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Monster Spotlight - Kumonga in Son of Godzilla





Kumonga is a giant spider kaiju created by Toho that first appeared in the 1967 Godzilla film, Son of Godzilla. Kumonga's name in the international English dub and American television dubs of Son of Godzilla is "Spiga" or "Spiega," which comes from "spider."


Height: 45 Meters in the Showa Era and 35 Meters in the Millennium Era. 147 Feet in Showa and 114 Feet in Millennium Era.

Weight: 8,000 Metric Tons in Showa and 30,000 Metric Tons in the Millennium Era.

Son of Godzilla Full Review

A team of scientists are trying to perfect a weather-controlling system. Their efforts are hampered by the arrival of a nosy reporter and by the sudden presence of 2-meter tall giant praying mantises. The first test of the weather control system goes awry when the remote control for a radioactive balloon is jammed by an unexplained signal coming from the center of the island. The balloon detonates prematurely, creating a radioactive storm that causes the giant mantises to grow to enormous sizes.


Kamacuras

While this going on, the giant preying mantises uncovered a huge egg and out of this experience ... The egg hatches, revealing a baby Godzilla. The scientists realize that the baby's telepathic cries for help were the cause of the interference that ruined their experiment. Shortly afterwards, Godzilla arrives on the island in response to the infant's cries, demolishing the scientist's base while rushing to defend the baby. Godzilla kills two of the Kamacuras during the battle while one manages to fly away to safety, Godzilla then adopts the baby.



The baby Godzilla, named Minilla, quickly grows to about half the size of the adult Godzilla and Godzilla instructs it on the important monster skills of roaring and using its atomic ray. At first, Minilla has difficulty producing anything more than atomic smoke rings, but Godzilla discovers that stressful conditions or motivation produces a true radioactive blast. Minilla comes to the aid of Reiko when she is attacked by a Kamacuras, but inadvertently awakens Kumonga a giant spider that was sleeping in a valley. Kumonga attacks the caves where the scientists are hiding, and Minilla stumbles into the fray.



Reiko


Minilla


Kumonga

Kumonga traps Minilla and the final Kamacuras with his webbing, but as Kumonga begins to feed on the deceased Kamacuras, Godzilla arrives to save the day. Godzilla saves Minilla and they work together to defeat Kumonga by using their atomic rays on the giant spider. Hoping to keep the monsters from interfering in their attempt to escape the island, the scientists finally use their perfected weather altering device on the island and the once tropical island becomes buried in snow and ice.





As the scientists are saved by an American submarine, Godzilla and Minilla begin to hibernate as they wait for the island to become tropical again.




ON A LIGHTER SIDE OF THIS MOVIE

This is the cutest scene in this movie ... I just loved it.



I just loved this scene ...

Destroy All Monsters - 1968 Movie





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Destroy All Monsters is one of the greatest movies ever made!

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No. He could not.

I rest my case.

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