The X from Outer Space
1967·Science Fiction·1h 29m
7.0
★
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.
Directed by Kazui Nihonmatsu
japan
monster
giant monster
ufo
moon base
kaiju
alien monster
spaceship
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Cast
Itoko Harada
Michiko
Shinichi Yanagisawa
Miyamoto
Keisuke Sonoi
Dr. Shioda
Hiroshi Fujioka
Moon Station Correspondent A
Eiji Okada
Dr. Kato
Peggy Neal
Lisa
Takanobu Hozumi
FAFC technical officer
Torahiko Hamada
Kimura
Sōnosuke Oda
Kathy Horan
Yoshino Tani
(uncredited)
Popular Reviews
12 reviews
Poo
6.0★ · 04/12/26
Guilala design is weird, the lounge-y score is silly, the plot is nonsense. Overall weird silly nonsense.
Guilala design is weird, the lounge-y score is silly, the plot is nonsense. Overall weird silly nonsense.
Ezra Cuevas
5.9★ · 06/14/25
All time great score right here.
Americans with Japanese voice overs is pretty amazing.
Monster was a let down but hey whadayagonnado
Americans with Japanese voice overs is pretty amazing.
Monster was a let down but hey whadayagonnado
All time great score right here.
Americans with Japanese voice overs is pretty amazing.
Monster was a let down but hey whadayagonnado
Americans with Japanese voice overs is pretty amazing.
Monster was a let down but hey whadayagonnado
Frdtt
6.6★ · 02/12/25
Cheesy 60’s sci-fi flick X Godzilla
Love the retro look and funky soundtrack.
Love the retro look and funky soundtrack.
Cheesy 60’s sci-fi flick X Godzilla
Love the retro look and funky soundtrack.
Love the retro look and funky soundtrack.
Sam
6.5★ · 01/21/22
I profoundly enjoyed this. In terms of non-Godzilla (or Gamera) kaiju movies, I found it MUCH more entertaining than the more widely-loved Gargantuas. Goofy as shit, and semi-nonsensical, but lots of fun space scifi stuff with an absolutely absurd final act.
PROSGuilala is an incredibly goofy looking monster, but to me he's a lot of fun, way more interesting than the dueling Frankensteins I just watched.Also he goes HARD at destruction, lots of great footage of him trashing stuff. I don't know why he's so mad, but he sure seems to be.The whole first 2/3 of the movie is a weird space adventure of a team of pretty incompetent astronauts trying (and FAILING) to get to Mars, but managing to pick up an alien spore that turns into the monster. These people should never be allowed anywhere near a spaceship, but they're charming.I like most movies that have a moon base.Incredible bossa nova club jazz soundtrack throughout.Willing to go for sleazy titillation like shower scenes in a way Toho seems not to be.
CONSCheap looking effects. They even say IN THE MOVIE that the flying saucer looks like an omelette. But, I mean what do you expect here. This is like third-tier kaiju entertainment.The one lady crewmember is a scientist (and ends up saving the day by the way) - but it also seems to be her duty to bring everyone else food and coffee?Nobody in this one is gonna win any acting awards, but still miles better than dead-eyed Russ Tamblyn.
PROSGuilala is an incredibly goofy looking monster, but to me he's a lot of fun, way more interesting than the dueling Frankensteins I just watched.Also he goes HARD at destruction, lots of great footage of him trashing stuff. I don't know why he's so mad, but he sure seems to be.The whole first 2/3 of the movie is a weird space adventure of a team of pretty incompetent astronauts trying (and FAILING) to get to Mars, but managing to pick up an alien spore that turns into the monster. These people should never be allowed anywhere near a spaceship, but they're charming.I like most movies that have a moon base.Incredible bossa nova club jazz soundtrack throughout.Willing to go for sleazy titillation like shower scenes in a way Toho seems not to be.
CONSCheap looking effects. They even say IN THE MOVIE that the flying saucer looks like an omelette. But, I mean what do you expect here. This is like third-tier kaiju entertainment.The one lady crewmember is a scientist (and ends up saving the day by the way) - but it also seems to be her duty to bring everyone else food and coffee?Nobody in this one is gonna win any acting awards, but still miles better than dead-eyed Russ Tamblyn.
I profoundly enjoyed this. In terms of non-Godzilla (or Gamera) kaiju movies, I found it MUCH more entertaining than the more widely-loved Gargantuas. Goofy as shit, and semi-nonsensical, but lots of fun space scifi stuff with an absolutely absurd final act.
PROSGuilala is an incredibly goofy looking monster, but to me he's a lot of fun, way more interesting than the dueling Frankensteins I just watched.Also he goes HARD at destruction, lots of great footage of him trashing stuff. I don't know why he's so mad, but he sure seems to be.The whole first 2/3 of the movie is a weird space adventure of a team of pretty incompetent astronauts trying (and FAILING) to get to Mars, but managing to pick up an alien spore that turns into the monster. These people should never be allowed anywhere near a spaceship, but they're charming.I like most movies that have a moon base.Incredible bossa nova club jazz soundtrack throughout.Willing to go for sleazy titillation like shower scenes in a way Toho seems not to be.
CONSCheap looking effects. They even say IN THE MOVIE that the flying saucer looks like an omelette. But, I mean what do you expect here. This is like third-tier kaiju entertainment.The one lady crewmember is a scientist (and ends up saving the day by the way) - but it also seems to be her duty to bring everyone else food and coffee?Nobody in this one is gonna win any acting awards, but still miles better than dead-eyed Russ Tamblyn.
PROSGuilala is an incredibly goofy looking monster, but to me he's a lot of fun, way more interesting than the dueling Frankensteins I just watched.Also he goes HARD at destruction, lots of great footage of him trashing stuff. I don't know why he's so mad, but he sure seems to be.The whole first 2/3 of the movie is a weird space adventure of a team of pretty incompetent astronauts trying (and FAILING) to get to Mars, but managing to pick up an alien spore that turns into the monster. These people should never be allowed anywhere near a spaceship, but they're charming.I like most movies that have a moon base.Incredible bossa nova club jazz soundtrack throughout.Willing to go for sleazy titillation like shower scenes in a way Toho seems not to be.
CONSCheap looking effects. They even say IN THE MOVIE that the flying saucer looks like an omelette. But, I mean what do you expect here. This is like third-tier kaiju entertainment.The one lady crewmember is a scientist (and ends up saving the day by the way) - but it also seems to be her duty to bring everyone else food and coffee?Nobody in this one is gonna win any acting awards, but still miles better than dead-eyed Russ Tamblyn.
Jason Choi
5.0★ · 10/02/19
Kinda a cheesy start to my “Horror Movie Month”, but horror isn’t my favorite genre, so I gotta ease my way into this. And this was cute, if not a direct rip off of Godzilla.
Kinda a cheesy start to my “Horror Movie Month”, but horror isn’t my favorite genre, so I gotta ease my way into this. And this was cute, if not a direct rip off of Godzilla.