Paul WS Anderson's Top 10 Monster Movies

Noted sci-fi/horror director Paul WS Anderson recently did an interview with totalfilm.com, and in it he lists his Top 10 Monster Movies of all time.

Coming in at number 3 is Godzilla on Monster Island, more commonly known as "Godzilla vs Gigan" depending on which part of the world you're at.

Here's what he has to say about it:

"I love Godzilla. Not necessarily Roland’s movie, but the original Toho movies.

There’s that fantastic movie, Godzilla On Monster Island. It’s the greatest hits of every single Toho movie where they discover an island where all of the monsters have been sent.

Everybody lives there, Godzilla, Mothra, they’re all hanging out in the same resort. Kind of like a club-med, all drinks are comped so they’re all behaving rather badly.

I like it anytime Godzilla goes on a rampage and I have a soft spot for those puppets or guys in suits."

I like Paul's work.

A lot of other sci-fi fans claim that he's a hack and can't visually compare to the likes of Kubrick or Spielberg, but to Paul's defense I don't think he ever sets to do that.

He just likes to make his films a certain way, have them be good popcorn material, and enjoy some success out of it.

I mean films like Event Horizon and Resident Evil aren't exactly going to set the world on fire...but they're still great films to watch.

It's why his films tend to be hallmarks on the SyFy, Spike TV and other similar channels.

In any case he's married to this right here, so he can't be doing everything bad:

Here's his article by the way, where he cites other films like Alien, The Thing and The Smurfs(?) as other monster films:

totalfilm.com: Paul WS Anderson's Top 10 Monster Movies