As Japanese troops destroy two giant monsters, a young paleontologist rescues the offspring, taking it to Cincinnati, Ohio where he promptly flushes the unhatched egg down the toilet, just in time for Dr. Richard Blowheart and the scientists of SNUGI (Secret Nuclear Underground Government Installation) to blast the Ohio River with nuclear energy. That said, there are no real worries. The egg has a small creature named a Notzillasaurus Partiontilldon and as long as it doesn't get near beer, the world will be safe.

You can figure out what happens next.

Notzilla is a goofball movie that Mitch Teemley spent decades writing and planning. I mean, the film has a kaiju with a giant zipper over his chest - it should be on his back - so obviously it's out to have as much fun as possible.

I loved how the soldiers were all obviously toys, but this is the kind of movie that works better as a fake trailer than an actual movie. However, the idea of pouring beer on a kaiju egg to make it hatch appeals to me.

There's room for making fun of the kaiju genre, but for some reason, I didn't feel that this movie was laughing with the films it is trying to be, but instead at them. That doesn't play well around here.

This movie is just so enjoyably bad. This is a film that knows it's cheap and leans into it hard. But for the kind of film they're making fun of, that cheapness works. The cartoony sexism, the bad puns, the cliche dialogue, it all works perfectly within the cheap sci-fi genre that inspired the movie. The blatantly low budget suit on the monster has got to be my personal favorite. His goofy eyes and obvious zipper are honestly hilarious when you see him moving around and doing things like playing football with a zeppelin. And every actor really gives their all to the stupidity and bless them for it. I would take this over something like "Epic Movie" or "Disaster Movie" any day. The filmmakers took their microscopic budget and ran with it in a way that is sure to please people like me that appreciate old-school fifties science fiction films that take themselves too seriously. Not for everyone, but definitely worth watching if you can appreciate something that is just utterly goofy by design.

As the name implies, Notzilla is a very silly homage to the classic Godzilla movies. Everything is stylistically on-point - the miniatures, the multiple levels of rear-projection, the rubber suit! Incredibly over-the-top - think Airplane! with a side of Space Balls, and just a hint of Duck Soup. Short and surprisingly sweet, Notzilla provides some much-needed giggles right now.