This movie played on a double bill across the country in 1972 with the AIP horror gem "Frogs".
Hedorah is a monster born of pollution and radioactive waste that suddenly pops into being in Japan. The monster is quite unique in that it can change shapes and sizes and it emits a deadly gas and a very corrosive acid.
Godzilla arrives to fight the monster and finds an enemy like no other. The film didn't do well at the box office here or in Japan, and even producer Tomoyuki Tanaka found the film to be a little much for a franchise that was becoming very kiddie oriented.
There are several scenes of people decaying from Hedorah's fumes or from being buried in sludge which flies off of the monster when Godzilla spins him around.
An odd mixture of the 70's hippie movement in Japan and monster films works well for me anyway. I have always been a huge fan of this film and I guess nothing will ever change my mind. It is a much darker film than any of the other 70's Godzilla films and that is the reason people either love it or hate it.
I found the actors very good in their roles, the young women are very beautiful including the woman singing the title song during the opening credits. The movie looks fantastic on the Blu-ray and I highly recommend this to any Godzilla fan.
I love this film so much I still have my Hedorah action figure...lol.
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