King Kong Escapes (1967)

Summary: Inspired by the Rankin/Bass cartoon, the evil Dr. Who captures King Kong to dig for Element X when his mechanical doppelganger, Mechani-Kong, is unable to do the task. Kong escapes and soon confronts his mechanical double.

Release Date: June 19, 1968

Genres: Action, Adventure, Family

Director: Ishirô Honda

Writers: Takeshi Kimura

, Edgar Wallace

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: G

Production: Rankin/Bass Productions, Toho Company

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: Japan, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,180,000

3.7 - ZR Critics
2 votes

Destroy All Monsters (1968)

Summary: In 1999, a race of she-aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop the invaders while the monsters battle Ghidorah.

Release Date: May 28, 1969

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Directors: Ishirô Honda

, Jun Fukuda

Writers: Ishirô Honda

, Takeshi Kimura

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: G

Production: Toho Company

Distributor: American International Pictures (AIP), American-International Television (AIP-TV), ADV Films, Media Blasters, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 200,000,000

1.2 - ZR Critics
1 votes

Son of Godzilla (1967)

Summary: A reporter stumbles upon weather experiments on a tropical island, discovering giant mantises, a castaway woman, and an infant monster that Godzilla must learn to raise as a son.

Release Date: December 16, 1967

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Jun Fukuda