Space Amoeba (1970)
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft's alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters -- a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle -- and transform them into colossal mutant monsters.
- Ishirō Honda
- Seiji Tani
- Tsunesaburo Nishikawa
- Ei Ogawa
Rating: 6.4/10 by 48 users
Alternative Title:
Space Amoeba - US
Yog: The Space Amoeba - US
Les Envahisseurs de l'espace - FR
Gezora, Ganime, Kameba: Kessen! Nankai no daikaijû - JP
Les envahisseurs attaquent - FR
Los monstruos del mar - ES
Yog, Monster from Space - US
ゲゾラ・ガニメ・カメーバ 決戦!南海の大怪獣 - JP
Country:
Japan
Language:
日本語
Runtime: 01 hour 24 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: spacecraft, island, monster, giant monster, satellite, tropical island, kaiju, space monster, giant squid, giant crab, monster island, native village, space probe, tokusatsu
This is certainly not one of Ishiro Honda's better efforts; but it does kind of work. Some would-be alien invaders hitch a ride on a probe returning to the Earth that lands on a Pacific atoll. They set about creating supersized monsters bent on humanity's destruction so they can take over the world. Nothing new so far, nor indeed anywhere really, as a team of human hoteliers and local islanders try to fight off this threat. The visual effects are OK - the monsters; explosions and acting are low budget, but together keep this fun yarn moving along fine. The dubbing actors are way over the top and the music grates but it's still just about worth watching - for some reason really bad Japanese films of this genre are not as bad as anyone else's!
