Seconding this recommendation. I'm a suckered for anything with cool monster transformation sequences, and Shin Godzilla absolutely delivers on that front.

Only vaguely related, but have y'all seen The Howling? It came out the same year as American Werewolf in London so it didn't receive the attention it deserved, but man does it have some sick practical effects. It's also got a clearly feminist agenda, which is much qppreciated in a genre that is so often focused on the "monstrous feminine."