Monster from a Prehistoric Planet ~ 1967 -colour

QUICKIE: The Japanese are Gappa baby kidnappers. "Oh no! There goes Tokyo! Go-go-Gappa!" (Sung to "Godzilla" by BOC, dudes)

PLOT: A team of Japanese researches heads off to a remote island to bring back new life to promote the opening of the island as "Playmate Land". They find a giant egg which hatches a strange lizard that they bring back immediately. The native peoples are furious, saying the Japanese have angered Gappa and they will be killed for it. Right on cue, there's an earthquake and the island volcano explodes again. The baby Gappa is jailed in a zoo with some funky headgear on, and mama and dada Gappa come looking for their kidnapped baby and destroy the town until their baby is released back to them.

SUMMARY: I love the line that the pitch man says: "And over here a pond of wild alligators". Yea, that's what every playboy bunny ranch needs: hungry crocs.
This movie was an absolute blast from start to finish! If you like low budget dubbed Japanese sci-fi movies, you'll like this. It's a direct Godzilla rip off, but so what? It's still fun to watch the sensless destruction and explosions of everything in town as mommy and daddy Gappa search for their baby. Missles don't stop them, rockets don't stop them, whatever will they do? Luckily, the female researcher has a brain and suggests giving the baby Gappa back to its' parents so they'll stop looking for it and leave town. And what do you know? It works! There's always the happy ending because the baby is returned to its' parents and the female researcher wins her love interest. Awwww.