Destroy All Monsters
Destroy All Monsters is a 1968 film from Japan, directed by Ishirō Honda, running 89 minutes. reelscum files it under kaiju & tokusatsu.
- Year
- 1968 · 1960s films
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Director
- Ishirō Honda
- Updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Obscurity
- known (24/100)
- Also known as
- Godzilla - Destroy All Monsters · Destroy All Monsters · Operation Monsterland · Godzilla 9 - Destroy All Monsters
Defined in the glossary: Kaiju & tokusatsu
Eleven monsters, no restraint. Honda cashing every chip at once.
Eleven monsters, no restraint, and Ishiro Honda cashing every chip Toho had accumulated. In the near future the world's kaiju are kept on an island until aliens seize control of them and turn them loose on the world's cities, culminating in a mass brawl at Mount Fuji. It was meant as a grand finale for the series.
It is pure spectacle, monster after monster, and for kaiju fans the all-out final battle is the genre's equivalent of a supergroup concert. The plot is a delivery system for creatures, and nobody minds.
The ultimate monster mash, made with obvious affection.
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