much.

[@boopernator]

Still love Godzilla after all these years. This video brings back many many happy memories.

[@nikopawlowic6557]

I swear, us Godzilla fans and History majors are by far the most sarcastic people on the planet, only because we love to know so much. I do also pity you for having to make a video about all monsters attack...

[@taker68]

I saw this as a kid not long after seeing the original Godzilla film. I have fond memories and in spite of it's faults, I still love it. I like the alien stuff, Moon stuff and shoot outs. I know Invasion of Astro Monster did it first but I still love DAM.

[@thehollowedeye]

the story 0:12 I kid you not, that was EXACTLY how I found this movie as well when I was younger. SAME COVER ART TOO

[@raptorrex4438]

You now have my favorite videos on KZbin thanks for the time and effort you put in your videos, very informative and good!

[@mkcstealth7624]

As one of seven Varan fans, I thank you for the shout out! Great vid!

[@kaijuotaku2738]

You're videos are always a fun watch man. Keep it up!

[@demongorr]

Had a long week, seeing this uploaded has made my day

[@joleree1]

This stuff is so, so good. I've been absorbing and recommending these videos at an alarming rate.

[@rodanandme]

I’ve been watching these after each installment in my own Godzilla movie watch along project and I gotta mention that I love the little shots you put in of Godzilla in Kamurocho (or Kabukicho in real life). As a Godzilla and Yakuza fan, that always makes me happy.

[@cainedonis]

Loving your videos. Thank you for doing these

[@thebreakfastmachine6]

I love these videos, thank you!!

[@tommydarbe1524]

I first saw Destroy All Monsters in a movie theater in Oklahoma. It didn't come to TV in the area until a couple years later.

[@GeraldM_inNC]

Wonderful video, thanks so much! This was my favorite Godzilla movie and in fact remains one of my favorite movies of all.

[@Rhys-Lightning]

I watched the last of your videos last night and was sad I didn't have any more, then I wake up to this. Nice way to start the day

[@VelvetYeti]

I have no idea how I ended up at your channel today, but I'm glad I did. These videos are fun and very informative. Thank you.

[@billyrayvalentine8471]

Finally. . . . a Godzilla video from the main man & best Godzilla themed channel out. ( I was not paid for this message)

[@blaster2187]

Hey! I was just wondering about this episode, thanks for the upload

[@brandonandcharlene9527]

This was the Godzilla film that was seemingly never on TV where I lived in the late 70s/80s. Finally in 1991 I got a bootleg VHS of the original AIP dub. A few years later sci-fi channel started airing it with the inferior Toho dub, but at least the original has been preserved by fans.To this day, it is still my favorite Godzilla film.

[@Ghosti31]

I found your channel yesterday and i gotta say... I love your Godzilla vids. Thank you so much for these entertaining vids!

[@sirfijoe450]

lmao I fucking LOVE the blow up doll suicide scene. one of the funniest parts in any Godzilla film. I would never in a million years have them cut or edit it.

[@abbagodz]

I saw this at a drive-in in South Jersey back in 1970. It was the main movie of a triple feature along with 'Ghidrah, The Three-Headed Monster' and 'The Green Slime'. I can still remember being in the back of my parents Rambler station wagon and watching the final battle. I was 5 years old at the time and as you can tell, this movie made a lasting impression on me. It's still remains my favorite Godzilla movie of all-time. Thank you very much for posting!!

[@joe95883]

This was the first Showa Era Godzilla movie I have EVER seen after the 1998 Roland Emmerich Godzilla movie.

[@MattMcIrvin]

I think the English-language title "Destroy All Monsters" may be one of the greatest titles in the history of cinema. It promises so much! And the movie more or less delivers.

[@Antoniocardozo3763]

I feel so bad for varan he needs to have more plz return in the future

[@pr0t34n]

Love that footage of the Toho headquarters in your videos. Whenever it pops up a couple times a video I cheer maniacally and say "Go! Go! Go! Go! Yaaaay!!"

[@damianstarks3338]

I remember seeing this on vhs as a kid plus sun coast video and that art from the movie takes me right back to my childhood.

[@fatangrygeek5746]

18:16 - I love the reference you did there. That movie is very well made. DAS WAR EIN BEFEHL! I love that line.

[@LamangoKaijura]

Also wanna point out Ultraman himself is one of the mind controlled people.

[@tepefridge5125]

I remember the days of going to the mall, and immediately running to Sun Coast to find any new Godzilla movies there. Glad to see I wasn’t the only one

[@XYZdude00]

I've been going through the series in order after watching a handful out of order. Excited for the next installment in the series!

[@UltramanBlack]

You just blessed my day 😍😍

[@Kevsspot]

Bad ass vid! Keep them coming!

[@vanguard6498]

I love these videos, I always find out something new about a series I was confident I knew everything about

[@vanguard6498]

This is my favourite showa suit btw

[@alphagoji4890]

Love these videos, Godzilla!!!

[@Creecher98]

I’m loving this series. I’m watching it as I watch through all the Godzilla movies again. And the SY-3 is like one of the coolest space craft ever

[@davidscottheath]

Amazing clip choice at 2:24

[@f430ferrari5]

The best scenes of DAM are: 1. The fireball on top of SY-3 and trying to shake it off. The background music 2. Burning off the spinning remote control. The background music. Katsuo, it could explode. The API version is the best too.

[@lonwolf8245]

In the 1970's growing up in South Jersey we had a Theater that showed Double Features every Saturday. A lot of Classic Horror and Sci-Fi. We saw DESTROY ALL MONSTERS and I was in GODZILLA HEAVEN!!! So much fun.

[@paulrubens776]

amazing video

[@Dynamite229915]

Keep these coming please, these are great I'm watching these in release order up to 1971

[@RWSCOTT]

great flick, I love when Godzilla drop kicks the door to the alien base.

[@rum8745]

Love you! thanks

[@justinsullivan1285]

This was one of my favorites. This was Jurassic Park before Criton had the idea. It's Kaiju-palooza.

[@wintermagebarthow8481]

Destroy All Monsters is one if my Favorites, in terms of color quality, model work and all out crazy monster action.

[@garyreid6165]

I was 6 when I saw the trailer of the American version on television. It was the first time I saw Godzilla and in my opinion, he looked great walking in Tokyo. When I was 7, I saw Destroy All Monsters late one summer night. The independent station at the time had a cut of the film that was different. At the end, I recall seeing deep space and listening to Akira Ifukube’s legendary march theme as the credits rolled. I may be wrong with this description but I do remember listening to the music at the end. Other nights and some weekend mornings and afternoons, I would, if I was lucky, would watch Rodan, Mothra and Monster Zero and War Of The Gargantuas on that independent station. Other stations shown other films. My favorite scene in Destroy All Monsters was the scene where the Moonlight XY-3 crew use the cutting laser and Ifukube’s piece had an aggressive piece for piano, strings and percussion until the monster’s mind control device was severed. I remember bobbing my head up and down and side to side because I was really into the music and the scene. The 1968 Godzilla suit is one of my all time favorites.

[@jefffarver4695]

Oh bloody hell. I got excited, LOVE these documentaries. Now I'm VERY much looking forward to All Monsters Attack

[@JorgeLopez-le7fc]

This was by far my favorite Godzilla movie at the time. As a kid we obviously did not have cable or streaming services so we had to check the weekley tv guide and see when Gidzilla would pkay on the reature feature that paticular Saturday episode. If i saw D.A.M. waa playing on the creature feature that paticular weekend. My whole week would revolve around the wsit for the movie.. Destroy all Monsters was my favorite and ill still watch it on accession with the great child hood memories I had.

[@davidfausel9029]

An absolute favorite of mine from my childhood! And I love that Sopranos cutaway :-)

[@jpfransen]

As for the most innocent lighthearted fun, the best Godzilla movie. This one really takes me back to my childhood years were I sat front row in the cinema with my eyes opened in awe!

[@biobuilder332]

Literally counting down the days until that Vs. Hedorah review my boy

[@mz2837]

I’m sure people comment this quite a bit (and there are times I almost have before), but that opening you gave about that cover being the coolest thing you’ve ever seen is literally identical to my experience. Down to the suncoast video (which I frequented often with my dad or grandma to buy Godzilla and DBZ stuff). Idk just thought it was cool.

[@beaupierrebondurant5651]

My second favourite Godzilla movie.

[@herbaldragon7646]

This movie put me through hell, as a young kid I read about it from the library books on godzilla movies, blew my mind at the thought of all them ganging up on one, looking forward to the MV take on it ;)

[@jeremyfenton862]

I always had to catch this movie on tv (Usually on TNT). I almost always caught in glimpses and it would be years before I would see this movie in it’s entirety. But nonetheless one of my favorite Showa era movies.

[@joejupiter4138]

I'm a Varan fan, and I thank you for the shout-out.

[@whalehands4779]

Your channel was something I would have died for as a kid. just to have all the wealth of knowledge on Godzilla. at the time in the 90s, man I had to dig to get any news. the Official Godzilla Compendium book was my Bible.