The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms gave us the kaiju blueprint before Godzilla — merging atomic anxiety with city-smashing ...
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Godzilla then and now

The box office success of King Kong’s 1952 rerelease, followed by Eugene Lourie’s The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), where a dinosaur was awakened by an atomic blast, both served as inspiration.
The Japanese-language reboot of the venerable kaiju franchise is an epic, entertaining blockbuster with a tender love story at its core The creature-feature title notwithstanding, “Godzilla Minus One” ...