All those Godzilla films look alike to me so I would like some help to a puzzle that has been stumping me. A year or two ago, my dad and I caught the beginning of an episode of Svengoolie (the MeTV horror TV program) and there was a Godzilla film on. Or, at least I think it was a Godzilla film. It looked like an entertaining monster movie whatever it was and I remember telling my dad at the time that I would want to watch the full film later that week....something we never got around to. Within a month, we both forgot the title and haven't been able to remember it nor has Svengoolie shown it again since then!
Here's what we both remember: There were two young Japanese men in a helicopter, one was handsome the other a little pudgy. They lose radio contact with a base and crash on a mountainous island, where they discover a creature. Back at the base, there was a woman who was worried about one of the men, and I think a rescue party was going to be sent out to search for them. I remember the man being her boyfriend/fiance but my dad thinks it was her brother. He also thinks it was a snow-covered mountain. So we aren't agreed on some points, but we both do remember that the helicopter was one of those two-seat whirlybirds, the plastic bubble kind.
I found a great site that lists all of the Svengoolie episodes (and the films that he showed) since 1995 and went through about 8-9 trailers, but none look familiar, even though plenty of the Japanese films had helicopter crashes!
Ugh. There's certainly not much to go on here but I'm sure one of our readers knows Japanese monster movies and remembers this opening. At least I hope. Anyone?
The scene description is kind of vague, but I think it might be "Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster".
ReplyDeleteThat was a good suggestion, Dan. I thought for sure it was the film when I saw the young man, but I skimmed through it on Youtube at 2-minute intervals and couldn't find those two fellows crash on the island in the helicopter. Darn! Luckily, Youtube has most of them but I've been through so many already, it eludes me where this scene was from.
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DeleteHere's a movie I remember having a similar narrative, although I do not recall it being Japanese persons: "The Land Unknown" (1957)
ReplyDeleteDambso, thanks for mentioning that title but I looked into The Land Unknown already, too! After I read the plot, I thought it might be the film but, like you said, no Japanese people. Shucks.
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