This film was released in a year (1967) when seemingly every studio in Japan released a kaiju film. Toho released Kingukongu no gyakushu and Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko, Daiei released Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu and even Nikkatsu got into the act with its one and only kaiju film Daikyojû Gappa. However, Japan's oldest studio, Shochiku, finally got into the act with what is probably the worst film in the genre. The monster definitely looks like a combination of a reptile and giant chicken and it definitely looked like one of the worst monsters that was ever created. As for the story, the writers looked as if they couldn't decide to make this film a serious science-fiction film or a spoof. Peggy Neal is the typical damsel in distress and makes it worse by acting like the stereotypical ditsy blonde. The rest of the cast is even worse. At least Toho's kaiju films had not only good stories but great acting as well. This was definitely the genre at its worst.
Review of The X from Outer Space
