Is Varan the Unbelievable sad?

Barely. Less sad than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Varan the Unbelievable scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Varan the Unbelievable end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Varan the Unbelievable easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Varan the Unbelievable violent?

Somewhat. More violent than 60% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Varan the Unbelievable

Name: Varan the Unbelievable
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1962
Duration: 70 min
Rating: 4.4
Cast: Myron Healey, Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada, Derick Shimatsu, Koreya Senda

From a world below, it came to terrorize - to destroy - to revenge!

Directed by Jerry A. Baerwitz, Ishirō Honda

Produced by Cory Film Corporation, Dallas Production Inc.

196270 min4.4 / 10

A mid-century creature-feature about human hubris awakening a prehistoric monster, driven by spectacle and destruction rather than character or depth.

In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.

Clusters

Man-Made Monsters Cold War Creatures and Paranoia Over-the-Top Monster Movies Monster-Fighting Action Movies Size and Family Scale

Genres

Horror Science Fiction

Keywords

Monster Giant Monster Alternate Version Kaiju Giant Monster Movie Daikaiju Tokusatsu

Questions people ask

Is Varan the Unbelievable sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.
Is Varan the Unbelievable scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.
Does Varan the Unbelievable end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.
Is Varan the Unbelievable easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.
Is Varan the Unbelievable violent? Somewhat. More violent than 60% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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