Our Summer of Godzilla series (presented by Snake Eyes Comics) continues as we get our friends at Knox Rad Retro in on the kaiju fun for this extra-memorable series entry, better known by some US fans as GODZILLA VS THE SMOG MONSTER. (Knox Rad Retro will be set up with an expanded selection of VHS tapes & more!)

Intended to address the crisis levels of pollution in postwar Japan, GODZILLA VS HEDORAH finds the King of the Monsters fighting an alien life form that arrives on Earth and steadily grows by feeding on industrial waste. Director Yoshimitsu Banno infuses the film with equal parts ecological horror, humorous monster antics, and sixties psychedelia straight out of San Francisco, making for a truly unique—and divisive—entry in the series. (Janus Films)

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