Varan the Unbelievable
AKA
Great Monster Varan
Varan
(1958)
Starring:
Varan
"WE DIED FOR A NOBEL CAUSE! WORSHIP THE BUTTERFLY!"
Wondering just what the hell happened, another group of university students are sent in to play in the Forbidden Zone. Once again, the natives warn of the great god Barandagi, but of course, despite two dead people, we do the ignorant thing and tell them that it's nonsense. They even convince a group of the natives that prancing around in the Forbidden Zone would be fun, so they break down the gate and storm inside.
But of course, Barandagi does exist. Surfacing out of the lake, Barandagi sees those damn Japanese on his lawn and chases them away. He's told them once, he's told them a thousand times. So, now that they've gone stomping on his grass for the umpteenth time, he decides it's time to parade on theirs. Barandagi breaks out of the Forbidden Zone and starts stomping around, knocking down a couple of houses and killing a few innocents in the meantime. Maybe his point will be clear now.
The students immediatly identify Barandagi as a "Varan." What a "Varan" is, they don't say. All we know is that he is one, and let's just call him Varan because Barandagi is too damn hard to pronounce.
So now we've discovered a new species living amung us, not exactly hurting us, but quite big, grumpy, and clumsy. What do we do now? Well, the military has the answer to that...bomb the living hell out of it. So they take a bunch of canons and guns over there and keep firing until Varan gets nice and pissed. Varan steps on a few tanks, then spreads it's arms and legs, revealing webs in between, and flies out of there like Rocky Squirrel.
Well, now that the threat isn't contained, what do we do now? Well...find it and shoot at it again. Shouldn't be hard. It's a giant flying lizard, for crying out loud. However Varan proves to be close to home, as he begins attacking fishing boats just off the shores of Tokyo.
Why Tokyo? Because Godzilla and Rodan said it was a cool place to kick it, and those two know how to party.
So, now we got a monster that attacks from land, air, and water and our weapons are usless agains him. What do we do about it? Well, let's blow him up from the inside. All we gotta do is make him eat some explosives. Shouldn't be hard to do.
And it'll be fun to watch!
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