I actually loved the story in this one. There were a lot of main characters, and none of them seemed extraneous. They all had something to do.

The cigarette stuck on Mothra's face is absolutely hilarious. Totally missed that. Definitely now up there in my top comedic Godzilla moments, right next to the dude who jumped out a window in Destroy All Monsters.

One theory i've heard over the years as to why the 'fruit juices' kept Ebirah away is because the fruit is citrus, and akin to lemons. Lemon juice is commonly served alongshide or on shellfish. So, the citrus smell keeps Ebirah at bay. A similar joke was used in the 80's movie 'Leonard Part 6' with Bill Cosby. Except he used sticks of margarine against Lobsters.

I was just so frustrated refreshing KZfaq for something to watch while doing homework, this will most certainly do.

Ngl this is one of my all time favorite Showa films. I loved the fun, lighthearted tone and the amazing practical effects with Ebirah. Also the humans had great personalities and didn't bore out the story.

Honestly that pistol shrimp idea not a bad idea , maybe Toho could redesign Ebirah after it in a future Godzilla movie definitely would boost up Ebirah's popularity and cred.

Okay, this movie means a lot to me. I say this because when I watched it I was at like a really bad time. I was sad. And then I went to tubi, and I saw this movie. I was like "It's just a dumb Kaiju movie" I had nothing else to do so I watched it. And man, this movie cheered me up. It was the right amount of silliness and creativity. I just had a big dumb smile watching it. My older brother joined me. We both laughed at how silly this movie was, how the suits looked silly yet good. That was a really good moment. I love this movie man.

Unpopular opinion: I really like this movie and honestly it would make a great video game.

"Stop being a fuckin' dinosaur and get a job" LMAOOOO. I am almost 50, and loved these movies as a kid, I'm really enjoying watching your videos on these films. Brings back a lot of memories.

This is one of the most fun of the old Godzilla movies. I actually love the silly human story, the off-beat surf music, and the tropical setting.

Just wanna say the part about the sociopathic Ebirah splashing Goji literally cracked me up like Humpty Dumpty going ice skating. Love your reviews.

I feel like Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) feels like a great movie for summer

I always assumed the first Godzilla (1954) was impervious to electricity, while the second incarnation of the character was weak to it, yet grew somewhat resistant. In Raids again I rationalise Godzilla's somewhat resistance to adrenaline, he's in the heat of battle with Anguirus. In King Kong vs Godzilla tho, he clearly has a weakness to it, yet progressively (from Mothra vs - vs Megalon) his constant exposure grants him some resistance to it, eventually he's even able to utilise it offensively in vs Mechagodzilla. IDK

Always enjoyed this one for some reason. It’s got a likable cast of characters and the island adventure is fun and a nice change of pace. Yeah I can obviously see it being a Kong film originally but having Godzilla instead gives this it’s weird unique identity.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who pretended to be Godzilla while entering the pool as a kid lol

When I first saw this as a teen I wasn't that impressed by this film, but going back and re-watching it early in this year, I really came around to love it. So much soul in it, from the efforts done in the fights, setting, and music. The human cast and plot is nice and straightforward and sometimes, that's all you need. It's just flat out a good Godzilla movie.

Love how this channel goes in depth about the movie, in front and behind the camera etc! I never thought I'd things as fascinating as I do about everyone involved with the film!!

I think this movie is really underrated. I only caught it for the first time recently, after hearing bad things about it for years. I really enjoyed the human story, and while the monster fights aren't super long, they feel really unique because of the setting

This was the VERY FIRST Godzilla movie I ever watched. Years and years ago I found the VHS of this movie, the version titled Godzilla Versus The Sea Monster at Wal-Mart back in the late 90’s I believe. I remember LOVING it to death when I was child, and though I of course view it a bit differently as of today, I can’t help but continue to be fascinated by the things surrounding these movies and how they came to be. Ebirah to this day is one of my favorite characters with how unnaturally menacing he looks in this. Yes in some parts he looks silly and it’s hilarious to know he’s a shrimp, but still! Very good job covering this one, fellow!

I love how Harada plays another character with an eye patch, but this time over the OTHER eye.

Definitely one of the most underrated Godzilla movies (IMO). Masaru Sato's music, I think blended well with Jun Fukuda's style of direction (the same would be true with Son of Godzilla & Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla). I think that had Fukuda lived well into the 2000s, with all of the G festivals and conventions now in full blossom, his tone towards his kaiju work might have changed, as he would have seen all of the love and appreciation many fans had with his films.

I was just thinking of ordering some lobster, and then this drops...

This was my first exposure to greatness that is Godzilla. I know this wasn't the best of the movies, but this definitely has a special place in my heart

Never understood why this one had a meh reputation. It's human story is not nearly as dry as some other Showa era films and once it picks up it's crazy fun and entertaining.

Another great video on the history of Godzilla films. Personally I love the showa era films the most so I’m really enjoying watching these videos. I’ve actually watched many of them multiple times. Ebirah, Horror of the Deep is one of my personal favorites. I enjoy the South Pacific island setting and everything about the film feels fresh. The camera angles, the fast paced story and action, and even the funky music score all make for a super entertaining Godzilla romp. I’m looking forward to seeing the videos for the history of the remaining showa era movies, specially Godzilla vs Gigan and Jun Fukuda’s magnum opus, Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla. Please continue making these awesome videos!

This was the first and only Godzilla movie I owned that I didn't record from tv. Still has a special place in my heart

Love this movie, so tonally different and light-hearted yet really entertaining light-hearted human characters and Godzilla's portrayal vs Ebirah and the Red Bamboo was fun to watch. Only rough parts for me was Godzilla's face looked pretty rough and the Giant Condor fight has to be the most egregious shaky cam I've ever seen.

great and funny review! also yes i agree, this is an underrated godzilla flick. i love the experimental camerawork, banging soundtrack and the human story, it really feels like a breath of fresh air as opposed to the previous honda films.

The history facts and behind the scenes info you offer on these videos is just amazing. One of my 1st vhs godzillas as a kid.

Regarding 13:15 I agree, the term “suspension of disbelief” is thrown around as an excuse way too often. We suspend disbelief for what defies our world, not what defies the world of the piece of fiction. In other words, if a piece of fiction establishes rules, we will believe them no matter what, but if it breaks its own rules, we lose suspension of disbelief because no effort is then made to even try and be consistent or believable. These movies establish right away that giant monsters exist, so very little suspension of disbelief is needed, but if you establish rules that say people still behave in realistic ways we would expect in real life and then break that rule, then we have a problem. Basically when people complain about something being unbelievable in fiction, we don’t care that it doesn’t make sense in the real world, we are saying it doesn’t make sense in the world the film wants to sell us on. Long rant, but I see so many people using this as an excuse to justify any form of sloppy writing.

I feel like I just listened to Bill relive a horrific childhood splashing incident. It's gonna be ok Bill. The cold water can't hurt you anymore.

22:10 Bill you are not the only one who pretended to be Godzilla when going to the pool or the lake. I always saw myself as Godzilla when I was in the water. I pretended to be Godzilla coming out of the sea ready to fight King Ghidorah, Mothra or some other monster. I’m sure a lot of other G-fans have done this too.

This channel is a very underestimated godzilla history channel. I can tell you really care about the craft

I like to think that Godzilla was pissed at Mothra for bailing on Monster Zero. “Where the hell were you in the last movie asshole?”

The first Godzilla movie I annoyed my parents enough into buying for me at Toys R’ Us. An illustrated Heisei era Goji on the VHS box. God bless you Big Action Bill. The Bastard Jokemen love you.

This Kaiju is one of my favorite, I didn't like how mutants beat him with lasers in final wars way to easily

I like Ebirah now knowing how deadly large crabs like the coconut crab are on their own. Imagine them multiplied to daikaiju size and you have what Jules Verne called a formidable monster.

I was watching these in order while I was sick over the weekend. Happy to see this one come out, and excited to watch it when I get out of work. All the previous videos are incredibly well researched, and put together. Very entertaining.

This was one of my favorites. As others have said, the cast made this a step above other Big G films.

This was one of my favorites when ever it was on TV back in the day. The tossing of the boulder back and forth volley style scene is a highlight of mine.

This was my first godzilla film, so it will always occupy a special place in my heart.

Finally, some quality.

You made my day with your upload, thank you

I love Kaiju lore videos always some good nuggets of information in these kinda mini documentaries on them. Ebirah and Guiron are my 2 fav of all time.

14:56 I had that vhs tape and 15:29 one of the most memorable moments in movie history

Ah, one of my first fee movies that got me into Godzilla. I still have my VHS copy. Crazy enough, still works.fine to this day.

Just got done marathoning your other Godzilla history vids so was hyped to see this in my recommended today

As a Godzilla fan, it makes me sad to hear that a Godzilla movie was almost filmed in my homeland but didn't because of budget restraints

I've only ever seen the MST3K version of this, so thanks for the review and history. I'm loving the whole series - keep it up!

I was watching your Godzilla vs Mothra vid when this popped up. Sweet. Love your posts.

This was the best MST3K Godzilla episode (even if the Jet Jaguar song translation is an all-timer, the rest of the Megalon episode is pretty meh). Best riff: during the dance competition, one of the bots says "They Shoot Dragons, Don't They?" and I laughed for like 10 minutes. Anyway, great overview, very astute, the James Bond stuff was interesting. Coach Magurk really is the perfect avatar for us old crusty hipsters waiting through the talky bits to watch the rubber monsters go at it.

Been waiting for this one Bill! This was my favourite 60s Godzilla film growing up and it still holds a special place in my heart

I love your entire series!!! The information provided and overall presentation are awesome. Informative and fun! Thank you for the hard work and upload for our enjoyment!!!

Scariest monster ever created: **proceeds to NOT show the damn walrus from Pingus nightmare**

18:24 I love this part because Godzilla was mad that Ebirah caught the Rock instead of keeping up their Volleyball/Tennis game, Godzilla was crying foul and decided to stop playing since Ebirah wasn't playing properly. Showa is great because anyone, reguardless of age or langauge could understand what the monsters were doing and thinking.

Always enjoys these videos, thanks for making them

Great review and deep dive as always bro! Learning about how one of the lovely Toho ladies threatened to take her life during filming of that Bond film was intense! Thank God everything worked out in the end for her. Some of the themes in this film even remind me of Bond films too. And I agree Ebirah's suit and the water scenes are impressive, I think this is definitely a underrated entry. Lol that Golden Boy anime clip was perfect as well! Keep up the great work!

Thank you for continuing. I watch these videos all the time. My son is about 3 and hes a huge fan of Godzilla. We only watch the Showa stuff because its kid-lite. But I like watching the behind the scenes for myself. I didnt grow up on Showa stuff but it's all fascinating nonetheless. Keep on keeping on. Looking forward to watch the behind the scenes and your opinions for Shin Godzilla

I can't wait till you cover my favourite Godzilla movie Destry All Monsters. Saw it when I was 7 in 1992 & still enjoy it today. I saw this movie when I was 10 & it was fun... sadly haven't seen it since though.

“Pokey claw”! I love it!

This was one of, if not ,my first Godzilla movie. I'll always love it

Im so happy you are redoing already great videos into much better ones

Yeah! A New Godzilla Video! And it's informative!!!

Just want to say I love all of your videos. I also was a kid, watching VHS tapes of these movies and I completely relate to the swimming thing. Whenever I jumped into a pool, I always imagined I was Godzilla and my brother was some other kaiju lol.

Always look forward to these uploads Bill :D I know many don't like this film, but I've always liked it. I've always had a soft spot for plots involving being lost on uncharted islands. Add Kaiju into it and you've got my interest >3

great video. would have given it a thumbs up for the Coach McGuirk reference alone

such an underrated channel, i absolutely love your videos

I actually watched this movie for the first time on Friday, and I think it would’ve worked much better as a Kong movie. Seeing Godzilla do stuff like itch his nose and express interest in a human woman is just strange, even for the Showa incarnation.

Second or third favorite Showa film and one of my favorite Goji films in general, easily in top 10. I get they can look a little low budget at times, but for some reason I find all the special effects in this movie to be so charming, especially the model work for the evil base. They were clearly trying really hard with what little they had. I love the fights with Ebirah - best choreographed fights up to that point IMO. I even loved the human characters and plot and agree with the guy who said it could have been a good movie even without the kaiju. I'm a sucker for pulp style movies, and this hits all the right buttons.

Love these deep dive videos! Thank you!

Was wondering about this one just the other day, happy new years!

This was one of my favorites of the Showa era. It was also one of the first Godzilla films I’d seen.

All i can remember the first time I saw this movie was Crow saying, ‘I’ll be eating sushi tonight!’ When Godzilla ripped the claw off. ;)

I actually love this movie. I only saw it for the first time last fall, but it really gripped me for the whole duration

This one did have one of my favorite human stories in a Godzilla movie.

Great as always!

This was my first Godzilla movie, and I still enjoy it!

Love it. Lifelong G-Man fan. Great Saturday afternoon 70s movie. 1st underwater shot in a Godzilla movie. Kinda felt sad for Godzilla at the ending.

This is one of my favorites. I may be in the minority but I find the human adventure pretty good.

I hope your channel keeps growing and, also a double upload???!!!!

This is unironically in my top five godzilla movies. I had to get a second vhs as a kid.

we could say in Godzilla the lighting waking him up is like some one giving you a sternum rub to wake you up. it hurts, yea its gonna wake you up

That story about you and the pool cleaner is *adorable*

One of my favorites from the Showa Era. Great video!

First time I saw Godzilla vs The Sea Monster I was nine. It was on a local tv station's Saturday monster movie matinee. I was so excited about watching it I kept pestering my older brother for hours about watching it." Is it noon yet? Is it noon yet?"...My favorite part was when Godzilla faught the Red Bamboo's MiG-19 (J6)Farmers. The fight with Ebira was also great to watch. Not one of my favorite Godzilla movies, but its still fun to watch. Great presentation!👍

21:00 Calling Jiass a "Godzilla Frankenstein" is fitting if you watched the episode as it was made by a mad scientist in universe.

Absolutely justified! Great stories -- look forward to the next one!

Yes another one of these vid they`re so good keep up the good job 👍

Thanks. Your vids are awesome for Godzilla fans!

Godzilla vs The Sea Monster is one of the first Kaiju movies I ever saw, and I still Love It.

This was the first Godzilla film I ever saw as a kid (without counting the 1998 american version). I'm very fond with this one since my father bought it for me during his trip to Japan. Back then because it was in japanese only I couldn't understand the dialogues, but it was very fun seeing Godzilla and Ebirah playing volleyball with those rocks. 😂 Oh and I was infatuated by Dayo..

I always pretended the yellow juice was drawn butter.

I know this is a reupload but... it's still damn awesome either way! Godzilla fighting a giant lobster? Sounds awesome

Loved this movie as a kid. Like you, I used to watch it for the monster fights, but in hindsight it also had one of the best human stories of the Showa era. It reminds me of old-school Doctor Who. Good guys accidentally arrive somewhere and rescue an oppressed population from slavery by using their brains rather than attacking with guns. The main characters are all given something to do, and having one of them get captured was a good way to connect the slave-rebellion sub-plot to the main story. It's a feel good movie, and everything about it is so 60's. The music, the fashion, even the colourfulness of the sets and costumes. Considering the budget and the limitations of technology at the time everything looks great.

This was my first Godzilla film. Doesn't stop me saying it's not great. But I love Godzilla, this was a random film on Ch4 on a Saturday afternoon I saw as a kid and I was captivated.

Your videos like always are soo entertaining and educational Thanks for your hard work and Dedication for this Content You are. Hidden gem 💎 on this platform and deserve more recognition

As the first Godzilla movie that I’ve seen, this one has a special place in my heart:D

You know, Bill, your comment on the pistol shrimp should give us fans a lot of ideas on a new revamped Ebirah. Or maybe the deadlier mantis shrimp.

this was actually my introduction to Mothra and Godzilla. Saw it as a movie day at school.

great vid! and don't be embarrassed about pretending to be godzilla in the pool. when i was a kid in the fall and winter, i would pretend i had atomic breath and attack the windows and stuff in the car. drove my parents crazy as i fogged up the windows. :)