All-out puppet attack! The monster puppetry in Ishiro Honda’s kaiju classics

From Godzilla to Ghidorah, the giant monster movies of Ishiro Honda made creative use of puppetry to depict the killer creatures and their colossal campaigns against mankind. Here, Steven Sloss, author of an upcoming book on Godzilla, looks at the craft behind the carnage.

All-out puppet attack! The monster puppetry in Ishiro Honda’s kaiju classics
From Godzilla to Ghidorah, the giant monster movies of Ishiro Honda made creative use of puppetry to depict the killer creatures and their colossal campaigns against mankind. Here, Steven Sloss, author of an upcoming book on Godzilla, looks at the craft behind the carnage.