Dogora (1964)

[VamprisArachne]

The movie from what I remember had largely a plot centered on some jewel theives and Dogora showed up occationally to make things difficult for the human character.

But I'd love to see him(it?) in a Godzilla film or game it's an interesting monster that shouldn't have been thrown away like that.

[hammysammy59]

Watched the English version last week and despite a neat premise and an AWESOME monster, it really didn't click for me. While I'm sure part of it is because the disc was damaged, forcing me to skip around, I didn't really like the male lead, and even with its interesting twists on the genre, this still felt like a formulaic "monster-on-the-loose" movie. I got a replacement disc the other day, so I'm going to give this one another chance, and see if I like the Japanese version better.

[The Midnight Man]

^ I'm with you. Dogora itself is actually one of my favorite lesser known monsters, mainly due to my affinity for Lovecraftian entities. The scene where it attacks the bridge, coupled with the crazy, beautiful colors is simply fantastic. I just wish it had more to do.

[King Caesar]

What I liked were all the destruction scenes. The Dogora model was executed near perfectly, and it's nature for eating carbon is also unique. I wish it would've proved to have been more of a threat towards humanity(except those poor, poor diamond thieves...but that's because they were stupid), but maybe a future movie will fill that hole. I think the movie could've been handled a lot better, but overall I actually like it a lot.

[Rody]

I really want to see this movie, but I haven't been able to get ahold of the DVD yet.

[King Caesar]

Check on Amazon. That's where I got mine. As well as Space Amoeba. They also had Atragon, Varan, and maybe Latitude Zero. I'm getting those for Christmas or my birthday!

[The H-Man]

Amazon still carries it at around $15 or so last time I looked. I saw this a few weeks back, and even though it's not my favorite non-Godzilla film, I still enjoyed it. Also interesting that it has most of the vs Mothra/Ghidorah cast as well.