My earliest exposure to Hedorah was, once again, the NES game 'Godzilla Monster of Monsters' in which he appeared as a boss monster for Godzilla to fight.
Interestingly enough, his flying form also has a sprite that went unsued outside of the cast of characters roll during the credits.
It was 1998 when I finally got see the movie. Tuesday, May 26th at 9pm to be totally precise. Godzilla fever was gripping the world with the advent of GODZILLA hitting theaters that month and so every channel that could play Godzilla movies, was. And I just happen to catch an ad for Hedorah while channel surfing one afternoon.
I got a blank VHS ready, wanting to record this event as it was a Godzilla movie I hadn't seen yet. I remember the day perfectly too; It was cloudy and humid out and rain was in the forecast for that evening. My parents wanted to go out and get something for dinner instead of cooking, and my anxious self thought, "I hope we get back in time" even though we left at 5pm and the movie didn't start until 9pm.
As we got ready to leave, a friend of my parents that looked alarmingly similar to George Clooney stopped us, holding us up even longer, and that was agitating.
When we finally did get out, things moved quickly enough. We stopped at Super K-Mart and got some deli meat for sandwiches. Then Hollywood Video where I rented not one but two games! Reel Fishing and Ehrgeiz. Neither of which were any good.
It started to rain before we got home, adding further to the atmosphere of the day. The movie started and me and my sister watched. Sitting on the water bed that my parents had, the storm gently rumbling outside. I remember laughing at(in a good way) to the point that I had tears when Godzilla took to the air in chase of Hedorah.
Just an absolute delightful movie that I wish could have gotten the followup that it deserves.
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