Up From The Depths Reviews | Invasion of Astro-Monster AKA Monster Zero (1965)

[@UpFromTheDepths88]

This was one of the first Godzilla movies I saw!

[@tokendave80]

This was the first movie I saw with King Ghidorah.

[@magatetus]

My second G movie.

[@Videogamelover58]

One of my favorite showa godzilla films :) Used to see it on a VHS so many times :D

[@byronbrooks6366]

Same here. Although it still urks me how Studio would reuse stock footage, as what happened in Godzilla vs Megagurius with the use of the Gigan clips. But if anything else, I want Godzilla vs Kong to fully embrace the Showa Era wackiness. Like have a special edition with Monster voiceovers.

[@Saltyaf38]

It's sad to say it but this is one of the only godzilla movies I dont have.

[@tylerwells841]

I just want acknowledge the actors in this movie. Just the fact the English and Japanese actors were delivering lines in their native languages to each other in a mostly seamless manner is impressive imo

[@martyc909]

To me, this was always the definitive Showa Godzilla. The two movies that I point people to in the Showa Era are Invasion of the Astro-Monster, and Godzilla vs. King Kong. To me, both were what defines Godzilla of that era.

[@SwfanredLotr]

I was able to get this movie on 2019 in DVD and I could see why its a fan favorite. Also its intro theme is one the best of the entire franchise.

[@moodyboy.4362]

This was the first Godzilla movie that I ever saw. My mom literally bought this for me from an end cap from shoprite. I used to have to always turn the volume down everytime the monsters would destroy the city. Without this, I wouldn't have gotten into Godzilla.

[@Godzilla-tu2cd]

This is a fun movie one of my favorite movies of the franchise

[@TubeWave]

I love this series so far! You are criminally underrated. Are you going to review King Kong Escapes too?

[@UpFromTheDepths88]

Yes. And it will be my first time viewing it too!

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

Also this was the first film where Godzilla's breath was a proper atomic ray, rather than looking like he smoked too many cigars.

[@CardboardBoxA]

5:09 “it’s an intimidation display”

[@austinames9340]

Consider us VERY intimidated

[@JustChadC]

hahahhahHAHAH

[@migsyh2065]

Good one😂

[@SJHFoto]

That sinister laugh at 1:17! I remember seeing this in the retro theater and the laugh plus the slow fade of the aliens in the background was memorable! This shows that kids don't need million dollar blockbusters to fire their imagination. I was totally into this! Still am!

[@ButrzV2]

>ends with the Highland Fling Me: Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@andrewpragasam]

Great review! This movie is a glorious work of art laden with thrills and spectacle. "We're gonna fight to the last man, baby!"

[@brycevo]

This was when Godzilla got really campy and set a lot of the series standards

[@mansondelacy]

I remember this being the first Godzilla movie I saw… Strange how that journey started so long ago.

[@dominickefrim3088]

My ultimate Godzilla movie. A total masterpiece.

[@josephmatthews9866]

FOOTNOTE: did you know that this movie was nominated for an Oscar for it's special effects??

[@rodriguez2392]

This is my favorite in the Showa era but that’s the point it’s supposed to be whimsical

[@improperbostonian6722]

Saw this great classic at the kiddie matinee new in 1970 upon it's release to American movie screens.

[@ChrisPeteG]

It is pretty clear that you are doing a sort of weekly video of a Godzilla/Kaiju film on the journey towards Godzilla: King of the Monsters. I love that you are doing it and I hope you don't let up. Don't stop short of analyzing the modern era as well, Shin Godzilla, G14, and the Godzilla Anime Trilogy....I know you've addressed some of those films in some ways before...but 'reviews' in the same style as these videos would be very cool.

[@scaper8]

A happy moment.

[@ChristopherElli-cc1ly]

I love the final battle. Rodan grabs Godzilla's shoulder and flies him into King Ghidorah and they all go over the cliff into the ocean.

[@D.Z.A.-kp8lf]

One of my favorites!! 👍🏽

[@GatchamanG4]

Love this movie! I remember first seeing this back in the mid 1970’s on a show called Shock Theater. I was hooked on Kaiju movies from then on. The astronauts helmets always crack me up!! They were the worst!! That’s my only negative comment about this fun movie. You can see the real chemistry between Nick Adams & Kumi Muzuno. No wonder he chased after her while filming. Akiro Kubo is great as the nerdy boyfriend. He is a really versatile actor. He can play a comedic role as in the movie or a very serious part like in Destroys All Monsters. This is by far the best Kaiju and classic horror/sci-fi movie review channel on KZbin! ✌🏻❤️

[@Comkill117]

Forgot it was set in 196X, that’s so far in the future! It could be anywhere from a day, to 3 years.

[@davidholman48]

While dated by modern standards, this film is delightful. It has everything and is never pretentious. Just a lot of fun.

[@KlldbyCuriosity]

I love how the aliens are a not so subtle metaphor for the United States

[@phyllissmith6903]

Now godzilla is my favorite series of anything but I have only seen about 10 of the movies

[@ButrzV2]

Keep it up man. Theres still lots of fun to be had. Do urself a favor tho and stay away from Shin and Final Wars for the time being if you havent seen them already. They are works of art that deserve to be seen at the end of the journey, and not before.

[@DeanLaPoint]

Love this movie!

[@BaldPerspective]

This is such a fun movie, I totally understand why Ishiro Honda had his problems with parts of it, but I love it nonetheless; vast improvement over the last film.

[@Fishinbasser]

This was my first ever Godzilla movie

[@ChuckEldon]

Im watching all the movies now (minus the Heisei era-cant find any of em :-( im doing mini thoughts/reviews for each movie on my IG story feed... I like to compare what i think to your reviews and we seem to think on the same points...pretty cool!

[@Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

Heh, I do the same thing on my Instagram feed. Would you mind I take a look at yours? 😃

[@ChuckEldon]

@@Grandmaster_Dragonborn Charles_Sheldon_VI is my IG, its in my stories....havnt done a review in awhile, soon to restart

[@HugoPrimates]

Great channel! grettings from France where i have a solld communit of kaiju fans! i'm talking about UFTD a lot!

[@aylmer666]

ah the Mendela effect got me again; I had always thought it was Invasion of THE Astro-MonsterS !

[@davidbi69]

Hi, I really like your reviews, can you please review the Gamera series too?

[@UpFromTheDepths88]

Stay tuned

[@zappercapper1535]

This movie is awesome 10/10

[@zed6740]

Personally I wasn’t that irritated that they added stock footage and find it to be more of a memorable moment from Rodan (1956). The plan from the Xiliens make sense to me at least and pretty straight forward which is basically aliens trying to take over the world. The monsters do sometimes feel like a after thought but I feel like the monster action makes up for it. I love this movie better than the last and give this movie a 5/5 and it’s possibly one of my favorite films from the Showa Era (for now). Great Review though! 👍🏽

[@Kaiju-Driver]

I did like to see the miniatures effects of this one.

[@timmadone8930]

It might be the first movie in the Godzilla series to use stock footage, but, it wasn't the first Japanese kaiju movie to use stock footage. That honor goes to "Varan" which took a scene right out of 1954's "Godzilla" & tried to use it as it's own. The scene in question is when Varan's tail is supposedly smashing the roof of a building. But the actual scene is of Godzilla's tail smashing the top of a roof. It's very obvious to anyone who's scene the 1954 "Godzilla" numerous times.

[@3912James]

They used the background part of Godzilla's roar (when he was about to die from that oxygen deprivation device. If you listen carefully you hear what would eventually be Varan's/Baragon's/Gorosauruses roar) from 1954 and Rodan's roar to create Varan's roar.

[@Algeriawindows69]

Godzilla raids again too

[@robgrimm9004]

Takes me back to my Creature Feature childhood! So awesome. Have you reviewed Dogora Spacemonster? The huge jellyfish freaked me out as a kid!

[@UpFromTheDepths88]

Stay tuned for today :)

[@robgrimm9004]

Can't wait. It's an often overlooked and it has one of the coolest destruction scenes with the bridge. Thanks for all the great reviews!!

[@atomicninjazyuranger5418]

4:23 Poor Godzilla and Rodan, they want to go home !!!

[@BlueOysterStan]

Take the monsters out, and it’s still a solid humans vs aliens plot. This is the high point of the showa era (to me, at least.) It’s one of the few movies in the series I’d give a perfect 5 star rating to that *aren’t* the ones that already get the most praise by critics (‘54, Shin, Minus One)

[@jacoboffenbacker6988]

Going back through and watching/ranking Godzilla and Kong movies before GvK drops, and sometimes checking out what you have to say on the movies since you have a real movie critic/G-fan feel. I enjoyed this one, honestly, but I think it's better in concept than execution. Tbh I think our thoughts on Astro Monster and the Ghidorah movie prior are just flipped, likely because of my nostalgia. Out of 10 movies I've watched so far, this one probably falls around 7th.

[@TheJboy88]

Godzilla...in...SPAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!

[@RX552VBK]

Nick and Kumi had a relationship read somewhere. I think it was on Frankenstein Conquers the World...

[@ek9509]

Astronauts Glen and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan the Xiliens offer a cure for cancer. Investigating, Glenn develops a romance with Miss Namikawa as he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.

[@benbob4038]

This movie had one big problem with me. The high pitched noises that happen (mostly in the 3rd act) really hurt my ears.

[@jeremykrause9443]

This film definitely could have had more Godzilla but I find the alien conquer plot awesome. This movie could have been a good movie without Kaiju.

[@MinusGoji1]

My 2nd favorite showa Godzilla movie

[@ericw7794]

En français: Invasion Planète X le premier film japonais avec des ET!

[@Chasintail850]

*Initial Reaction* This comment is towards the general public, not the man who published this video. This movie along with Godzilla 1984 and Godzilla Vs. Biollante are the only movies I have yet to see, just watched this on Starz.com before I purchase the blu-ray. In my opinion, if you loved this movie for the monster action, you can't say Godzilla (2014) did not have enough of it. Godzilla is hardly a subplot (Visually) in this film, he, Rodan and Ghidrah are used solely to carry the plot into the final 10-15 minutes of good stuff. I'm not saying it was a bad movie, but it hardly felt like I was watching a Godzilla movie in the sense of Kaiju action. However, despite all of this, it was original, well paced and for the MOST part, the plot made sense. If you watch this solely for monsters, you're initial reaction will be my first sentence, or worse, but for what it is, it brings variety to the series. Also, pretty good SFX for the time considering Ebirah horror of the deep was a year later. Also last favorable Godzilla suit until Destroy all Monsters and I wish they would've stuck with the original 1956 Rodan look. 3/5 Stars.

[@Thorn76]

Oddly, in the print that I have, all of Nick Adams's dialogue has been dubbed into Japanese. I can't say that this helped my appreciation of the picture. For the first half-hour or so I enjoyed this almost as much as you did; but I think it was a case of too little monster action too late. I guess I have to try again, because I fell asleep on the damn thing....

[@UpFromTheDepths88]

I actually prefer the English dub because Nick Adams isn't dubbed, and the dub itself is quite respectful.

[@Thorn76]

​@@UpFromTheDepths88 Is there a version out there that combines the two? -- Adams speaking English and the rest of the cast speaking Japanese (with subtitles)? That would be an interesting oddity....

[@UpFromTheDepths88]

@@Thorn76 Not that I know of. I would love a version like that.

[@Thorn76]

@@UpFromTheDepths88 Sounds like a "fan cut" project in the making. Anyone with both versions and Adobe Premiere could do it... but I dare say it would be a tedious job of work.

[@ultrae4628]

Hot damn im early, great review too

[@tgr.4550]

Compared to 1965, I just don't understand how in 2014, 2019, and 2020 we cannot get a proper monster on monster fight on the big screen. why is this so difficult?

[@SpScarletSpider]

Supposedly from the leaks, Godzilla vs Kong is going to have a proper monster fight.

[@tgr.4550]

@@SpScarletSpider I'm keeping my fingers crossed 🤞

[@InspectorWhoReacts]

As much as i agree, i think the simple answer is how expensive or difficult to make fully believable cgi monsters, vs filming suits, not that suits aren't hard work either, but certainly easier to film.

[@Algeriawindows69]

@@InspectorWhoReacts nah cgi is easier to film since you can put the camera everywhere but when you try to film suit you need to choose camera angles that wouldn't make it obviously just a set with the background sky and also make wires as less visible as possible and the selling, but in cgi the only hard part is making the monster act and look realistic since the standards are very high nowadays with cg not the filming itself

[@sith50]

shame that Nick Adams, to my knowledge, revealed that he hated being in this film

[@MinusGoji1]

sith50 where did get that form?

[@0000syuable]

そうか。ゴジラがシェーしたのはこの怪獣大戦争だったか。

[@flrpitflrp1965]

For me it’sa top five G film

[@Kevin-p2l5b]

Okay.

[@dariusq8894]

I don't know why, but I liked the Monster Zero moniker which the Xiliens gave King Ghidora. Monster 01 & Monster 02 sounds stupid, but Monster Zero is cool. Très weird.

[@jessemartin7718]

Is this the best ghidorah movie?

[@JerkyD]

Nope, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah is definitely better.

[@colincampbell3679]

Now this is what I call Great Godzilla film.. Not like the crap CGI rubbish of these days which have a ugly deformed looking Godzilla with a really horrible face and tiny beady eyes and square chin. The original round faced Godzilla with those big eyes really were so good. the acting was very good and lot's of daftness and silly stuff making the original films so fun and great to watch. TOHO seemed to have lost the great special things which made these early films so lovely to watch?

[@BlueGuyTube]

Because nothing screams terrfying giant monster born from the mishandeling of nuclear weapons of mankind like a cute round face and big goggly eyes.

[@KiddingCell]

I honestly kinda think this film is overrated. Like the monsters barley get any screentime (especially Ghidorah), the movie is also very very slow, both fights in this film are also only about 2 minutes. And yes this is the first film in the franchise to use stock footage though it isn't as bad as in some later movies. However this movie has one of the best human story in the series, Nick Adams is also one of the best characters in the franchise, the special effects are also a step up from the last film, the music is also very good and even though the fights are very brief, they are still fun and entertaining. While this film in my opinion could have been better, this is still far from the worst Godzilla movie ever. I will give this film a 6.3/10.

[@nexusshark]

Nah, 4 out of 5 stars is a little to high if you ask me. I prefer the previous movie. Can't say I was so enganged in this movie.

[@AlbertoGonzalez-xn1lw]

This movie make more sense to me than Gidorah The 3 head monster.. better story... too bad they skip Mothra

[@giganopode88]

I don't like it too slow barely any monsters and has good characters yet some are bland.

[@DUARTE99]

I disagree with everything this review liked. This film sadly, was ass. Poor Honda.