VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

gavin6942 The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking one of the specimens back to earth, it soon develops and grows into a giant chicken-lizard-alien monster that tramples Japan.This is a great looking film. Japan is not really known for its good science fiction. We far more recall the cheesy suits for Godzilla, Gamera and the other big monsters. There is some of that here, but overall the quality seems much higher... so how does this film get forgotten? That space scene is excellent, and it is top of the line, easily on par or better with anything the American were shooting at the time.

henri sauvage In letterbox, in a near-pristine print, in the original Japanese (with subtitles) I have to say this is a much better film than the one most of us saw on TV, back in the day.For one thing, the line "Monsters have rights, too!" is never uttered. even in translation. (Although -- now that I think of it -- some people might prefer the dubbed version precisely because of its goofiness.) Of course, that's just the dialog, and even the most handsome presentation of this film can't obscure its marvelously wacky weirdness. The miniatures and effects are kind of a mixed bag. The space-related sets and models are actually fairly well executed, but the monster effects are often sub-Toho, sometimes hilariously so, like when an absurdly out-of-scale F-101 Starfighter crashes into the X and just sort of hangs there for a few seconds. I think that's more from a lack of experience with kaiju flicks on the part of the studio and its technicians than penny-pinching. In the Criterion edition, at least, it's obvious that Shochiku put a not inconsiderable amount of money into this production.Silly as it undeniably is, there are in fact some very creative moments in this movie, such as when the monster absorbs too much energy from a nuclear reactor and turns into a gigantic, red-hot sphere which bounces around Tokyo, wreaking fiery havoc until it plunges into a lake.When you look at the competition, stuff like "Gappa: The Triphibian Monster" and "Yongary", in its very odd and quite unique way this is clearly one of the most entertaining of the Toho-wannabe giant monster films of the 60s.

TheUnknown837-1 The X from Outer Space (why is the monster called an "X", what is an "X" in terms of monsters?) is a pretty dumb low-budget Japanese monster movie. What this movie, and many others like it, fail to recognize is that they can't be like Godzilla since they don't put much character and story development into it (like there was in the first Godzilla film). The X from Outer Space features a weird alien monster called Guilala and it looks pretty freaky and weird, like some kind of a child's play toy. Its roar suits it, but if you ask me, it's too simple. The creature's theme is just the same thing repeating over and over again, but it does seem to help the entertainment of Guilala's attacks somewhat more. Another fake thing about this movie is the military weapons. They are all more than obviously plastic toys (even faker than those used in the early Godzilla films). The missiles on the rocket launchers are obviously like like 4th of July things, they spark at the end and then abruptly shoot off. This movie would have probably been better if there wasn't so much human parts put into the story. Most of the screen is taken up by the bad acting (which I really don't mind), and the even worse tract of English dubbing. Overall, The X from Outer Space is a pretty dumb Japanese monster movie and an obvious Godzilla and Gamera want-to-be.

Cockboner If you're heavily into monster movies(Godzilla,King Kong,Gamera etc.),then you're going to love this much overlooked classic. This was my first monster movie,ahoy precious childhood memories,and it still looks amazing.That's it if you like men dressing up in rubber suits and stomping buildings,fighting military aircrafts and so on. And yeah,sweet space images,some "atmospheric",groovy music...this one has it all! Guilala(the monster) rocks!Some astronauts on a space mission,stumbles upon some mystic "space spores/egg" - and surprise,surprise - bring it back to earth for further investigation.Guess what happens? Some gigantic monster is on the loose. Now if there only was a sequel...please,please!