GHIDRAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER was a real milestone in the genre, bringing together the major monster stars from earlier films to take on a new menace that was to become a fixture of future films. When a fiery meteor crashes to earth, it coincides with the arrival of a prophetess who bears a striking resemblance a recently-assassinated Princess. Enemy agents come after her and a cop tries to protect her, although his job isn't made any easier by his reporter sister! Meanwhile, the prophecies predict the return of Godzilla and Rodan to Japan, as well as new terror Ghidrah. Mothra is brought in to organize the earth monsters against this new menace from space! Ghidrah would return for the next film, MONSTER ZERO, and again as the main heavy in DESTROY ALL MONSTERS. GODZILLA ON MONSTER ISLAND would be his last showy bit in the original run. The monster team-up idea, likely patterned after the old Universal Frankenstein films of the 40's, became something of a staple of the Godzilla series afterward. Ultimately, it became sort of like watching sporting events and seeing which old pro was going to be brought onto the field.
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