Gamera: Super Monster (Uchu kaiju Gamera)

KAIJULY: GAMERA, THE MIGHTY TURTLE As I have highlighted in many of my past entries, one thing I’ve been loving from the franchise right now is its focus on the title kaiju with a few minor interruptions to the human stuff, which, honestly, I’ve never givena damn…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

Shameless not only because it’s nothing but a highlight reel of Gamera’s past foes, but also for cashing in on both Star Wars and Superman. Not to mention the out-of-body experiences where Gamera is suddenly spliced with Spaceship Yamato and Galaxy Express 999. (two…

Kaijuman

An alien spaceship arrives on Earth with the intention of enslaving the planet with an army of stock footage, but luckily a giant turtle that spins around like a Beyblade on cocaine saves the day.

CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️

I can’t tell if this was made so a kid could break the record for the most times ‘Gamera’ is shouted in ninety-two minutes or if it’s a just a cynical cash grab made from recycled flying turtle greatest-hits film clips. Okay, yes, considering at least fifty percent of the…

Lexzilla

Arrow Video’s new Gamera box set is the greatest home video release of all time. I’ve never seen anything like it. Yes, Criterion’s complete Bergman box was impressive, but did it include a hardbound collection of comic books?  I threw this on today as background noise.…

Will Sloan

This has all the Gamera. I pity anyone with a heart who can't bask in the glow of 92 minutes of deliriously recycled GAMERA fight footage interrupted by a young boy screaming, "GAMERA!" as three alien ladies transform over and over again into their Superman cosplay. The…

Justin Decloux

How do I join the space lesbian polycule

Liz

Another powerful evening for Important Cinema Club Masterpiece Classics, the screening series I host with Justin Decloux at Toronto's Fox Theatre. The last of the classic-era Gamera movies, this is basically a clip show, with scenes from the previous seven movies…

Will Sloan

And GaMarchRa reaches the end of the Showa era! The infamous clip show that ends the first Gamera series - well, kills it, to be frank. Before explaining the mess that this is, I point you towards an impassioned defence by Ribcage (an affiliate of the GaMarchRa initiative…

Stephen Gillespie