Giant monster film

The giant monster film genre is especially popular in Japan, the birthplace of Godzilla; see kaiju. The genre got its start with King Kong, the huge prehistoric ape from Skull Island captured and brought to New York City where it climbed the world's tallest building hoping to evade capture.

## Famous giant monsters[edit]

* Godzilla
* Mothra
* Gamera
* King Ghidorah
* Anguirus
* King Ceaser
* King Kong (from the Japanese film King Kong vs. Godzilla)
* Kumonga
* Kamacuras
* SpaceGodzilla (Godzilla clone)
* Mechagodzilla (mechanical double of Godzilla)
* Gigan
* Zilla (Toho Studio's name for the creature of the 1998 film)