While the “Godzilla” franchise has given us plenty of memorable monsters, there are some that are probably best forgotten. Here is a list of my personal least favourites.
- MUTO
MUTO is not particularly bad but it was just a rather unremarkable creature. It reminded me a lot of monsters from other films such as “Cloverfield” and “Super 8”. It just felt generic and soulless, missing the outrageousness of the monsters featured in the Japanese “Godzilla” movies.
- King Ghidorah (Planet Eater)
King Ghidorah is actually one of my favourite monsters from the franchise but the redesign that he was given in the anime movie “Godzilla: The Planet Eater” was just horrendous. Instead of being a three-headed dragon, he now had three completely separate parts. The whole design was ugly.
- Gabara
Probably the goofiest of all the “Godzilla” monsters. Appearing only in “Godzilla’s Revenge”, this monster just looks beyond ridiculous. While it’s fine for Godzilla foes to look silly, this one doesn’t come across as even vaguely threatening.
- Orga
“Godzilla 2000” was a rather bland entry in the series and Orga certainly did not help matters. It’s just a really aesthetically uninteresting monster. I dislike the heavy use of digital effects for it too.
- Zilla
It really couldn’t be anything else. While not completely terrible, it just isn’t anything like the Godzilla we know and love. The 1998 American “Godzilla” got a lot wrong and probably the worst thing it did was completely change the star monster. Zilla can’t even breathe fire. Thankfully, he gets destroyed by the real Godzilla in “Godzilla: Final Wars”.
Dishonourable mentions:
Giant Condor