 213 - GODZILLA VS. THE SEA MONSTER
Genre: Japanese Monster (1966, Color)
Don’s Synopsis: Some guys steal a boat to find the brother of one of the
guys (sorry, I haven’t a clue to any of the character’s names, so
I’ll do what I can without them). Already
on the boat they steal is a thief who, after a short
confrontation, they befriend. When the boat approaches an island, though, a giant Crab-Lobster-Sea-Monster-Thing
rises out of the water and sinks their boat. The men all
swim to the island, where there is a nuclear reactor and a heavy water processing factory run by some bad guys. The bad guys try to kill the
boat guys, but they get away into the jungle and meet a girl who is a native from the nearby Mothra
Island. This native girl tells them that she and a bunch of
her people have been forced to work as a slave labor to produce some sort of fruit juice that keeps the
Crab Monster from attacking (probably the citrus juice stings its eyes).
The group sneak into the factory and discover what’s going on there but, while trying to escape, the one guy who was looking for his brother gets caught on a weather balloon and floats away.
He ends up on the nearby Mothra Island, where the Mothra cult is busy singing and dancing for the giant Moth, and there he finds his
lost brother, alive and well.
He and his brother take a canoe back to the Nuclear Island, while the others discover Godzilla sound asleep inside a mountain on the island and they decide to wake him up with a bit of
a shock. So Godzilla is awake just in time to prevent the Crab Monster from killing the two brothers in the canoe.
The two monsters fight for a while but the confrontation ends in a draw as Godzilla has to go and do a
No. 2. While he’s sitting there answering the call of nature, a giant bird (Rodan?) comes out of nowhere to attack him. Godzilla roasts the giant bird with a couple of shots of his breath and returns to finish business when some jet fighters attack.
Once again, he is interrupted and has to take out all of the fighters.
He then goes on a rampage
(because I guess he’s now constipated) and starts to destroy the nuclear station, so the bad guys set the place to go thermonuclear.
The bad guys try to escape in their whooping boat, but the native
slave laborers mixed up the formula for the
monster repellent, and so the Crab Monster destroys the bad guys’ boat.
Godzilla and the
Crab Monster have a rematch and Godzilla wins decisively (and gets
to have delicious crab claws for dinner!). The natives and the guys are next busy building a net so Mothra can save them. And, right on time, Mothra arrives, knocks Godzilla
on his ass, and picks up the net of people, taking them away to safety.
Godzilla is alone on the island and somehow figures out what is going on, so he jumps off just before the nuclear station blows up.
Don’s Review: Although not nearly as
much fun as the ultra-cheesy Godzilla vs. Megalon (ep
#212), this was a pretty enjoyable Monster Movie episode to watch.
The riffing varied a bit but there are some great lines by J&tBs
(Joel, in particular, is in top form throughout). The host segments are a mixed bag here, with a forgettable
invention exchange and a strange egg-carton skit both falling flat, but
“The Godzilla Genealogy Bop” and the final reflections on the movie
are two definite highlights of the episode (I love that comment
about Mannequin). Well-Recommended.
Don’s Rating: 
Related Links:
(1) Mighty Jack’s MST3K Review (Episode Review)
(2) Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews (Movie Review)
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