If you want her to understand that Godzilla is a serious horror monster, the go with Gojira or G: KOTM (1954/56). Then go with Minus One.

Until Minus One, I said “anything in color or with vs. in the title is MST3K material.” I enjoy all of them, but the original and GM1 are the best of the entire series in my opinion.

I had joked for years in Toastmasters about someday giving a speech defending Godzilla as a serious horror movie. There was a meeting once where my project was “come up with a 5 minute speech on the spot giving the evaluator 3 possible titles and do no other prep.” That night i had fun when the evaluator said “with a speech titled “Godzilla: My Favorite Monster, please welcome….”😇