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Varan the Unbelievable

Varan the Unbelievable

1958
Sci-fi
Horror
1h 27m
Two scientists on an expedition to the mountains of northern Japan search for a supposedly extinct species of butterfly when they are killed by a mysterious landslide. When a team of investigators goes out to find the cause of the disaster, the culprit makes itself known in the form of a huge lizard/dinosaur who the local natives have named Baran (Varan). (dvddrive-in.com)
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Varan the Unbelievable

1958
Sci-fi
Horror
1h 27m
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Avg Percentile 18.41% from 26 total ratings

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Rated 18 Jul 2015
51
38th
Retread on the Godzilla score and a generic and forgettable monster make for a mildly entertaining easily forgettable Godzilla/Gamera wannabe (even through it came out before Gamera).
Rated 22 Oct 2022
40
5th
It's been a while since I've seen the original Godzilla, but this really feels like a beat-for-beat remake, except there's not much by way of improvements to any of the effects (or the plot, for that matter).
Rated 16 Jun 2020
20
4th
Very poor.
Rated 15 Aug 2021
55
26th
Love the creature effects, Varan looks way cooler than Godzilla, but the story is stupid and kind of infantilizes the indigenous characters.

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