Monster Discussion #31: Hedorah (Showa)

[Patrick Alan]

Was Hedorah alien or mutant?

[Living Corpse]

Was Hedorah alien or mutant?

Both.

[Patrick Alan]

what EXPLAIN

[Living Corpse]

Look at it like you would Spacegodzilla. He was born in space but he is also a mutation. Likewise Orga is an alien but he was mutated when he absorbed Godzilla's DNA. Well Hedorah was born somewhere in space, somehow ended up on our planet (in film they think it was attached to a meteor) and begun to be mutated by pollution and feed and grow off of it.

[Patrick Alan]

Oh, ok I get it, thanks

[ghidorasauras]

only toho could make a monster out of shit...

[JAGzilla]

^ ...and actually make it work. I'm not generally a big fan of sludge/blob/whatever monsters, but Hedorah is an exception. His final form is one of my favorite suits in the series. Very creepy, very alien. Those big, soulless eyes, the ragged, dripping 'skin', the weird, gurgling roar... it all combines into a really sinister, memorable villain design. The flying form and its mass-murdering acid mist worked very well, too.

I haven't seen his movie in years, unfortunately. I'll need to get the DVD at some point.

[gojizilla97]

I'm just saying, he looks like a black death blob. His eyes also creep me out.

[MaxRebo320]

Good for you.

[gojizilla97]

Good for you.

Hedorah is not as creepy as moguera showa though (sarcasm). But I do not find hedorah that creepy

[CTHimes]

His eyes also creep me out.

"Hedorah's eyes were modeled on female genitalia. I drew the kind of crude picture you find on the walls of a public toilet and handed it to the modeling staff. I said, 'This is what I want Hedorah's eyes to look like.' [laughs] Well, come on, vaginas are scary!" - Yoshimitsu Banno, quoted in Patrick Macias's Tokyoscope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion

[20th Century Boy]

You're kidding... That's hilarious and freaky!

[Living Corpse]

I'm just saying, he looks like a black death blob. His eyes also creep me out.

Probably cause he is a black death blob. That and I'm sure this topic has been done before? Could be wrong. Anyways, when I was little he scared me. Now I think he's cool.

[gojizilla97]

Probably cause he is a black death blob. That and I'm sure this topic has been done before? Could be wrong. Anyways, when I was little he scared me. Now I think he's cool.

I know he is one, but I think hes pretty.....well, odd.

[wrongnote85]

I'm just saying, he looks like a black death blob. His eyes also creep me out.

you should make more threads.

[Godzilla165]

^ I think you meant "shouldn't".

[Beef Bigshot]

Vaginas are scary........?

Lol anywho he is a little scary because he acts abnormally

[eabaker]

Vaginas are scary........?

Do a little psych reading. Yeah, a lot of (patriarchal) societies associate vaginas with all sorts of unheimlich horrors. For a more popular cinematic example, I point to Alien.

[gojizilla97]

^ I think you meant "shouldn't".

Why not?

[Godzilla165]

Vaginas are scary........?

Do a little psych reading. Yeah, a lot of (patriarchal) societies associate vaginas with all sorts of unheimlich horrors. For a more popular cinematic example, I point to Alien.

Well I for one like my fair share of vagina every now and then, it calms the nerves right down . Any who back on topic.