The Godzilla formula is at once very specific and relatively flexible, allowing filmmakers to put their individual stamp on the familiar story of a giant reptile destroying a city. Previous films in the six-decade-old franchise have offered awe-inspiring spectacle, biting satire, or, most commonly, kid-friendly goofiness. Michael Dougherty, director of the holiday horror movie Krampus and now Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, is fixated on the monsters themselves, and proves as much by jamming three kaijuset pieces into the first 45 minutes. The creature design in King Of The Monsters is besp...

The Godzilla formula is at once very specific and relatively flexible, allowing filmmakers to put their individual stamp on the familiar story of a giant reptile destroying a city. Previous films in the six-decade-old franchise have offered awe-inspiring spectacle, biting satire, or, most commonly, kid-friendly goofiness. Michael Dougherty, director of the holiday horror movie Krampus and now Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, is fixated on the monsters themselves, and proves as much by jamming three kaijuset pieces into the first 45 minutes. The creature design in King Of The Monsters is besp...