Vermillion Gallery is presenting a “Japanese Monster Movie Rumble Double Feature” on Friday, August 15, 2008 at 7 pm and it’s FREE! with Drink and Food Specials All Night!
Monster from a Prehistoric Planet (1967)
Godzilla vs, Megalon (1973)
They will showing these movies on original 16mm film on their 10 foot screen.
Vermillion is a gallery and bar located in the busy Pike/Pine corridor of Capitol Hill at 1508 11th Ave., Seattle. You can read about the evolution of 11th Ave here. Some may remember this posting back in February. They specialize in narrative, representational Realism, Pop Surrealism and Pop Art in many mediums. But they also serve wine, beer and food by family-owned and boutique producers from around the world.
In Monster from a Prehistoric Planet (1967) an expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. Not a good sign. But the natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but of course they don’t listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. So not too long later, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.
In Godzilla vs Megalon (1973), the undersea civilization Seatopia has been heavily affected by nuclear testing conducted by the surface nations of the world. Naturally they are pretty upset by this so they unleash their civilization’s god, Megalon, to the surface to destroy those them. Agents of Seatopia steal a human-sized robot Jet Jaguar, which they use lure Megalon to Tokyo. But the inventor regains control, and sends Jet Jaguar to Monster Island to bring Godzilla to fight Megalon. An extended fight scene then takes place, with Godzilla and Jet Jaguar fighting Megalon and Gigan in the hills outside Tokyo.
