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Not surprisingly, this no-nukes allegory intrigued a generation of bomb-shelter-building American surburbanites. It spawned a stampede of like-minded films, all preying on audience’s xenophobic fears of annihilation by a foreign enemy. These films’ menagerie of monsters is imaginatively diverse (although predictably proportionate): there’s Gamera, a giant flying turtle; Rodan, a giant pterodactyl; Spiga, a giant spider; Manda, a giant snake; and Mothra, a giant caterpillar-turned-moth, to name just a few. And, of course, 22 Godzilla sequels.

Given the obvious metaphorical underpinnings of these early monster movies, what are we to make of Godzilla’s latest progeny, a $120-million production of . . . himself? Surely the resurrection of this terrifying lusus naturae must say something about our post-Cold War fears. Here are a few theories to gnash:

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The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales

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